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New York Times, Friday, February 22, 2008

Author:
Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Lose successfully
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
569/4/20064/20/20125
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
442272566
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
431.66476%
Mike Nothnagel
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
101021720
RebusScrabblePGramFresh
21.61385%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FQZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Nothnagel. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 84%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/22/8 ( No. 21,290 )
Across
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Awfully accurate? : SADBUTTRUE
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California wine center : LODI
15
Salade niçoise ingredients : GREENBEANS
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"The company for women" sloganeer : AVON
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Providers of exceptional service? : TENNISACES
18
Neural network : RETE
19
With 50-Across, surmount : MOVE
20
Turn out to be : PROVE
21
Presidential middle name : KNOX
22
Queen in a long-running comic strip : ALETA
24
"What's ___?" : DOING
26
Pal : MAC
27
Disconcert : JAR
28
Strip alternative : TBONE
30
Change from two to one : UNITE
32
They might indicate hunger : MEOWS
33
"Centuries" : CNOTES
34
Where to find pop art? : SODACAN
37
Turns up : LOCATES
38
Start of some how-to titles : THEART
39
One who brings bad luck : JONAH
40
Childish comeback : ARESO
41
Some are manicured : LAWNS
42
NATO member: Abbr. : NOR
45
Boulogne-sur-___, France : MER
46
Response of feigned innocence : WHOME
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Lose successfully : EVADE
50
See 19-Across : PAST
52
Parry : AVERT
54
Holder of many tracks : IPOD
55
___-Mints (Rolaids rival) : ALKA
56
Singer of the 1967 hit "California Nights" : LESLEYGORE
58
Incomplete picture? : CLIP
59
Subject of the 2004 book "Dancing Revelations" : ALVINAILEY
60
Jarrow's river : TYNE
61
Outdoor toy that attaches to a garden hose : SLIPNSLIDE
Down
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Mil. V.I.P. : SGTMAJ
2
Eye component : AREOLA
3
Where I-25 and I-70 meet : DENVER
4
Poet who won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God" : BENET
5
Prefix with directional : UNI
6
Shortening in the kitchen? : TBSP
7
Level : TEARDOWN
8
Kinkajou's kin: Var. : RACOONS
9
1883 Maupassant novel : UNEVIE
10
Dine, in Düsseldorf : ESSEN
11
Caper : LARK
12
Bit of kitchen wear : OVENMITT
13
Execute exactly : DOTOATEE
14
Over, with "of" : INEXCESS
23
Suffered a blow to one's pride : ATECROW
25
Magazine holder : GUNCASE
29
Creation of 31-Down : BOAT
31
See 29-Down : NOAH
32
"Underboss" author Peter : MAAS
33
Smythe of hockey : CONN
34
Cause of colonial unrest : STAMPACT
35
"You don't say!" : OHREALLY
36
Hide in the woods : DEERSKIN
37
It's out for a pout : LOWERLIP
39
Ruler of Scotland, 1567-1625 : JAMESVI
41
Hanks's "Apollo 13" role : LOVELL
42
"That's Amore" setting : NAPOLI
43
Scented : ODORED
44
Photo flaw : REDEYE
47
Papa Bear of the N.F.L. : HALAS
49
Watch : VIGIL
51
What some people get caught on : TAPE
53
Home of Davy Crockett: Abbr. : TENN
57
Title syllables in a 1961 Lee Dorsey hit : YAS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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