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New York Times, Friday, December 14, 2007

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Blade
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {Q} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 248 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 24%
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© 2007, The New York Times12/14/7 ( No. 21,220 )
Across
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Deadlock : IMPASSE
8
Watches in astonishment : GAPESAT
15
Went for unhesitatingly : LEAPTAT
16
Luxembourg grand duke in whose name an annual art prize is awarded : ADOLPHE
17
Tropical spots : LAGOONS
18
Plant material used for fuel : BIOMASS
19
Brawl-ending cry : STOPIT
20
Beta tester, e.g. : USER
21
Commandment word : NOT
22
French city where William the Conqueror is buried : CAEN
24
Work an aisle, slangily : USH
26
Monk's title : DOM
29
Ba preceder : ALIF
31
"Salome" role : HEROD
35
Snap out of it : RETURNTOREALITY
38
Much work to get done : ALOTONONESPLATE
39
Place for good deals : CLEARANCECENTER
40
Some bridge players : EASTS
41
Titan's place : SILO
42
Blade : OAR
43
"Baudolino" novelist : ECO
45
It may be kept in a boot : TYRE
47
Hand tool : AWL
50
Unclear : HAZY
52
Spill the beans : TATTLE
57
Cook first, as pie crust : PREBAKE
59
Cardiff Giant or Piltdown man : BIGHOAX
60
Went through : PIERCED
61
Away : ONLEAVE
62
University with campuses in New York and Rome : STJOHNS
63
Zealots have them : AGENDAS
Down
1
Sorry situations : ILLS
2
Gist : MEAT
3
Guam's ___ Bay : PAGO
4
Each : APOP
5
Bite-the-bullet type : STOIC
6
Leader of the Alamo siege : SANTAANNA
7
"The X-Files" subj. : ETS
8
Schmoozes : GABS
9
Something to bid : ADIEU
10
Dilapidation : POORSHAPE
11
Gypsy moth target : ELM
12
Period of time : SPAN
13
"Now I see!" : AHSO
14
See 36-Down : TEST
20
Neighbor of Hoboken, N.J. : UNIONCITY
23
Singer John and others : ELTONS
25
"Fuhgeddaboudit!" : HELLNO
26
Renaissance artist Piero ___ Francesca : DELLA
27
Relatives of the Missouria : OTOES
28
Change : MUTATE
30
Without hindrance : FREELY
32
Steer stopper : RIATA
33
Sea ___, denizen of the North Pacific : OTTER
34
Wayne W. ___, author of "Your Erroneous Zones" : DYER
35
Tear : RACE
36
With 14-Down, something that can have you seeing things : RORSCHACH
37
Keeping company with : ESCORTING
44
Of a durable wood : OAKEN
46
It's seen on the back of a U.S. quarter : EAGLE
47
Some programs, briefly : APPS
48
Judge's order : WRIT
49
Actor ___ Cobb : LEEJ
51
British ends : ZEDS
53
"And so?" : THEN
54
Loathsome sort : TOAD
55
Flow in a coulee : LAVA
56
Two from sixty-six? : EXES
58
Bart, to Maggie : BRO
59
Feather ___ : BOA

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

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