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New York Times, Saturday, April 12, 2008

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : French department that's home to the Chartreuse Mountains
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 93%
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© 2008, The New York Times4/12/8 ( No. 21,340 )
Across
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Strip authority : PITBOSS
8
Savanna bounders : IMPALAS
15
Situation early in an inning : ONEAWAY
16
Target of some soccer kicks : FARPOST
17
Lipitor and such : STATINS
18
State University of New York campus site : ONEONTA
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Like some glasses : THREED
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1950s Dodgers pitcher ___ Labine : CLEM
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With 32-Down, end of an advertising pitch : GET
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Go-___ (certain motorized scooters) : PEDS
23
Ink holder : PAD
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French department that's home to the Chartreuse Mountains : ISERE
26
G.I. hangout : USO
27
Subject of a golf lesson : GRIP
29
Pulitzer-winning historian Doris ___ Goodwin : KEARNS
30
Kennedyesque conquests : NEWFRONTIERS
33
Player coached by Hank Stram : KANSASCITYCHIEF
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Mayor's introduction? : THEHONORABLE
38
Wearer of a wraparound cloth called a lavalava : SAMOAN
41
Like the hoi polloi : NONU
42
With 14-Down, part of a U.S. political map : RED
43
Customary start for Wimbledon singles finals : TWOPM
44
Finish, with "up" : SEW
45
Kegger cry : TOGA
46
Bender : JAG
47
"___ sir ..." : KIND
49
Tub handle? : PARKAY
51
A musician might pick it : UKULELE
53
TNT ingredient? : TOLUENE
54
Bouts of madness : DELIRIA
55
Kindergarten admonition : ACTNICE
56
Sealed : ENSURED
57
Rested : TOOKTEN
Down
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Like the grunge rock movement : POSTPUNK
2
Where Neptune can be found : INTHESEA
3
Level : TEARDOWN
4
"America the Beautiful" poet Katharine Lee ___ : BATES
5
Boo-boo : OWIE
6
Gear impediment : SAND
7
M.O. : SYS
8
"Too rich for my blood" : IFOLD
9
Place for a comb : MANE
10
Top Médoc classification : PREMIERCRU
11
Certain mail destination: Abbr. : APO
12
More strung out : LONGER
13
Not ahead : ASTERN
14
See 42-Across : STATES
20
Underwritten? : CAPTIONED
23
Recipe amount : PINCH
25
Slovenian-born N.B.A. guard Vujacic : SASHA
27
The Galloping Gourmet : GRAHAMKERR
28
"Watership Down" director Martin : ROSEN
29
Defend with focus, in football : KEYON
31
Setting numbered in multiples of the square root of 2 : FSTOP
32
See 21-Across : ITNOW
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Admission of clumsiness : IBROKEIT
35
Polish : ELEGANCE
36
Palestinian fighters : FEDAYEEN
38
Hospital patron : STJUDE
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Stimulate : AWAKEN
40
Big wheels : MOGULS
44
Winner of a record 82 P.G.A. Tour events : SNEAD
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Ventriloquist's prop : TRUNK
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Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
49
___ adagio (score direction) : POCO
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Word with flute or horn : ALTO
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"Lucky Number Slevin" actress, 2006 : LIU
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Reciprocal action : TAT

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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