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New York Times, Monday, January 2, 2006

Author:
Linda Schechet Tucker
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Takes a turn on "Wheel of Fortune"
TotalDebutLatest
21/2/20068/28/2007
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Linda Schechet Tucker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQWX} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Tucker. Monday freshness: 42%
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© 2006, The New York Times1/2/6 ( No. 20,509 )
Across
1
Actor Baldwin : ALEC
5
Go a mile a minute, say : SPEED
10
Canaanite god : BAAL
14
Length between mini and maxi : MIDI
15
Uptight person : PRUDE
16
Peter ___, classic cartoonist for The New Yorker : ARNO
17
One's equal : PEER
18
Dances at Jewish weddings : HORAS
19
Alliance since '49 : NATO
20
1852 book : UNCLETOMSCABIN
23
Old Italian money : LIRE
24
Long, long time : EON
25
1944 play : IREMEMBERMAMA
31
Trap : SNARE
32
Low-cal : LITE
33
Miner's find : ORE
35
Egyptian fertility goddess : ISIS
36
Takes a turn on "Wheel of Fortune" : SPINS
38
Unadulterated : PURE
39
"Queen of denial" for Queen of the Nile : PUN
40
Ollie's partner in old comedy : STAN
41
Wild : FERAL
42
1992 movie : MYCOUSINVINNY
46
Actor Chaney : LON
47
Classical paintings : OILS
48
1970's TV show with a literal hint to 20-, 25- and 42-Across : ALLINTHEFAMILY
55
Feeling that makes you say "Ow!" : PAIN
56
Biblical spy : CALEB
57
When repeated, a court cry : OYEZ
59
For men only : STAG
60
The Little Mermaid : ARIEL
61
The "N" of N.B. : NOTA
62
"Dear God!" : OHMY
63
Pee Wee who was nicknamed The Little Colonel : REESE
64
Quick cut : SNIP
Down
1
Unit of current, informally : AMP
2
In ___ of (instead of) : LIEU
3
Home for Adam and Eve : EDEN
4
Vultures, at times : CIRCLERS
5
Globe : SPHERE
6
For the time being : PROTEM
7
Currency that replaced 23-Across : EURO
8
Dutch cheese : EDAM
9
Puddings and pies, e.g. : DESSERTS
10
Snack for a monkey : BANANA
11
Saudi, e.g. : ARAB
12
Not for : ANTI
13
Crazy as a ___ : LOON
21
Fertilizer ingredient : LIME
22
Arrive : COME
25
"To recap ..." : INSUM
26
Wet, weatherwise : RAINY
27
Thin pancakes : BLINI
28
"Ich bin ___ Berliner" : EIN
29
Grieve : MOURN
30
Lineup : ARRAY
31
Taste, as wine : SIP
34
Sushi fish : EEL
36
Vehicle that does crazy tricks : STUNTCAR
37
___ de deux : PAS
38
Funds for retirees : PENSIONS
40
Shortly : SOON
41
What soap may leave : FILM
43
Tight, as clothes : CLINGY
44
Bank's ad come-on : NOFEES
45
Practical, as a plan : VIABLE
48
Lhasa ___ (dog) : APSO
49
Homebuilder's strip : LATH
50
Actor Neeson : LIAM
51
Long-eared leaper : HARE
52
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
53
City on the Rhone : LYON
54
Abominable Snowman : YETI
58
Microwave : ZAP

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

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