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New York Times, Friday, January 22, 2010

Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : Finely tempered blades
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Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Last. Friday freshness: 31%
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© 2010, The New York Times1/22/10 ( No. 21,990 )
Across
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Pad producers : WATERLILIES
12
Name in many suit cases : DOE
15
Cry before a disappearance : ABRACADABRA
16
Saturn's wife : OPS
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Something that's just too cool : THECATSMEOW
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Recharging aid : NAP
19
Musician who was a trailblazing Rastafarian : TOSH
20
European wine center : ASTIITALY
22
Matching ring recipients: Abbr. : SRS
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Small part of an archipelago : CAY
25
Ben Franklin : CNOTE
26
Follower of directions : ERN
27
Cry upon being fleeced? : BAA
29
Grateful Dead bassist Phil : LESH
31
One exploring deeply? : SPELUNKER
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Longtime name in auto parts : DELCO
36
Ramen brand : OODLESOFNOODLES
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It's sometimes forbidden : FRUIT
39
Free : FOOTLOOSE
40
Classic record label for the Bee Gees and Cream : ATCO
41
M., in Milan : SIG
42
Monitor setting, briefly : RES
43
Nickname in pioneering jazz piano : FATHA
45
38-Across variety : POD
46
"Grey's Anatomy" hookups : IVS
49
Hushed : SOTTOVOCE
52
Mother of the Gods : RHEA
53
Big name in flooring? : ALI
54
So-called "baby busters" : GENERATIONX
57
Pronoun in 20-Across : MIO
58
Song that mentions "the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost" : AMERICANPIE
59
Unit in astronomy : EON
60
Well-known TV evangelical : NEDFLANDERS
Down
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There are 746 in a single horsepower : WATTS
2
Can't stomach : ABHOR
3
Bun bit : TRESS
4
Up : EACH
5
Producer of some dishes : RCA
6
Muscle strengthened in rowing, in brief : LAT
7
Opinion opener : IDSAY
8
Skedaddles : LAMS
9
"Uh-huh" : IBET
10
Work that marked the start of musical Romanticism : EROICA
11
Admitted politely : SAWIN
12
"St. Mark" artist : DONATELLO
13
Is like a moonstone : OPALESCES
14
Make out : ESPY
21
Finely tempered blades : TOLEDOS
23
Item next to a salad bowl : CRUET
24
Jamaica's St. ___ Bay : ANNS
26
E.T.'s pal : ELLIOTT
27
Opposite of clarify : BEFOG
28
The Ponte alle Grazie spans it : ARNO
30
You may work out its kinks : HOSE
31
Common crash site? : SOFA
32
What an art student builds : PORTFOLIO
33
Cabinet department : EDUCATION
34
First name in international diplomacy : KOFI
35
Passed (out) : DOLED
37
En ___ tiempo (formerly, to Felipe) : OTRO
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Help line? : SAVEME
44
Navajo home : HOGAN
45
You're in it if you cry 41-Down : PERIL
46
Bit of wishful thinking : IHOPE
47
To come, in Cádiz or Caen : VENIR
48
Instruments in Ravel's "Boléro" : SAXES
49
Matching : SAME
50
Superficial, briefly : ONED
51
Vint ___, the Father of the Internet : CERF
52
38-Across covering : RIND
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Here, in Honduras : ACA
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Result of exposing oneself at the beach? : TAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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