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New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 2012

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves," in Alcoholics Anonymous
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QWYZ} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 87%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/14/12 ( No. 22,803 )
Across
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Skirt raisers? : UPDRAFTS
9
Toward the tip : APICAL
15
Equivalent of "ibidem" : SEEABOVE
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___ 400 (Pennsylvania Nascar event) : POCONO
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They're often swiped at stores : ATMCARDS
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Parnassian : POETIC
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Stereotypical bouncers : BRUISERS
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Do some post-harvesting work : THRESH
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Marion ___, Emmy-winning actress on "Bewitched" : LORNE
22
A hand : AID
24
Singer in the "Odyssey" : SIREN
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"What ___?" : ELSE
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Subject for Enrico Caruso : AMORE
28
Kiss hit "Rock and Roll All ___" : NITE
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Western wear : JEANJACKETS
31
Cousin of bridge : SPADES
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Discards : TOSSES
36
2001 presidential biography by Edmund Morris : THEODOREREX
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Pull down : EARN
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Michael who sang "I'm a lumberjack and I'm O.K." : PALIN
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Rudimentary run : ABCS
46
Puts on a graph, say : PLOTS
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Zero-deg. setting : GMT
49
Source of a feather in one's cap? : EGRET
50
Symbol of power : FASCES
52
TV hotline : BATPHONE
54
Captured for posterity, maybe : ONTAPE
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Spanish port : ALICANTE
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Classic Lorre role : UGARTE
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Jabbed back : RIPOSTED
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Like classic stories : REREAD
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Macramé creators : KNOTTERS
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Helpful : USABLE
2
Lorry supply : PETROL
3
Shows reservations : DEMURS
4
Molière contemporary : RACINE
5
Put to shame : ABASE
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"Heads up!" : FORE
7
Many an HBO show : TVDRAMA
8
Shrink time, say : SESSION
9
8-Down, e.g.: Abbr. : APPT
10
Some toy bears, informally : POOHS
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They have two goals : ICERINKS
12
Sets of friends : COTERIES
13
Liqueur sweetened with syrup : ANISETTE
14
Locale in a much-studied 1934 photo : LOCHNESS
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1970s-'80s N.B.A. nickname : DRJ
26
Classical subject of a Velázquez painting in the Prado : AESOP
27
Gone from a plate : EATEN
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"The Beverly Hillbillies" role : JED
30
1920 Democratic presidential nominee : COX
31
"Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves," in Alcoholics Anonymous : STEPFOUR
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Digital bone : PHALANGE
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1980s-'90s Ford model : AEROSTAR
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"Whatever" : DONTCARE
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Catchy tune : RAG
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Medicinal tea source : ELMBARK
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Narcolepsy drug : RITALIN
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Totally shaken : AGHAST
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Family name in English literature : BRONTE
44
See 49-Down : CENTER
45
Strong mounts : STEEDS
47
Walls of the heart : SEPTA
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With 44-Down, it had its grand opening on 10/1/1982 : EPCOT
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Ranked player : SEED
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___ the hat : TIPO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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