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New York Times, Thursday, December 27, 2007

Author:
Jim Leeds
Editor:
Will Shortz
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James R. Leeds

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Leeds. Thursday freshness: 75%
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© 2007, The New York Times12/27/7 ( No. 21,233 )
Across
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Palms (off on) : FOBS
5
Egyptian symbols of royalty : ASPS
9
Casino equipment : RAKES
14
"___ the Agent" (old comic strip) : ABIE
15
Place : LIEU
16
"If ___ you ..." : IWERE
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Certain marine biologist's test? : CORALEXAM
19
Gainsay : BELIE
20
___ Kooser, former U.S. poet laureate : TED
21
Cultural stuff : ARTS
22
Tops : CRESTS
23
One way to get into a gang's headquarters? : CONTHELOOKOUT
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Splits : LEAVES
28
F.D.R. agcy. : OPA
29
Wrinkly fruit : UGLI
30
"Breaker Morant" people : BOERS
32
Lived : WAS
35
Eskimos in an igloo? : COLDFOLKSATHOME
39
Many a person on the U.S.S. Enterprise: Abbr. : ENS
40
Stomach contents : ACIDS
41
"'Starts With F' for a thousand, ___" : ALEX
42
Cartoon pooch : REN
43
Prepare trout, in a way : PANFRY
45
Pictures of Slinkys? : COILPAINTINGS
51
Part of A.S.A.P. : ASSOON
52
Prefix with -phile : OENO
53
___ canto : BEL
56
Wombs : UTERI
57
Witches' pots, pans, etc.? : COVENWARE
59
Cling Plus brand : SARAN
60
Novelist Seton : ANYA
61
Kiss in Kensington : SNOG
62
"___ we all?" : ARENT
63
Zest : PEEL
64
1910s heavyweight champ ___ Willard : JESS
Down
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"Is that a ___?" : FACT
2
Poulenc's "Sonata for ___ and Piano" : OBOE
3
Coos and hoots : BIRDCALLS
4
Triton's realm : SEA
5
Red lights and flares : ALERTS
6
Musical interval : SIXTH
7
___ pudding (British dish) : PEASE
8
Arithmetic exercise : SUM
9
Beef cut : RIBROAST
10
Hebdomadally : AWEEK
11
Five-time Horse of the Year, 1960-64 : KELSO
12
Verdi aria : ERITU
13
"What ___ thou?" (biblical query) : SEEST
18
Word with bus or memory : LANE
22
Dried coconut meat : COPRA
24
Poet who wrote "At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman" : OVID
25
Windblown deposit : LOESS
26
Time-honored name : LUCE
27
Expressionist Schiele : EGON
30
Thin pancakes : BLINI
31
Let pass : OKD
32
Poisonous flower : WOLFSBANE
33
Western Hemisphere abbr. : AMER
34
Hot : SEXY
36
Utmost distance from the eye at which an image is clear : FARPOINT
37
Triton's realm : OCEAN
38
Not be resolved : HANG
43
Kind of gland : PINEAL
44
Like most adages: Abbr. : ANON
45
___ finalis (purpose, in law) : CAUSA
46
Massive, very hot celestial orb : OSTAR
47
French frigate that carried the Statue of Liberty to the U.S. : ISERE
48
Nautical acronym : LORAN
49
Who has won an Oscar for Best Actor three times : NOONE
50
"Fiddler on the Roof" role : TEVYE
54
Carrier of a bow and arrows : EROS
55
Stamina : LEGS
57
Climax : CAP
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Financial paper: Abbr. : WSJ

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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