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New York Times, Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Go places
TotalDebutLatest
265/3/19996/25/2012
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.588713%
Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 41 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Wednesday freshness: 65%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/17/7 ( No. 20,889 )
Across
1
Amorphous creature : AMEBA
6
Auto financing co. : GMAC
10
Egyptian cobra : ASP
13
Turns red, perhaps : RIPENS
15
Eastern music : RAGA
16
Upsilon follower : PHI
17
Emergency processing : TRIAGE
18
Baltic feeder : ODER
19
Ida. neighbor : ORE
20
Some spy materials : SECRETCODES
22
Bombed : LIT
23
In the previous month : ULTIMO
24
One jumping in a doghouse? : FLEA
25
Defeats handily : WHIPS
28
New school year purchases : TEXTBOOKS
31
Capture : BAG
32
Clampett patriarch of 1960's TV : JED
33
Pillager of yore : HUN
34
In the mood : AMOROUS
37
Something to hit : PAYDIRT
41
Charge carrier : ION
42
Picked up : GOT
43
___ rule : MOB
44
Breakfast refuse : EGGSHELLS
48
Hotel amenities : SAFES
50
Exploit, informally : MILK
51
Lot to see : EYEFUL
53
It may be under a top : BRA
54
Order appropriate for 20-, 28- and 44-Across? : GETCRACKING
59
Familiar : OLD
60
Opposer : ANTI
61
Go places : TRAVEL
62
Mint device : DIE
63
All paid up : EVEN
64
It has 100 seats : SENATE
65
Ouija response : YES
66
Orpheus' instrument : LYRE
67
Just know : SENSE
Down
1
Song and dance, e.g. : ARTS
2
Bog down : MIRE
3
"Cleopatra," for one : EPIC
4
Withstand hardship : BEARUP
5
Winged ones : ANGELS
6
Neatened up : GROOMED
7
Tommy ___, 2001 M.V.P. of the XFL : MADDOX
8
Writer James : AGEE
9
Consumer Reports topic : CARS
10
Lunar program : APOLLO
11
Horror film sound : SHRIEK
12
Some religious artworks : PIETAS
14
Small paving stone : SETT
21
Names as a source : CITES
24
Like some memories : FOND
25
Pugs' org. : WBA
26
It may be cured : HAM
27
"My turn!" : IGO
29
Just one of those things? : THAT
30
Be convinced of : BUY
32
6, written out : JUNE
35
Classic board game : RISK
36
Sound of delight : OOH
37
Tough one : POSER
38
Global finance org. : IMF
39
Lobsters-to-be : ROE
40
Noted airer of classic sitcoms : TBS
42
Amino acid found in sugar cane : GLYCINE
44
Personify : EMBODY
45
Kind of magazine : GIRLIE
46
Sylvan clearings : GLADES
47
Athletic award : LETTER
48
Former Ecuadoran money : SUCRES
49
Saturated hydrocarbon : ALKANE
52
Trans ___ : FATS
54
Highlander : GAEL
55
"Men always hate most what they ___ most": Mencken : ENVY
56
Director Reitman : IVAN
57
Brings home : NETS
58
Pure delight : GLEE

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

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