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NY Times, Fri, May 08, 2009

Author: John Farmer / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 64, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.74)
Open squares: 74, Cheater squares: 24, Freshness Factor™: 69.2, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 17 of 19 for Mr. Farmer — solos: 19, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 1

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© 2009, The New York Times
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1. Military trials? : BOOTCAMPS
10. "From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" speaker : CAPTAINAHAB
12. Order given before shooting starts : QUIETONTHESET
14. Six-footer, maybe : PUTT
15. ___ toy (pet shop purchase) : CHEW
16. Magic show reactions : AHS
18. Glimmer : RAY
19. Allowed : KOSHER
22. Steamed pudding ingredient : SUET
23. Creator of the "Microsoft sound" played when Windows 95 starts : ENO
24. More inclined : APTER
25. Mediterranean port since ancient times : JAFFA
26. Lantz of the 1960s-'70s N.B.A. : STU
27. Coastal features : RIAS
28. Go to the limit : MAXOUT
29. Fruit for a tart : CURRANT
31. Egg maker : FABERGE
32. Untimely cry? : IMLATE
33. Superficial : GLIB
34. Small bird : TIT
35. Get a hand on the road? : ELOPE
36. Brilliant display : BLAZE
37. Naval chart abbr. : STR
38. Settle in : NEST
39. Used butter on, maybe : COAXED
40. Inc., abroad : CIE
41. Some proctors, for short : TAS
42. Comment from the chattering class? : BRRR
43. Early TV host Garroway : DAVE
44. Science class decoration : PERIODICTABLE
49. Landmark in Elvis Presley's "It Happened at the World's Fair" : SPACENEEDLE
50. Common mica : ISINGLASS
 1. Chum, e.g. : BAIT
2. "Behold, the heavens do ___": Shak. : OPE
3. Giant on the cover of Time magazine, 1945 : OTT
4. "That was Zen, this is ___" (bumper sticker) : TAO
5. They're duck soup : CINCHES
6. Pollen bearer in a flower : ANTHER
7. "Real Time" host : MAHER
8. "They almost got me!" : PHEW
9. Lander at Arlanda : SAS
10. Advice in a bear market, maybe : CUTYOURLOSSES
11. The higher this goes, the more it blows : BEAUFORTSCALE
12. Abrupt change : QUANTUMLEAP
13. TV drama featuring Dr. Richard Kimble : THEFUGITIVE
14. Visionary : PRESCIENT
17. Magnolia or pecan : STATETREE
19. Class that's not just for kicks : KARATE
20. Give a piece of one's mind? : OPINE
21. Steals, e.g. : STAT
22. ___-Weimar-Eisenach (duchy until W.W. I) : SAXE
25. Drew a cross response? : JABBED
28. It comes in ears : MAIZE
30. In reverie : RAPT
31. Linen fiber : FLAX
33. Hard to miss : GLARING
36. Cremora brand : BORDEN
39. Perennials with cup-shaped flowers : CROCI
42. Color : BIAS
43. Some baseball hits: Abbr. : DBLS
45. Upstate N.Y. school : RPI
46. Old Walt Disney production : CEL
47. "___ With Mussolini" (Zeffirelli film) : TEA
48. Some spreads : ADS
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