NY Times, Thu, Jun 19, 2008

Author: Joe Krozel / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 63, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { B J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 240 (avg 1.36)
Open squares: 91, Cheater squares: 10, Freshness Factor™: 58.4, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 8 of 30 for Mr. Krozel — solos: 22, collaborations: 8, Sundays: 1

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JimH notes: Clues with lies, or at least errors: 1-, 14-, 19- and 24-Across; and 8-, 9-, 28-, 47-, 49- and 50-Down. In an interview with the Yale Daily News, Will Shortz called this his favorite puzzle of 2008.
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© 2008, The New York Times
Across Down
1. France's ___ von Bismarck : OTTO
5. Jumped : SPRANG
11. Rogue : CAD
14. Chemical element with the symbol Fe : NEON
15. Sub : HOAGIE
16. Discounted item: Abbr. : IRR
17. Gets it wrong : ERRS
18. Terrible one? : ENFANT
19. Former pharmaceutical giant : GTE
20. Flow slowly : SEEP
21. Flat things? : LEASES
22. Out of: Ger. : AUS
23. Sum derives from it : ESSE
24. Father of Jacob : ESAU
25. Monopoly quartet: Abbr. : RRS
26. Spot : CATCHAGLIMPSEOF
31. Preemie setting: Abbr. : ICU
32. Suffix with palm : ETTO
33. Collection of teams : LEAGUE
36. Crane, e.g. : ERECTOR
39. Possible name for the first decade of the century : OUGHTS
40. Hold back : REPRESS
41. Hardly soothes : GRATES
42. Former Romanian leader Ion ___ : ILIESCU
43. One step from the majors : AAA
44. Nickname on the Houston Rockets starting in 2004 : TMAC
45. Kind of dog : SEEINGEYE
51. Solution strength: Abbr. : CONC
52. Road access regulators : TOLLGATES
53. Sooner : OKIE
54. Always bouncing back : RESILIENT
55. Places for La-Z-Boys : DENS
56. Number of clues in this puzzle that contain factual inaccuracies : TEN
57. Dwarf planet larger than Pluto : ERIS
1. "I'll be with you shortly ..." : ONESEC
2. Mother of Calcutta : TERESA
3. One way to lay things : TOREST
4. Uncommissioned : ONSPEC
5. Silverstein who wrote and illustrated "The Giving Tree" : SHEL
6. Corn dish : PONE
7. San ___, Calif. : RAFAEL
8. Golf great Andre : AGASSI
9. Standard office-closing time : NINEAM
10. Arises : GETSUP
11. One who exhibits pack mentality? : CIGARETTESMOKER
12. Who quipped "God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way" : ARTUROTOSCANINI
13. Job seeker's fashion advice : DRESSFORSUCCESS
27. Bolt : HIGHTAILIT
28. It's more than 90 degrees : ACUTEANGLE
29. "Nope, still not right" : GUESSAGAIN
30. Writing that's hard to read : SECRETCODE
33. Mill input : LOG
34. Part of E.E.C.: Abbr. : EUR
35. Turkish pooh-bah : AGA
36. Verdi's "___ tu" : ERI
37. Th.D. subj. : REL
38. Prefix with center : EPI
45. Narrow passage: Abbr. : STR
46. Job ad abbr. : EOE
47. Tennis champ Ernie : ELS
48. Time to lie in le soleil? : ETE
49. Currency of China : YEN
50. Summer hrs. in N.Y.C. : EST
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