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New York Times, Friday, October 5, 2012

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {FQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 168 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 94%
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© 2012, The New York Times10/5/12 ( No. 22,977 )
Across
1
Thunderstruck : AWED
5
Loophole-exploiting casino site, say : BOAT
9
London carriages : PRAMS
14
Resembling : SIMILARTO
16
"Walk Away ___" (1966 #5 hit) : RENEE
17
Impetus to review safety procedures : CLOSECALL
18
Sliwinska of "Dancing With the Stars" : EDYTA
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Like many gazebos : OCTAGONAL
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They don't have class : BOORS
21
What married women in India traditionally wear : TOERINGS
22
"Weekend Update" anchor between Miller and Macdonald : NEALON
23
Symbol of Lutheranism : ROSE
24
Worthless inheritance? : JUNKDNA
25
Dish cover, possibly : SARAN
28
Lightheaded? : BLOND
30
Oriental vessel : WOK
31
One of Heinrich Schliemann's excavations : TROY
32
Gets ready for a snap : POSES
33
Advanced : CAME
34
Before now : AGO
35
Hard to control : ROWDY
36
"I remember now" : AHYES
37
What invalid card readers might read : GETWELL
39
Small concession : BONE
41
San Fernando Valley city : ENCINO
42
Oriental vessel : MINGVASE
46
Defensive effort : STAND
47
Head honcho : MISTERBIG
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Its role is pivotal : HINGE
49
Surrounding with a glow : ENHALOING
50
Sign in a booth : ONAIR
51
Not flowing freely : STOPANDGO
52
Lashes leave them : WELTS
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Press for a hit? : HYPE
54
Discerned : SEEN
Down
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Beau Brummell's accessory : ASCOT
2
Radio reply : WILCO
3
Do one's part poorly? : EMOTE
4
Confusion : DISARRAY
5
___ Rebellion (1676 Jamestown uprising) : BACONS
6
Game played since 1935 : ORANGEBOWL
7
One presenting the earth as flat? : ATLAS
8
Commuter's expense : TOLL
9
Stipend paid by a cathedral to a clergyman : PREBEND
10
State tree of New Jersey : REDOAK
11
In no particular order : ANYOLDWAY
12
Time keeper : METRONOME
13
Eel lookalikes : SEASNAKES
15
Army division : LEGION
22
They're in a particular order : NUNS
24
Longest-living member of the Rat Pack : JOEYBISHOP
25
Play, for instance : STAGESHOW
26
Resident of the largest Spanish-speaking nation : ARGENTINE
27
Drilling-and-filling job : ROOTCANAL
29
Hits from the 1960s? : LSD
32
Sport that requires helmets : POLO
33
Bands with bends : CHEVRONS
35
Hands down : RENDERS
36
Merkel of German politics : ANGELA
38
Ignore the plan : WINGIT
40
How depositions might be recorded : ONTAPE
42
Like many toothpastes : MINTY
43
Live with : ABIDE
44
Burn lightly : SINGE
45
Urge : EGGON
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It's full of holes : MESH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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