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New York Times, Thursday, November 16, 2006

Author:
Kevin Donovan
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Across : Class of birds
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411/16/20067/18/2011
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Kevin Donovan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Donovan. Thursday freshness: 13%
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M
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E
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T
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S
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O
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S
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A
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A
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R
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L
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V
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A
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H
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O
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M
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G
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C
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B
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K
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E
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Y
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N
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P
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M
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T
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T
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D
A
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O
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T
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G
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N
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B
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A
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C
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L
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S
T
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R
R
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D
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R
T
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R
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P
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E
N
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D
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G
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R
S
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M
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A
W
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E
R
G
O
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E
V
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A
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N
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S
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P
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L
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A
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O
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C
A
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F
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L
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A
T
L
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A
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H
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F
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G
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E
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G
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N
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N
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R
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© 2006, The New York Times11/16/6 ( No. 20,827 )
Across
1
Collided, say : MET
4
Dominican-born baseball star : SOSA
8
Newspaper section, with "The" : ARTS
12
Soft rock? : LAVA
13
Class of birds : AVES
14
Sub : HERO
15
Spelling, e.g.? : MAGIC
16
Worker with a mask : BEEKEEPER
18
They come with pencils : EYELINERS
20
Not so bright : PALER
21
Calendar column: Abbr. : MON
22
Blacken : TAR
23
So far : TODATE
24
Overpower by force of arms : OUTGUN
26
Flock sounds : BAAS
28
Inferior of a brig. gen. : COL
29
Edwin with the 1970 #1 hit "War" : STARR
30
Lowdown : DIRT
31
Person in sales : REP
32
Puts on the line : ENDANGERS
35
Big mouth : MAW
37
Consequently : ERGO
38
U.S. swimming star Janet : EVANS
42
Close one : PAL
43
Word on a memorial : ANNO
44
How much a bottle top can hold : CAPFUL
45
"This has been a long time coming!" : ATLAST
47
Gets hold of : HAS
48
Big do, for short : FRO
49
Pageant prize : TIARA
50
Stones fan? : GEOLOGIST
53
Gold seekers : OLYMPIANS
55
Counterorders : NIXES
56
What a Frenchman thinks? : IDEE
57
___ Towne : OLDE
58
Times in classifieds : EVES
59
One-named Grammy winner of 2001 : SADE
60
Costner role : NESS
61
Flushed : RED
Down
1
Purplish shade : MAGENTA
2
Dastardly doings : EVIL
3
Reserved : TACITURN
4
Civil War weapon : SABER
5
Walkie-talkie word : OVER
6
Takes out : SEES
7
Search engine ___.com : ASK
8
Up : AHEAD
9
Change : REPLACE
10
Lofty position : TREETOP
11
Horse of a certain color : SORREL
12
Floor plan : LAYOUT
15
Notes : MEMOS
17
Poetic storytelling : EPOS
19
Photographer Goldin : NAN
23
London gallery : TATE
25
Boomed : GREW
26
Cry spelled out by the first syllables of 16-, 18-, 32-, 50- and 53-Across : BINGO
27
Mythological ship : ARGO
30
"Nuts!" : DARN
31
Host's request : RSVP
33
Impression : DENT
34
Logician : REASONER
35
Title girl in a Roald Dahl novel : MATILDA
36
Calmed : ALLAYED
39
Stuck on : AFFIXED
40
Sips : NURSES
41
Vegas attraction : SLOTS
42
Language offshoot : PATOIS
43
Request for special attention : ASAP
44
Baseball's Ripken : CAL
46
Napoleonic force : ARMEE
47
Water carriers : HOSES
50
Kind of force : GALE
51
Goals : ENDS
52
Turn over : GIVE
54
Tiny particle : ION

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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