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New York Times, Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Author:
Barry Boone
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Queen in "The Lion King"
TotalDebutLatest
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Barry Boone

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Boone. Wednesday freshness: 80%
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A
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H
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V
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© 2011, The New York Times10/5/11 ( No. 22,611 )
Across
1
Volcano output : ASH
4
Prospects : VISTAS
10
Dash : ELAN
14
Person with a corner ofc., maybe : CEO
15
The Scourge of God : ATTILA
16
Queen in "The Lion King" : NALA
17
"The Godfather" actor : CAAN
18
The 21st Amendment, e.g. : REPEAL
19
Sting : TRAP
20
Knight ___ (former newspaper group) : RIDDER
22
"Falcon Crest" actress : ANAALICIA
24
Awakening : AROUSAL
26
"How ___ Your Mother" : IMET
27
Some cons : SETUPS
29
It might be golden : OLDIE
33
Final words? : OBIT
36
Dockworkers' grp. : ILA
37
Allergy-afflicted dwarf : SNEEZY
38
Car with the numeral 9 in all its model names : SAAB
39
Pro baseball level ... or a hint to 12 answers in this puzzle : DOUBLEA
41
River across the French/German border : SAAR
42
Speed skater Eric who won five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics : HEIDEN
44
Location of the quadriceps : LEG
45
Enterprise captain prior to Kirk : PIKE
46
Dangerous snake : ADDER
47
Raspy : HOARSE
49
Captain of sci-fi : NEMO
51
Newborn : NEONATE
55
Language of Cape Town : AFRIKAANS
59
Antitank artillery operator, e.g. : GUNNER
60
Grill : QUIZ
61
Jungle vines : LIANAS
63
It may be eaten with tikka masala : NAAN
64
Itch : URGE
65
Like Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon : ONLATE
66
Here, in Québec : ICI
67
___ Turing, a founding father of computer science : ALAN
68
Annual event in Los Angeles : XGAMES
69
Summer, in Québec : ETE
Down
1
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
2
It's said to be salubrious : SEAAIR
3
1953 John Wayne film : HONDO
4
City or lake in northern Italy : VARESE
5
Repeated step : ITERATION
6
The Racer's Edge : STP
7
"___ yellow ribbon ..." : TIEA
8
Singer Morissette : ALANIS
9
Low bow : SALAAM
10
Give a right to : ENTITLE
11
___ de Triomphe : LARC
12
Jai ___ : ALAI
13
Carquest competitor : NAPA
21
Make dirty ... or clean : DUST
23
___ Lewis with the 2008 #1 hit "Bleeding Love" : LEONA
25
Doozy : LULU
28
Painter Picasso : PABLO
30
He loved Lucy : DESI
31
Walton who wrote "The Compleat Angler" : IZAAK
32
Jane of literature : EYRE
33
Producer of workplace regs. : OSHA
34
Bleated : BAAED
35
Footnote abbr. : IBID
37
Set apart : SEGREGATE
39
Shortstop Jeter : DEREK
40
Put pressure (on) : LEAN
43
Inhabitant : DENIZEN
45
New York's ___ Station : PENN
47
Fine-tuning : HONING
48
Drunkards : SOUSES
50
It has its moments : MAALOX
52
"___ Get Your Gun" : ANNIE
53
Boston Harbor event precipitator : TEAACT
54
___ Macmillan, classmate of Harry Potter : ERNIE
55
Blue-green : AQUA
56
Roll up, as a flag : FURL
57
Gulf of ___, arm of the Baltic : RIGA
58
Room in una casa : SALA
62
"Born on the Fourth of July" setting, familiarly : NAM

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

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