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New York Times, Thursday, September 13, 2007

Author:
Joe Krozel & Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
Dr. ___ Schneider, historian who was a love interest of Indiana Jones
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
877/7/20066/14/201815
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4147242621
CircleScrabDebutFresh
51.4849785%
Joe Krozel
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473/29/200512/29/202125
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75107666
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21.5522358%
Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 7, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Krozel. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Fleming. Thursday freshness: 51%
Jim Horne notes:

I don't count "theme squares" on XWord Info because the definition is too subjective but this collection of seven 15-letter law-related theme answers is remarkable.

1
A
2
M
3
S
4
S
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W
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A
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M
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I
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B
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O
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O
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Z
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E
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C
A
P
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I
T
A
L
O
F
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F
E
N
S
E
S
17
T
H
E
D
E
F
E
N
S
E
R
E
S
T
S
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O
R
L
E
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A
T
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A
A
A
21
R
E
L
A
22
P
23
S
24
A
Y
E
A
25
R
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A
U
27
L
D
28
E
29
L
30
S
31
A
32
A
33
D
34
M
35
I
S
S
I
O
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N
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T
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O
B
A
I
L
39
C
O
U
R
T
A
P
P
E
A
R
A
N
C
E
40
M
O
T
I
O
N
S
T
O
S
T
R
I
K
E
41
E
R
E
S
42
E
S
S
E
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H
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I
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R
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E
D
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E
A
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S
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T
50
L
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A
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A
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L
54
G
55
V
I
M
56
T
I
O
S
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J
U
R
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Y
O
F
O
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N
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E
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S
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P
E
E
R
S
63
E
X
P
E
R
T
T
E
S
T
I
M
O
N
Y
64
T
E
S
T
Y
65
E
S
Q
U
E
66
N
E
R
© 2007, The New York Times9/13/7 ( No. 21,128 )
Across
1
Times to call, in some classifieds : AMS
4
Johnny Carson persona : SWAMI
9
Sauce : BOOZE
14
Serious crimes : CAPITALOFFENSES
17
Perry Mason line : THEDEFENSERESTS
18
Crest bearer in heraldry : ORLE
19
Showed enthusiasm for, with "up" : ATE
20
Highest bond rating : AAA
21
Passes more than once : RELAPS
24
Annually : AYEAR
26
"___ Robin Gray" (classic Scottish ballad) : AULD
28
Dr. ___ Schneider, historian who was a love interest of Indiana Jones : ELSA
32
Order sought by an accused before trial : ADMISSIONTOBAIL
39
Hearing, e.g. : COURTAPPEARANCE
40
Lawyers' requests at trials : MOTIONSTOSTRIKE
41
You are, in Aragón : ERES
42
De bene ___ (of conditional validity) : ESSE
43
Kind of hand : HIRED
47
Title locale in a Cheech Marin film : EASTLA
52
Neighbor of Libya: Abbr. : ALG
55
Energy : VIM
56
Hombres en la familia : TIOS
57
Equals at a trial : JURYOFONESPEERS
63
Specialist's offering : EXPERTTESTIMONY
64
Snappish : TESTY
65
Relative of -ish : ESQUE
66
___ Tamid (synagogue lamp) : NER
Down
1
Part of a company : ACTOR
2
Family name in Olympic skiing : MAHRE
3
Period of time : SPELL
4
Montréal's Rue ___-Catherine : STE
5
Erstwhile military aux. : WAF
6
Drink in "The Taming of the Shrew" : ALE
7
"Hey, ___!" (Jamaican greeting) : MON
8
Suppose : IFSAY
9
First multiracial coeducational college in the South : BEREA
10
Night stand leader? : ONE
11
Mythical mount : OSSA
12
Certain sorority woman : ZETA
13
What she is in Italy : ESSA
15
Bean sprout? : IDEA
16
Grand affair : FETE
22
Meal, in Milan : PASTO
23
Lazy ___ : SUSAN
24
Like many pets : ADOPTED
25
Steel support for concrete : REBAR
27
Kissers : LIPS
29
Legal scholar Guinier : LANI
30
Twisted : SICK
31
On the less windy side : ALEE
32
Crown : ACME
33
Entrance : DOOR
34
Remote option : MUTE
35
Lucky sorts? : IRISH
36
Modernists : NEOS
37
French cup : TASSE
38
"Coffee ___?" : ORTEA
44
Key component : IVORY
45
Falling-out : RIFT
46
Overplay : EMOTE
48
The brain has one : STEM
49
Fastenable, as labels : TIEON
50
Emmy-winning Michaels : LORNE
51
From Nineveh: Abbr. : ASSYR
52
"Leaving on ___ Plane" : AJET
53
Elegance : LUXE
54
Assns. and orgs. : GRPS
58
Still : YET
59
Old video game inits. : NES
60
Abbr. on a firm's letterhead : ESQ
61
Good name for a flight attendant? : STU
62
Bake sale offering : PIE

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

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