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New York Times, Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Author:
Oliver Hill
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Representative
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.628836%
Oliver Hill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {J} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hill. Tuesday freshness: 9%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/2/7 ( No. 21,147 )
Across
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"Do you like green eggs and ham?" speaker : SAMIAM
7
In the style of : ALA
10
Lao-tzu's way : TAO
13
Meeting handout : AGENDA
14
Broke from the band, maybe : WENTSOLO
17
Cosmopolitan staple : PERSONALITYQUIZ
19
Date : SEE
20
Uncertainties : IFS
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It can be silly : PUTTY
22
Spot en el mar : ISLA
24
W.W. I German admiral : SPEE
26
N.F.L. star : PROQUARTERBACK
32
Slip : LAPSE
33
Conquistador's quest : ORO
34
Actress Turner : LANA
36
Opposite of WSW : ENE
37
Period of human benightedness : DARKAGE
41
Stroke : PET
42
Overall feel : AURA
44
Coquettish : COY
45
Relative of a mole : SHREW
47
Colorful bed cover : PATCHWORKQUILT
51
Corrida cheers : OLES
52
Pageant adornment : SASH
53
Highest peak of Crete : MTIDA
56
Egg: Prefix : OVI
57
Wide shoe spec : EEE
60
"Behave!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme : MINDYOURPSANDQS
65
Representative : EMISSARY
66
Tie, as a score : EVENUP
67
Cry between "ready" and "go!" : SET
68
"Kid-tested" breakfast cereal : KIX
69
Keep : RETAIN
Down
1
Fools : SAPS
2
Author James : AGEE
3
Slight : MERE
4
Special connections : INS
5
Bustle : ADO
6
Port seized by Adm. Dewey, 1898 : MANILA
7
Poking tools : AWLS
8
Luau offering : LEI
9
Queen of the hill? : ANT
10
Ballyhoo : TOUT
11
Dismounted : ALIT
12
Like mud : OOZY
15
Easygoing : TYPEB
16
Sound at a greased pig contest : SQUEAL
18
In the distance : AFAR
22
Figs. clustered around 100 : IQS
23
Like a malfeasant, often : SUED
24
Fluids in bags : SERA
25
Bull Moose party: Abbr. : PROG
26
Appeal : PLEA
27
Incurred, as charges : RANUP
28
"La Traviata," e.g. : OPERA
29
Site of the first Asian Olympics : TOKYO
30
Kind of pants : CAPRI
31
Prepare to propose : KNEEL
35
1, for hydrogen: Abbr. : ATWT
38
What a massage may ease : ACHE
39
Theater seating : ROWS
40
Titles for attys. : ESQS
43
In disagreement : ATODDS
46
"Say what?" : HUH
48
Pottery materials : CLAYS
49
Reply, briefly : RSVP
50
Onetime German leader : KAISER
53
Mlles. after marriage : MMES
54
Red-bordered magazine : TIME
55
The "W" in Geo. W. Bush, e.g. : INIT
56
Straight-horned African animal : ORYX
57
Author Ferber : EDNA
58
Prefix with distant : EQUI
59
"SportsCenter" channel : ESPN
61
Yellow ribbon holder, in song : OAK
62
Geller with a psychic act : URI
63
St. crosser : AVE
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Bring home : NET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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