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New York Times, Friday, July 18, 2008

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Pres. appointee
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Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Nothnagel. Friday freshness: 75%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/18/8 ( No. 21,437 )
Across
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Music lovers flip for it : SIDETWO
8
Turndown? : DOGEAR
14
Way off : EXITRAMP
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Determined response : ICANSO
17
It helps you sleep at night : CIRCADIANRHYTHM
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Tie up a line, perhaps : YAK
20
17-Across disrupter : JETLAG
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Unoccupied : FREE
22
Rage inducers : FADS
23
Antoinette after whom the Tony Awards are named : PERRY
25
String ___ : BIKINI
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Goes after : ASSAILS
30
Avouch : AVER
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Some dolls can do it : NEST
33
Private modes of transportation? : JEEPS
35
Teased : JIVED
37
Enzyme's end : ASE
38
Chorus "instrument" in Verdi's "Il Trovatore" : ANVIL
39
"Pokémon" genre : ANIME
40
Hard to find, in old 13-Down : RARA
42
Like some '39 New York World's Fair buildings : DECO
43
How some roads ascend a mountain : SNAKILY
45
Presidential portrait site? : WALLET
47
T-bar or Z-bar : BRAND
48
Sister of Lazarus, in the Bible : MARY
49
Mideast leaders : AGAS
51
Belief that all things are made of a single substance : MONISM
53
Redwood National Park sight : ELK
56
"Unfortunately ..." : MUCHTOMYCHAGRIN
59
Some charity events : PROAMS
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Denied : SAIDNOTO
61
Unshaded : SUNLIT
62
Replies to irritably : SNAPSAT
Down
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Pres. appointee : SECY
2
Showy flower of the iris family : IXIA
3
Benedict of "The A-Team" : DIRK
4
"You get the idea": Abbr. : ETC
5
Emperor before Hadrian : TRAJAN
6
Began energetically : WADEDIN
7
Passes over : OMITS
8
"Just a Closer Walk With Thee" and others : DIRGES
9
Glaswegian "Gee!" : OCH
10
Inclusive, as some resorts : GAYFRIENDLY
11
Like many low-paying jobs : ENTRYLEVEL
12
New York stadium name : ASHE
13
See 40-Across : ROME
15
Familiar : PAL
18
Onetime foe of the recording industry : NAPSTER
22
Person with a burning resentment? : FIREMARSHAL
24
Indian chief : RAJA
25
Popular Mexican tourist destination : BAJA
26
"Molly ___ Can't Say That, Can She?" (1990s best seller) : IVINS
27
"Diner" co-star, 1982 : KEVINBACON
28
Evaluate : ASSAY
29
Jazz (up) : SPICE
32
English jurisdiction : EARLDOM
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Section of a hockey rink in front of the goal : SLOT
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Prefix meaning "10": Var. : DEKA
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Completely overrun by : AWASHIN
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Closest to the center : INMOST
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Force commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia : ARMADA
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Biotite and lepidolite : MICAS
49
Boosts, with "up" : AMPS
50
Whiz : GURU
52
Grover Cleveland was once its gov. : NYS
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Offspring of Chaos, to Hesiod : EROS
54
Rock guitarist Ford : LITA
55
Speed unit : KNOT
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"I didn't need to know that," informally : TMI
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Econ. class topic : GNP

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

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