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New York Times, Monday, November 27, 2006

Author:
Marlon R. Howell
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Across : Middle of the quote
TotalDebut
111/27/2006
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.65418%
Marlon R. Howell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BQZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Howell. Monday freshness: 53%
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© 2006, The New York Times11/27/6 ( No. 20,838 )
Across
1
Family : CLAN
5
Winter neckwear : SCARF
10
Conclusions : ENDS
14
Harvard rival : YALE
15
___ Slobbovia (remote locale) : LOWER
16
Vista : VIEW
17
Store safely : STOW
18
Cockamamie : INANE
19
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
20
Start of a quote by Bertrand Russell relevant to crossword solvers : THETIMEYOUENJOY
23
Roy Orbison's "___ the Lonely" : ONLY
24
Rots : DECAYS
25
How to divide things to be fair : EVENLY
28
Revolutionary pamphleteer Thomas : PAINE
30
Supersmart grp. : MENSA
31
Atmosphere : AURA
32
Back talk : SASS
36
Ltd. : INC
37
Middle of the quote : WASTING
40
Chairman with a Little Red Book : MAO
41
In ___ of (standing in for) : LIEU
43
Actor Tim of "WKRP in Cincinnati" : REID
44
Adhesive : EPOXY
46
Pie nut : PECAN
48
Quenches : SLAKES
49
Simoleons : MOOLAH
52
Swizzle : STIR
53
Conclusion of the quote : ISNOTWASTEDTIME
59
Mission-to-Mars org. : NASA
60
Cognizant : AWARE
61
One with adoring fans : IDOL
62
Squeezed (out) : EKED
63
Hayseed : YOKEL
64
Capone fighter Eliot ___ : NESS
65
Cry from Charlie Brown : RATS
66
Pivots : SLEWS
67
Way to get out of a field : GATE
Down
1
Anatomical sac : CYST
2
Strip of wood in homebuilding : LATH
3
___ vera : ALOE
4
Eponymous units of force : NEWTONS
5
By a narrow margin : SLIMLY
6
Brooklyn's ___ Island : CONEY
7
Not at home : AWAY
8
Gambling mecca : RENO
9
Revealing kind of slip : FREUDIAN
10
Demonstrates clearly : EVINCES
11
Old Japanese assassin : NINJA
12
Wooden duck, say : DECOY
13
Persuades : SWAYS
21
Member of an extended family : INLAW
22
Poetic time after dusk : EEN
25
Disney's "___ and the Detectives" : EMIL
26
"___, vidi, vici" (Caesar's boast) : VENI
27
Suffix with differ : ENCE
28
Vladimir of the Kremlin : PUTIN
29
Like most of west Texas : ARID
31
Between ports : ASEA
33
One way to run : AMOK
34
___-Coburg (part of historic Germany) : SAXE
35
High-protein beans : SOYS
38
Sites for grand entrances : ARCHWAYS
39
Icy cold : GELID
42
Transfers files to a computer, maybe : UPLOADS
45
It's "such sweet sorrow" : PARTING
47
Have supper : EAT
48
Braces (oneself) : STEELS
49
Worker with a light and a pick : MINER
50
Japanese port : OSAKA
51
Beginning : ONSET
52
Spread, as seed : STREW
54
Dicey G.I. status : AWOL
55
Drink with sushi : SAKE
56
Notion : IDEA
57
Maximum : MOST
58
"... or ___!" (threat) : ELSE

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

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