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New York Times, Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Author:
Philip Thomson
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Drive away, as a thief?
TotalDebut
111/16/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Philip Thomson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVWZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Thomson. Wednesday freshness: 22%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/16/5 ( No. 20,462 )
Across
1
Spin doctor's concern : IMAGE
6
Mediterranean spewer : ETNA
10
Sobriquet for Haydn : PAPA
14
Gabbed away : RANON
15
Not fer : AGIN
16
Drive away, as a thief? : ABET
17
With 21-Across, there's no : ACCOUNTING
19
Fall shade : RUST
20
Joanne of westerns : DRU
21
See 17-Across : FORTASTE
23
Hard to miss : SALIENT
27
Sings in the Alps : YODELS
28
Taters : SPUDS
29
It may be hard on a construction worker : HAT
32
Alley button : RESET
33
Dish served with a lemon wedge : SOLE
34
Good source of potassium : BANANA
36
There's no : PLACELIKEHOME
41
Brought up : RAISED
42
"Little" boy of early comics : NEMO
44
Bring a smile to : AMUSE
48
___ Lingus : AER
49
Take it off, take it all off : STRIP
50
Shiny cotton fabric : SATEEN
52
"Told ya!" : SOTHERE
54
With 59-Across, there's no : TIMELIKE
57
"___ we there yet?" : ARE
58
School with King's Scholars : ETON
59
See 54-Across : THEPRESENT
64
Tabula ___ : RASA
65
Asian princess : RANI
66
Company that took over Reynolds Metals in 2000 : ALCOA
67
Lousy eggs? : NITS
68
Quartz type : ONYX
69
Former Japanese capital : KYOTO
Down
1
Lyricist Gershwin : IRA
2
Raincoat, for short : MAC
3
Mandela's org. : ANC
4
"Sure, why not?!" : GOODIDEA
5
Accustoms : ENURES
6
Bother, with "at" : EAT
7
Abbreviation said with a "Whew!" : TGIF
8
Bogotá boy : NINO
9
Steamed : ANGRY
10
Memorial Day event : PARADE
11
Takes advantage of, say : ABUSES
12
Mortar's partner : PESTLE
13
Swear (to) : ATTEST
18
Taker of vows : NUN
22
Service reading : TORAH
23
Pressure cooker's sound : SSS
24
Each, slangily : APOP
25
Break in the action : LULL
26
Comedian's Muse : THALIA
30
Licorice-scented herb : ANISE
31
"Any ___?" : TAKERS
34
Arthur of "The Golden Girls" : BEA
35
ABC newsman Potter : NED
37
Angler's basket : CREEL
38
Sneakily : ONTHESLY
39
Trifling : MERE
40
Namer of a representative to OPEC, maybe : EMIR
43
Unlock, to a poet : OPE
44
Rearward : ASTERN
45
Drink made with curaçao : MAITAI
46
Maximum : UTMOST
47
Interpreted to be : SEENAS
49
Run of luck : STREAK
51
Funny-car fuel : NITRO
53
Something that may be seen in a bank : OAR
55
Genghis ___ : KHAN
56
Start of a kid's counting rhyme : EENY
60
Fotos : PIX
61
Prefix with friendly : ECO
62
"___ so!" : NOT
63
The way of the Chinese : TAO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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