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New York Times, Thursday, October 25, 2007

Author:
Susan Harrington Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : With 55-Across, description of 23-, 36- and 44-Across
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1011/23/199410/25/2007
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Susan Harrington Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Smith. Thursday freshness: 76%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/25/7 ( No. 21,170 )
Across
1
"Thou art not lovelier than ___, — no" (Millay sonnet start) : LILACS
7
Make even : TIE
10
Neighbor of Afghanistan: Abbr. : PAK
13
Cadillac model : DEVILLE
14
___ jam : INA
15
Word with pick or pack : ICE
16
With 55-Across, description of 23-, 36- and 44-Across : ITALIAN
17
Wither : ATROPHY
19
Atlanta's ___ Center : CNN
20
College square : QUAD
22
Playwright Edward and others : ALBEES
23
Beginning of some folk wisdom : TOTRUSTISGOOD
26
Clod buster : HOE
27
Pacific islands in W.W. II fighting, with "the" : GILBERTS
30
Hugh ___, successor to Louis V as king of France : CAPET
33
Kind of cup : DIXIE
34
Les poissons swim in it : EAU
35
Charter : HIRE
36
Folk wisdom, part 2 : NOTTO
37
Doggone : DARN
38
Nabokov novel : ADA
39
Biblical prophet thrown overboard by his shipmates : JONAH
40
Formal dress shoes : PUMPS
41
Sane : RATIONAL
43
Norwegian coin : ORE
44
End of the folk wisdom : TRUSTISBETTER
49
Obliquely : ASLANT
51
Bishoprics : SEES
52
Old Eur. domain : HRE
53
Cutout to fill in : STENCIL
55
See 16-Across : PROVERB
57
Additionally : TOO
58
Green: Prefix : ECO
59
Corrida combatants : TOREROS
60
Have : OWN
61
Shade of blue : SKY
62
Makeshift hatrack : ANTLER
Down
1
"... ___ man put asunder" (wedding words) : LETNO
2
"___ to be alone" (words attributed to Greta Garbo) : IVANT
3
Wee, quickly : LIL
4
Exact proper divisor, in math : ALIQUOT
5
Part of a contract : CLAUSE
6
French legislature : SENAT
7
Spanish aunt : TIA
8
Incised printing method : INTAGLIO
9
Pendant place : EARLOBE
10
Bit of wishful thinking : PIPEDREAM
11
Yearn : ACHE
12
Phi Beta Kappa mementos : KEYS
13
Webster's, e.g.: Abbr. : DICT
18
Melancholy woodwind : OBOE
21
Medicinal cardiac stimulant : DIGITALIS
24
Syngman ___, first president of South Korea : RHEE
25
The last Pope Paul, e.g. : SIXTH
28
Infield cover : TARP
29
Heavenly orbs : SUNS
30
Scorch : CHAR
31
She dies with Radames : AIDA
32
Talk, talk, talk : PRATTLEON
33
Robert of "The 39 Steps" : DONAT
36
Teflon, e.g. : NONSTICK
37
Any Sonny and Cher song : DUET
39
Bumps on a ride : JOUNCES
40
Do some advance organizing : PRESORT
42
Ayatollah's home : IRAN
43
Titania's husband : OBERON
45
Dividing membranes : SEPTA
46
When doubled, comforting words : THERE
47
Cause for an erasure : ERROR
48
Fighters for Jeff Davis : REBS
49
Regarding : ASTO
50
Pack : STOW
54
Powell's co-star in "The Thin Man" : LOY
56
Speed: Abbr. : VEL

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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