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New York Times, Thursday, February 15, 2007

Author:
Elizabeth Rehfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Preventive maintenance on a water barrier?
TotalDebut
12/15/2007
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5644%
Elizabeth Rehfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BJQUXYZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Rehfeld. Thursday freshness: 1%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/15/7 ( No. 20,918 )
Across
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Guffaw : HOHO
5
"Warmer" or "colder" : HINT
9
Narc's find : STASH
14
Dark side : EVIL
15
George Washingtons : ONES
16
On the 31st of February : NEVER
17
Western flattop? : MESA
18
Fictional home of Gerald O'Hara : TARA
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Shelved : ONICE
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Tantrum expected from a money player? : PROFITFORECAST
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Ram's home: Abbr. : STL
24
___ Speedwagon : REO
25
French possessive : MON
26
Preventive maintenance on a water barrier? : DAMAGECONTROL
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Turkish title : PASHA
35
It may result in a landslide : VOTE
36
Org. with a snake in its logo : AMA
37
Sailing : ASEA
38
Contemptible sorts : SWINE
40
Fast one : SCAM
41
Diamond ___ : LIL
42
Shoot out : EMIT
43
Dynamos : DOERS
44
Beachgoer wearing bug spray? : OFFONATANGENT
48
Source of some plywood : FIR
49
Mining target : ORE
50
Warsaw Pact member: Abbr. : ROM
53
Bit of mischief that won't be noticed for years? : LONGTERMIMPACT
58
Gila monster's defense : VENOM
59
Store on Harvard Square since 1882 : COOP
60
When the shipwreck occurs in "The Tempest" : ACTI
61
Gillette of stage and screen : ANITA
62
Heart : CORE
63
Piece of Variety news : SKED
64
Conveys : TOTES
65
Scratched (out) : EKED
66
Film dog : ASTA
Down
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Plants used for fiber and food : HEMPS
2
Blatant : OVERT
3
What a man making a comeback may get back to : HISOLDSELF
4
Count ___, villain in Lemony Snicket books : OLAF
5
Traditional cold remedy : HOTTEA
6
Befuddled : INAFOG
7
Coup victim of A.D. 68 : NERO
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Ruler of the Cossacks : TSAR
9
Summer treat : SNOCONE
10
Crofter, in Britain : TENANT
11
Enterprise rival : AVIS
12
Sunnis, e.g. : SECT
13
Land once ruled by the Hapsburgs: Abbr. : HRE
21
Neighbor of Hi and Lois, in the funnies : IRMA
22
Act broadly : EMOTE
27
"So that's it!" : AHA
28
Patti LuPone Tony-winning role : EVITA
29
Hoodwink : CON
30
Ovals : RACETRACKS
31
Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" : OMAR
32
Clears out : LAMS
33
___ Alto : PALO
34
"You wish!" : ASIF
38
Clever : SMART
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Cleverness : WIT
40
Holy Trinity part : SON
42
Knots : ENIGMAS
43
Judge : DEEM
45
Significant : OFNOTE
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Gone : NOMORE
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Bellyached : GRIPED
51
String ensemble, maybe : OCTET
52
Vantage point of Zeus, in Homer : MTIDA
53
Nightly TV presence beginning 5/25/92 : LENO
54
"Get ___!" : ONIT
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"Behold," to Cicero : ECCE
56
Castle : ROOK
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"Qué ___?" : PASA
58
Dye holder : VAT

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

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