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NY Times, Sat, Sep 20, 2008

Author: Joe Krozel / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 58, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 6.48, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open squares: 114, Cheater squares: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Freshness Factor™: 89.6 (• 98.9 Sat. %-ile), NYT Across Lite file
This is puzzle 12 of 32 for Mr. Krozel — solos: 24, collaborations: 8, Sundays: 1

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© 2008, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Agreed : JIBED
6. "Only bad witches are ugly" speaker : GLINDA
12. Drama queen : EMOTER
14. They might be weaving : SPEEDERS
16. "You ___!" : BETCHA
17. Asian range, with "the" : HIMALAYA
18. Break by hitting : BASHIN
19. Prompts : INSPIRES
20. Apt to turn out badly : UNWISE
21. Trademark relatives : PATENTS
22. Something taken before swinging : STANCE
23. Lame excuse : IFORGOT
24. Opening and closing facilitator : HINGE
25. Soon enough : ANON
26. Loafer attachment : TASSEL
28. Common household pest : REDANT
33. "Sweet!" : NICE
35. Sports equipment wired for scoring : EPEES
37. Bit of regalia : SCEPTER
41. Mixed with something else : IMPURE
42. Separator of light and dark : TANLINE
43. "Les Mains Sales" playwright, 1948 : SARTRE
44. Delivered by a third person, perhaps : NARRATED
45. Snow-covered cover-up : ANORAK
46. It contains the three-fifths clause : ARTICLEI
47. It's typically easier to give than take : ADVICE
48. Setting one back the most : PRICIEST
49. Comparatively shrewd : KEENER
50. Ecclesiastical districts : SYNODS
51. Trivial stuff : DROSS
 1. Founder of the Foundation for Florida's Future : JEBBUSH
2. "That wasn't a joke!" : IMEANTIT
3. Its capital is Gaborone : BOTSWANA
4. Artistic impressions? : ETCHINGS
5. Bursts open, as legume seedpods : DEHISCES
6. Set piece? : GEMSTONE
7. Ballerina, often : LEAPER
8. Inactivity : IDLING
9. By : NEARTO
10. Least exciting : DRYEST
11. Politico Hutchinson and others : ASAS
13. Asian royal : RANEE
14. Send from abroad : SHIPIN
15. Blouse coverer : PINAFORE
25. Heirs, legally : ALIENEES
27. Licenses : ENTITLES
29. Said while pounding the fist, say : DEMANDED
30. One signing off : APPROVER
31. It's free of charge : NEUTRINO
32. Apartment adjuncts : TERRACES
34. It needs to be built up when it's bad : CREDIT
36. Participants in a kids' game : SEEKERS
37. Like some nights and eyes : STARRY
38. Deliver by truck : CARTIN
39. Lucia's brother in "Lucia di Lammermoor" : ENRICO
40. Opposite of turbulent : PLACID
41. Singer of the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" : ISAAK
44. Refreshing things : NAPS
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