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New York Times, Friday, October 26, 2007

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : What the key of D minor has
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
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101021720
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.6129085%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 52%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/26/7 ( No. 21,171 )
Across
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News Corporation-owned Web site that's one of the 10 most visited sites in the world : MYSPACE
8
Dirt on a person : GOSSIP
14
Yellow fliers with large eyespots : IOMOTHS
15
"Cab," e.g. : REDWINE
16
Abscond : SKIPOUT
17
What the key of D minor has : ONEFLAT
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Sponge : SOT
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Driving distance is a concern in it : PGATOUR
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Dermal opening? : EPI
22
Miss Gulch biter : TOTO
24
Height and such : STATS
25
Pet : SNIT
26
Hostile : ENEMY
28
In advance of : ERE
29
Get a handle on? : TITLE
30
They're played at the track : PONIES
32
Buries : TROUNCES
34
Brass : GALL
36
Walled city of the Mideast : SANA
37
"Let me live my own life!" : IMNOTYOU
41
Gives a little, say : TITHES
45
Wedding concern : DRESS
46
Taper : VCR
48
Was sluggish? : CREPT
49
Old Testament book: Abbr. : ESTH
50
Reporting to : BELOW
52
Vapid : ARID
53
1980s sitcom title role : ALF
54
Flips : HASACOW
56
Hiver's opposite : ETE
57
Not-so-good feeling : MALAISE
59
Former field food : KRATION
61
Terminal timesaver : ETICKET
62
Its value is in creasing : ORIGAMI
63
Sprint acquisition of 2005 : NEXTEL
64
Crossword source since 1942: Abbr. : NYTIMES
Down
1
Slip : MISSTEP
2
Poem reader at the 2006 Olympics opening ceremony : YOKOONO
3
Gaga : SMITTEN
4
With 20-Down, waffle alternative : POP
5
Capping : ATOP
6
Finishes quickly, in a way : CHUGS
7
Groundskeeper's charge : ESTATE
8
Family group : GENUS
9
___-Neisse Line : ODER
10
Abbr. in personal ads : SWF
11
Center of Connecticut : SILENTC
12
All thrown together, say : INAPILE
13
Little women : PETITES
15
Cheering section : ROOTERS
20
See 4-Down : TART
23
"Heavens!" : OMIGOSH
25
1963 Academy Awards host : SINATRA
27
He wrote "It's certain that fine women eat / A crazy salad with their meat" : YEATS
29
Alb coverer : TUNIC
31
Sharp : SLY
33
Meal source : OAT
35
Lopsided court result : LOVESET
37
Ones paid to conceive? : IDEAMEN
38
Cartoon boss working at a quarry : MRSLATE
39
Modern rental option : NETFLIX
40
Sch. whose colors are "true blue" and gold : UCLA
42
Cry upon arriving : HEREIAM
43
Beau ideal : EPITOME
44
Burial place of many French kings : STDENIS
47
"Way to go, dude!" : ROCKON
50
Bernoulli family birthplace : BASEL
51
Trouble : WORRY
54
Raise : HIKE
55
Not yet 58-Down : WAIT
58
See 55-Down : ACT
60
___ Friday's : TGI

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

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