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New York Times, Friday, April 27, 2012

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Across : Commuting option in Georgia's capital
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {BGQ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 162 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 84%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/27/12 ( No. 22,816 )
Across
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One called upon to decide : COIN
5
Back cover? : SHIRT
10
Keep the complaints coming : CARP
14
Pavlova of the ballet : ANNA
15
Head stone? : CAMEO
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Nondairy alternative : OLEO
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First #1 hit for the Commodores : THREETIMESALADY
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Counterfeit : ERSATZ
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Horse shows? : OATERS
23
Hard to see through, say : SMEARY
24
Laid eyes on : SPIED
25
Hardly seaworthy : LEAKY
26
Takes shape : JELLS
27
Apple seed : PIP
30
About : INRE
31
One of Franklin's certainties : TAXES
32
Little Tramp prop : CANE
33
Diagnosis deliverers: Abbr. : MDS
34
Expended some nervous energy : PACED
35
Commuting option in Georgia's capital : MARTA
36
Jockey's uniform : SILKS
37
First female chancellor of Germany : MERKEL
38
Attributes (to), with "up" : CHALKS
40
Former "CBS Morning News" co-anchor Bill : KURTIS
41
Spotlight : DRAWATTENTIONTO
44
"Yeah, right!" : EASYFORYOUTOSAY
45
Play money? : ANTE
46
The Donald's second ex : MARLA
47
Small letter : NOTE
48
Some ruminants : DEER
49
Bob ___, "To Kill a Mockingbird" villain : EWELL
50
Santa ___ Valley (winegrowing region) : YNEZ
Down
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Play group : CAST
2
Getting better : ONTHEMEND
3
Not caught up : INARREARS
4
First son, sometimes : NAMESAKE
5
Warp drive repairman on the original "Star Trek" : SCOTTY
6
Koran memorizer : HAFIZ
7
Koran reciter : IMAM
8
Like a town that used to be a ghost town : REPEOPLED
9
Schooner features : TOPSAILS
10
Sat on a sill, maybe : COOLED
11
Finnish architect Aalto : ALVAR
12
Tries out for a part : READS
13
Part of many a tech school's name : POLY
18
"The North Pole" author, 1910 : PEARY
19
Phone company offers : RATES
23
Hardly stocky : SLIM
24
"The Battle of the ___" (D. W. Griffith film) : SEXES
26
Pick-up sticks piece : JACKSTRAW
27
English physician James who gave his name to a disease : PARKINSON
28
Not ready to go, you might say : INTESTATE
29
Ring : PEAL
31
"I want the lowdown!" : TALKTOME
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Not drawn true to life : CARTOONY
34
Starchy dish : PILAF
35
Good reason for promotion : MERIT
36
"Tom ___, Detective" (1896 novel) : SAWYER
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Held in common : MUTUAL
38
Part of a boomtown's skyline : CRANE
39
Cause of careless mistakes : HASTE
40
Rise : KNOLL
41
Utterly exhausted : DEAD
42
Literary governess's surname : EYRE
43
Courtroom cry : OYEZ

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

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