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New York Times, Saturday, February 2, 2008

Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Enforce the rules
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Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {XY} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Last. Saturday freshness: 10%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/2/8 ( No. 21,270 )
Across
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"The County Chairman" playwright, 1903 : ADE
4
Hershey brand : ROLO
8
Tree : CORNER
14
Spinners, for short : DJS
15
Southern university whose campus is a botanical garden : ELON
16
Interstice : AREOLA
17
Having the most pizazz : ZIPPIEST
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Cap and bells wearer : JESTER
20
Convict : BRINGTOJUSTICE
22
Meter readers? : POETS
23
Kind of batting stance : OPEN
24
Nos. : AMTS
25
Reddish-brown : RUST
26
Al-___ : ANON
27
Big bang creator : NTEST
28
Fifth qtrs. : OTS
29
Enforce the rules : REFEREE
31
Italian mine : MIO
32
Has as a foundation : RESTSON
33
"Rugrats" dad : STU
36
Easter-related : PASCHAL
37
"___ now the very witching time of night": Hamlet : TIS
38
Norm of "This Old House" : ABRAM
41
Coup d'___ (survey made with a glance) : OEIL
42
Part of a moonscape : MARE
43
No longer under consideration : DEAD
44
Tetris objectives : ROWS
45
Like clayware : FIRED
46
Seemingly silent types : VENTRILOQUISTS
49
Burns : ITCHES
50
"She's gonna blow!" : RUNFORIT
52
Ferris Bueller's girlfriend : SLOANE
53
Spoils : LOOT
54
Where the utricle is : EAR
55
Like haunted houses, compared to ordinary houses : EERIER
56
Good-looker : DISH
57
The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf. : KSU
Down
1
Hoelike cutting tool : ADZ
2
Neighbor of Somalia : DJIBOUTI
3
Brewed drink : ESPRESSO
4
Checks : REINS
5
Two-time figure-skating Olympic gold medalist Protopopov : OLEG
6
Snapped : LOSTONESCOOL
7
Ecstatic : ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
8
Option for wings : CAJUN
9
Smeltery input : ORES
10
Paraphrase, say : RESTATE
11
A jiffy : NOTIME
12
Decides : ELECTS
13
Least spotted : RAREST
18
British P.M. when the U.S. Constitution was signed : PITT
21
Quality that's hard to express : JENESAISQUOI
22
Event for a king and queen : PROM
26
Father of Harmonia : ARES
27
Former Giant Robb ___ : NEN
30
Gymnastics move : ROLL
32
Butt : RAM
33
1979 film with sequels II to VI : STARTREK
34
Prophet of Thebes, struck blind by Athena when he accidentally saw her bathing : TIRESIAS
35
Drew on : USED
36
Popular dish in an Asian cuisine : PADTHAI
38
Guide : ADVISE
39
Zyzzyva, e.g. : BEETLE
40
Malignity : RANCOR
42
Protein-rich paste : MISO
44
Certain softball pitch : RISER
45
Amendment that prevents being subjected to double jeopardy : FIFTH
47
Oscar-winning French film director ___ Clément : RENE
48
Article in Hoy : UNOS
51
Robert Morse Tony-winning role : TRU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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