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NY Times, Fri, Jul 20, 2007

Author: Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 348 (avg 1.78)
Open squares: 98, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 73.0, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 14 of 44 for Mr. Silk — solos: 42, collaborations: 2, Sundays: 3

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© 2007, The New York Times
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1. Positive : ABOVEZERO
10. Vacuum maintainers : SEALS
15. Like some fruit bats and petrels : TUBENOSED
16. Cornrow component : PLAIT
17. Whine : BELLYACHE
18. Royal jelly consumer : LARVA
19. Jungian principle : ANIMA
20. Samoan, e.g. : ISLANDER
22. Kind of party : TOGA
23. Top of a stadium : JERSEY
25. Comic character : WAG
26. From Niger to Zambia: Abbr. : SSE
27. Hacker of the Middle Ages : POLEAX
28. "The Dram Shop" author : ZOLA
29. Squeals : TALKS
30. Start of a Spanish Christmas greeting : FELIZ
31. Certify : SWEARTO
34. Unwelcome discovery on a credit card statement : LATEFEE
36. Period to find out more : QANDA
37. Tough companions? : MOLLS
38. Minor leader? : URSA
39. Carving in an Egyptian tomb : SCARAB
41. Relief may follow it : BAS
44. Botanist's beard : AWN
45. Unproductive : BARREN
46. Rubberneck : GAWK
47. Where cell phones don't work : DEADSPOT
49. Weed-B-Gon maker : ORTHO
50. 200 milligrams : CARAT
51. Popular reference work : WIKIPEDIA
54. Match point? : ARENA
55. "Shoot!" : DARNITALL
56. Name on a truck : RYDER
57. Loser in a casino : SNAKEEYES
 1. Opportunities to run away from home : ATBATS
2. Gustavo's good : BUENOS
3. Require : OBLIGE
4. Female role in "Chicago" : VELMA
5. "Paint the Sky With Stars" singer : ENYA
6. Suffix with proto- : ZOA
7. Abbr. on a key : ESC
8. They're back on board : REHIRES
9. City on the Permian Basin : ODESSA
10. Extend awkwardly : SPLAY
11. Sparkle : ELAN
12. Cousin of a hyena : AARDWOLF
13. Be what you're not : LIVEALIE
14. Be a night watchman? : STARGAZE
21. Manhattan ave. : LEX
23. Sudden impact : JOLT
24. First home of the University of Nevada : ELKO
27. Firm assistant, briefly : PARA
28. Couple of pizzas? : ZEES
29. Revelation exclamation : TADA
30. Work unit: Abbr. : FTLB
31. Black-and-white : SQUADCAR
32. Spent from all the conflict : WARWEARY
33. Webbed : ENSNARED
34. Generation-to-generation information : LORE
35. Poet Seeger : ALAN
37. Otherworldly one : MARTIAN
39. It's appetizing to aphids : SAP
40. What ochlophobists fear : CROWDS
41. Big-league promotional event : BATDAY
42. For some time : AWHILE
43. Drinks a toast : SKOALS
45. It's massive and relatively hot : BSTAR
46. ___ Waitz, nine-time New York City Marathon winner : GRETE
48. King Claudius, e.g. : DANE
49. Artist John, known as the Cornish Wonder : OPIE
52. Malay Peninsula's Isthmus of ___ : KRA
53. Publicity : INK
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