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New York Times, Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Author:
Robert Zimmerman
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Across : Like a woodland
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Robert Zimmerman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JWX} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Zimmerman. Wednesday freshness: 41%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/10/7 ( No. 21,155 )
Across
1
C-shaped gadget : CLAMP
6
Breastplate, e.g. : ARMOR
11
"Kinda" suffix : ISH
14
Spokes, essentially : RADII
15
Break from service : LEAVE
16
E-file preparer, briefly : CPA
17
Good-looking, briefly : EZONTHEEYES
19
Part of a confession : SIN
20
Oscar winner Tomei : MARISA
21
Like a woodland : FORESTED
23
Inventor Rubik : ERNO
24
Bounty letters : HMS
26
Thumbscrew ridges : KNURLS
27
Final Four org. : NCAA
29
Dom or earl : TITLE
30
Low man : BASSO
33
Taylor Hicks, e.g. : IDOL
35
Sharp as a tack : KEEN
38
Cable network owned by NBC Universal : USA
39
Oh-so-cute carnival prizes, briefly : QPDOLLS
42
Pirouette pivot : TOE
43
Adoption agcy. : SPCA
45
Projector unit : REEL
46
"Jerusalem Delivered" poet : TASSO
48
Of yore : OLDEN
50
Fall setting : EDEN
52
Dry rot, e.g. : FUNGUS
54
Bustle : ADO
55
"Don't forget ..." : ALSO
59
Prayer wheel inscriptions : LITANIES
61
"Oops!" list : ERRATA
63
Phoenix-to-Albuquerque dir. : ENE
64
Risky person to do business with, briefly : CDCHARACTER
66
Holy ones: Abbr. : STS
67
Made public : AIRED
68
Possessive pronoun in an old hymn : THINE
69
It may be cocked : HAT
70
Some are proper : NOUNS
71
Church assembly : SYNOD
Down
1
___ fraîche : CREME
2
Agent Swifty : LAZAR
3
Deck out : ADORN
4
Flunkies : MINIONS
5
Places to refuel : PITS
6
Toby filler : ALE
7
Marine hazards : REEFS
8
Deli supply : MAYO
9
It's too much : OVERKILL
10
Take umbrage at : RESENT
11
Winter hazards, briefly : ICSTREETS
12
Hawker's line : SPIEL
13
Deck crew : HANDS
18
"That's a laugh!" : HAHA
22
Be a sourpuss : SULK
25
Fair one? : MAIDEN
28
"Le ___ d'Or" : COQ
29
Rang out : TOLLED
30
H.O.V. lane user : BUS
31
Shakespeare's "poor venomous fool" : ASP
32
Student writing competition, briefly : SACONTEST
34
Buck's mate : DOE
36
Aurora, to the Greeks : EOS
37
Opposite of paleo- : NEO
40
Fortress of old : PRESIDIO
41
Sault ___ Marie Canals : STE
44
Kelp, for one : ALGA
47
Possible result of a natural disaster : ANARCHY
49
Victim of Macbeth : DUNCAN
51
Active sort : DOER
52
Crayola color changed to "peach" : FLESH
53
___ Mountains, home of King's Peak : UINTA
54
Ghostly pale : ASHEN
56
Like most South Americans : LATIN
57
Note taker : STENO
58
Propelled a shell : OARED
60
Hose shade : ECRU
62
Mafiosi who "flip" : RATS
65
Online revenue sources : ADS

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

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