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New York Times, Friday, September 23, 2005

Author:
Levi Denham
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : End of peace?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
108/18/200412/15/20062
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Levi Denham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVXYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Denham. Friday freshness: 46%
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© 2005, The New York Times9/23/5 ( No. 20,408 )
Across
1
Airshow staple : LOOPTHELOOP
12
Skip preceder : HOP
15
Catwoman, e.g. : ANTIHEROINE
16
"O the cannons ___ their rosy-flashing muzzles!": Whitman : OPE
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Result of a big impact : METEORITECRATER
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Some accounting entries: Abbr. : CRS
20
Brand name on a white bottle : ELMERS
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"When We Dead Awaken" dramatist : IBSEN
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Hi-___ : FIS
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China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
28
"Children of the Tenements" author : RIIS
29
Peggy Ashcroft and others : DAMES
31
Numerical prefix : OCTA
32
Negatively : ILL
33
Double-check, say : MAKECERTAIN
35
1970's radical grp. : SLA
36
Provider of partial coverage? : AREARUG
37
Certain polit. party : SOC
38
Pope's title : HISHOLINESS
40
Concert ending : INA
41
Quince, for one : POME
42
Mine openings : ADITS
43
Constitution: Abbr. : ANAT
44
Kind of personality : ONAIR
46
Abbr. in many French street names : STE
47
Pinups, perhaps : IDOLS
48
Foot bone : TARSAL
50
Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. : SWE
51
"There's no way" : AINTGONNAHAPPEN
58
A third of nove : TRE
59
Old Colony's neighbor : EMPIRESTATE
60
Done, to Donne : OER
61
Spy wear : DARKGLASSES
Down
1
Flight : LAM
2
With 4-Down, some swimsuits : ONE
3
Giant of note : OTT
4
See 2-Down : PIECES
5
Sticker : THORN
6
His mate : HERS
7
Verdi's "___ tu" : ERI
8
Raft : LOT
9
Goose, to Grégoire : OIE
10
Whenever : ONCE
11
Political adviser Richard : PERLE
12
It offers bedding and betting : HOTELCASINO
13
Working : OPERATIONAL
14
Some longhairs : PERSIANCATS
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Defensive comeback : AMNOT
21
Part of an underground spring crop : IRISHPOTATO
22
Forbes 400 listee : BILLIONAIRE
23
Novel subtitled "The Weaver of Raveloe" : SILASMARNER
24
Bartender dupers : FAKEIDS
25
"Seriously!" : IMEANIT
26
Place out of sight : SECRETE
29
Friend of Froggy : DARLA
30
Pseudonymous doctor : SEUSS
33
"From ___ to Mozart" (1980 documentary) : MAO
34
Some N.F.L.ers : RGS
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Holdup : HEIST
43
Aces : ADEPTS
45
Spread like wildfire : RAGED
47
Gloria Steinem's "___ Playboy Bunny" : IWASA
49
Broad-topped hill, in the Southwest : LOMA
50
Rock producer Talmy : SHEL
52
"As It Happens" airer : NPR
53
End of peace? : NIK
54
Where Santa Fé is: Abbr. : ARG
55
Dance bit : PAS
56
It includes juillet : ETE
57
Super ___ (GameCube predecessor) : NES

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

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