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New York Times, Thursday, March 1, 2007

Author:
Steven E. Atwood
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Majestic
TotalDebutLatest
53/1/200711/15/2017
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.612560%
Steven E. Atwood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Atwood. Thursday freshness: 26%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/1/7 ( No. 20,932 )
Across
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Exchange : SWAP
5
Enjoy 5-Down hills : SKI
8
Facility in Phila. or Denver : USMINT
14
City with a seemingly contradictory two-syllable name : HILO
15
Oui's opposite : NON
16
Orthodontic device for separating teeth : SPACER
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Capital at 60 degrees latitude : OSLO
18
Switch positions : ONS
19
Mean : DENOTE
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Means : WHEREWITHAL
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Country in Eur. : SWE
24
Fiber for wet suits : LYCRA
25
Some standardized coll. exams : LSATS
27
Mean : EQUAL
31
Majestic : AUGUST
33
Mean : VULGAR
35
Scratch : MAR
36
Trifling : IDLE
40
German "a" : EINE
41
Surplusage : OVERS
43
Org. setting eligibility requirements : NCAA
44
Duration : SPAN
45
"___ dieu!" : MON
46
Means : AUGURS
48
Heads of old Rome : CAPITA
51
Carmen, for one : GYPSY
52
Makes laugh really hard : SLAYS
55
Not generic : LABEL
57
Mean : AIM
58
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Mean : MEAGER
66
Words said before and after "what" : IAM
67
Sea eagle : ERNE
68
Not remote : ONSITE
69
Put to the test : TRY
70
Means : WAYS
71
Value : ASSESS
72
Go-ahead : YES
73
Short and detached, in mus. : STAC
Down
1
Mean : SHOW
2
Birthday creation : WISH
3
Everything, in Germany : ALLE
4
Mean : POOR
5
See 5-Across : SNOWY
6
Big name in Japanese photography : KONICA
7
8
Food safety grp. : USDA
9
Means : SPELLS
10
"Whew!" : MAN
11
Prefix with -hedron : ICOSA
12
Contents meas. : NETWT
13
Apple and orange : TREES
21
She: Italian : ELLA
22
Comics Viking : HAGAR
26
Mean : STINGY
27
Lead-ins to holidays : EVES
28
Witticism : QUIP
29
Forearm part : ULNA
30
Means : AGENCY
32
___ Minor : URSA
34
Frolic : ROMP
37
Large bra feature : DCUP
38
Phyllis's 1970's TV husband : LARS
39
"Don't get too excited now!" : EASY
42
"Et ___!" : VOILA
47
Hybrid fruit : UGLI
49
Means : ASSETS
50
Playing loudly : ABLARE
52
Part of Oceania : SAMOA
53
Some bank holdings : LIENS
54
Collect : AMASS
56
Annual September gala, with "the" : EMMYS
59
G.I. chow : MRES
60
Scoop : NEWS
61
"Phooey!" : DRAT
62
"A Day Without Rain" singer : ENYA
63
Genealogical abbr. : DESC
65
"Oh wad some power the giftie ___ us": Burns : GIE

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

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