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New York Times, Friday, January 21, 2011

Author:
Pete Mitchell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Across : Telecom techies
TotalDebutLatest
37/6/20071/21/2011
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.631488%
Pete Mitchell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Mitchell. Friday freshness: 65%
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© 2011, The New York Times1/21/11 ( No. 22,354 )
Across
1
Aflac ad figure, facetiously : SPOKESDUCK
11
Omegas represent them : OHMS
15
She played Appassionata von Climax in Broadway's "Li'l Abner" : TINALOUISE
16
Janus-faced : DUAL
17
Chinchillas and boas, e.g. : EXOTICPETS
18
Words before expert or fool : IMNO
19
"The Gene Krupa Story" title role player : MINEO
20
Pamplona pronoun : ESAS
21
Bygone N.Y.C. punk club : CBGB
22
Handles : SEESTO
24
Literary inits. : RLS
26
Chocolate ___ : LAB
27
Ace pitcher's reward? : SALE
30
Epoch when bats first appeared : EOCENE
32
Starbucks offering : CHAI
36
Homebuyer's "bargain" : FIXERUPPER
38
Quiche ingrédients : OEUFS
40
"___ Ferienreisen" (Strauss polka) : AUF
41
Cool : POISE
42
Result of a permanent failure? : BADHAIRDAY
45
Basis of growth : SEED
46
Jockey wear : BRIEFS
47
Ones concerned with custody : EXES
49
Put down a can? : SAT
50
Telecom techies : EES
52
Profanable : SACRED
57
"___ on the Line" (Thomas the Tank Engine story) : ACOW
59
Residencia : CASA
62
Bit of a grind : CHORE
63
Byron poem : LARA
64
Outrageous : OVERTHETOP
66
Clarifying words : ASIN
67
Bad blood : NOLOVELOST
68
Totally not happening : DEAD
69
Make a spectacle of oneself, say : DRAWSTARES
Down
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Watch things : STEMS
2
User of a 58-Down : PIXIE
3
When a quick snap may happen : ONONE
4
Bush and Jackson : KATES
5
Writer known as Old Possum, and his family : ELIOTS
6
Lib. arts major : SOC
7
Suck in : DUPE
8
They're hung across roads : UIES
9
___ Optics (telescope maker) : CSTAR
10
Laura Bush biographer Ronald : KESSLER
11
Like some poetry : ODIC
12
Crow : HUMBLEPIE
13
Iron's preceder on the periodic table : MANGANESE
14
Acted like a baby, in a way : SLOBBERED
23
Palooka : OAF
25
Introductory course? : SOUP
28
Many an interrogee : LIAR
29
Radiate : EXUDE
31
Navy equivalents of S.F.C.'s : CPOS
32
High-fat dish with greens : COBBSALAD
33
Sit on the bench : HEARACASE
34
Assembly places : AUDITORIA
35
"___ Should Ever Leave You" (Tom Jones song) : IFHE
37
High-tech transmission : EFAX
39
Trustworthy : SAFE
43
Motion approval : ISECOND
44
"That's what I'm talkin' about!" : YES
48
Bag in a trunk : SACHET
51
Make last, maybe : SAVOR
53
Crayfish claw : CHELA
54
Wankel engine part : ROTOR
55
Jagged : EROSE
56
Secretaries' charges: Abbr. : DEPTS
58
Item used by a 2-Down : WAND
60
One of Swoosie's co-stars on "Sisters" : SELA
61
Shoulder-to-shoulder : AROW
65
They often hang around sports bars : TVS

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

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