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New York Times, Saturday, October 20, 2007

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Somewhat
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2297/11/199911/4/20182
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
741241679512
RebusCircleScrabbleFresh
981.5480%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 103 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 94%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/20/7 ( No. 21,165 )
Across
1
Small suit : SPEEDO
7
Cheese with a greenish tint : SAPSAGO
14
"The Outsiders" author : HINTON
15
Band seen at parties : STREAMER
16
Available if needed : ONCALL
17
Aircraft for the Red Baron : TRIPLANE
18
Without reservation : WHOLLY
19
"The Blessed Damozel" poet : ROSSETTI
20
"Mr. ___," 1983 comedy : MOM
21
Military classification : ACTIVE
23
Result of a day at the beach? : PEEL
24
"Infidel" author Ayaan Hirsi ___ : ALI
25
___ Island : RHODE
26
Object of Oliver Twist's request for "more" : GRUEL
27
Semimonthly ocean occurrence : NEAPTIDE
29
Somewhat : FAIRLY
30
"___ and Janis" (comic strip) : ARLO
31
Linguist Okrand who created the Klingon language : MARC
32
It's "heavier freight for the shipper than it is for the consignee": Augustus Thomas : HATRED
35
Poem whose first, third and seventh lines are identical : RONDELET
39
Ready to explode : IRATE
40
Garçon's counterpart : FILLE
41
Application file extension : EXE
42
Big seller of smoothies : TCBY
43
Economist who wrote "The Theory of the Leisure Class" : VEBLEN
44
___-Hulk (Marvel Comics character) : SHE
45
Goshen raceway's length : HALFMILE
47
It's cleared for a debriefing : THROAT
49
In a despicable way : ODIOUSLY
50
Play a flute : TOOTLE
51
Details : MINUTIAE
52
Book before Job : ESTHER
53
Future hunters : EAGLETS
54
Does a landscaper's job : RESODS
Down
1
Troupe leader : SHOWMAN
2
Camera obscura feature : PINHOLE
3
Laudations : ENCOMIA
4
Bibliographical abbr. : ETAL
5
National chain of everything-costs-the-same stores : DOLLARTREE
6
Eloise of Kay Thompson books, e.g. : ONLYCHILD
7
Made an effort : STROVE
8
Become evident : ARISE
9
Enlivens, with "up" : PEPS
10
Figure seen in a store window : SALEPRICE
11
Pan American Games participant : AMATEUR
12
Refined : GENTEEL
13
Author of the 2006 best seller "Culture Warrior" : OREILLY
15
Big step : STRIDE
22
Disturbance : TODO
26
Typically green tube : GARDENHOSE
28
Gaffe at a social gathering, in modern lingo : PARTYFOUL
29
Often-unanswered missive : FANLETTER
31
Tough's partner : MOLL
32
Seemed particularly relevant : HITHOME
33
Pan's realm : ARCADIA
34
Putting aside temporarily : TABLING
35
Hearty entree : RIBEYE
36
Country of two million surrounded by a single other country : LESOTHO
37
Let the air out, say : EXHALED
38
Betrays unsteadiness : TEETERS
40
Guys : FELLAS
43
See : VISIT
46
Universal remote button : MUTE
48
Breaks down : ROTS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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