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New York Times, Friday, December 24, 2010

Author:
Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Land of Papá Noel
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
124/9/20083/28/20237
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0263010
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.583124%
Jay Kaskel
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
138/7/20073/28/20237
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0056110
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.603916%
Daniel Kantor

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {BFJQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Kaskel. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Kantor. Friday freshness: 0%
Jim Horne notes:

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune ran an article about these constructors and this puzzle.

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© 2010, The New York Times12/24/10 ( No. 22,326 )
Across
1
Not an ideal answer to "Do these jeans make me look fat?" : HMM
4
Chief : ARCH
8
Something to unscrew on an auto : GASCAP
14
Feu fighter : EAU
15
Uncommon, in ancient Rome : RARA
16
Land of Papá Noel : ESPANA
17
N N N : NUS
18
Carols, often : CHURCHHYMNS
20
Mr. Hilarious : RIOT
22
Chair: Abbr. : DIR
23
Nonverbal congratulations : PAT
24
Scrooge player of film : MICHAELCAINE
29
It has 3,750 "steps of penitence" : MTSINAI
30
Intimate : GETAT
33
Down : EAT
34
Bird, e.g., once : CELT
37
Comment upon receiving a large bill : OUCH
38
Polar opposites? : NAUGHTYORNICE
42
"___ doing ..." : INSO
43
Cold capital : OSLO
44
Pique condition? : IRE
46
Saw : ADAGE
48
Entered cautiously : EASEDIN
51
Time before the present day? : CHRISTMASEVE
54
Palindromic girl's name : AVA
57
With 67-Across, sacred symbol to Zeus : OAK
58
TV's Anderson : LONI
59
Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent? : SILENTNIGHT
64
It's taken to calm down : TEN
66
It takes place on board a ship at sea in "The Tempest" : SCENEI
67
See 57-Across : TREE
68
Be a certain way? : ARE
69
Bit of candy : TICTAC
70
Start of something : SEED
71
Brief subject : LAW
Down
1
Game ___ : HEN
2
Its capital is Nouakchott : MAURITANIA
3
Score keeper? : MUSICSTAND
4
Inverse trig function : ARCTAN
5
Exclamation heard 12 times in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" : RAH
6
Word on a vin bottle : CRU
7
Head of cattle? : HARDC
8
The Iron Horse of baseball : GEHRIG
9
Silvery-gray : ASH
10
19-Down employee : SPY
11
Rough it, say : CAMP
12
Lady whom Don Giovanni tries to seduce : ANNA
13
Over : PAST
19
Employer of 10-Downs: Abbr. : CIA
21
"___ don't know" : OHI
24
Fr. title : MME
25
Per : EACH
26
Misinform, maybe : LIETO
27
#10 on a table : NEON
28
Seamstress's aid : ETUI
31
Chance : ACCIDENTAL
32
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" setting : THERIVIERA
35
Lily, in Lille : LYS
36
Flat sign : TOLET
39
Car-racing org. : USAC
40
Van follower : GOGH
41
Tramp : ROAM
45
Chemical suffix : ENE
47
Blue : EROTIC
49
Like many winter roads : SALTED
50
Peruvian pronoun : ESO
52
Ziering of "90210" : IAN
53
Burlesque bits : SKITS
54
Bob Cratchit to Scrooge, e.g.: Abbr. : ASST
55
Part of a boast : VICI
56
Smart ___ : ALEC
60
Three-in-one M.D. : ENT
61
Class-conscious grp.? : NEA
62
Princeton Review subj. : GRE
63
Part of a snicker : HEE
65
Fresh : NEW

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

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