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New York Times, Thursday, March 15, 2007

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Big, in adspeak
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
521.6225255%
Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQVWZ} Spans: 1 Scrabble average: 1.87 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Shteyman. Thursday freshness: 68%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/15/7 ( No. 20,946 )
Across
1
Brazilian dance : MAXIXE
7
Matters of intl. concern : ATESTS
13
Snares : ROPESIN
14
Kaplan course, briefly : SATPREP
16
Cause for a siren : AIRRAID
17
Accumulator : ACCRUER
18
Agent : PROXY
19
Greyhound fare? : ALPO
21
Sammy Davis Jr.'s "___ Can" : YESI
22
Sound : SANE
23
VW front? : STU
24
Kind of number : FAX
25
Sink : SAG
27
Gen ___ : XER
30
Fishing hook with a handle : GAFF
31
Teachers' org. : NEA
34
Bring into harmony : ATTUNE
36
High: Prefix : ALTI
37
Private affair? : EXTRAMARITALSEX
40
Marvel Comics hero : XMAN
41
Affirmed's 1978 Triple Crown archrival : ALYDAR
42
Prior to, in verse : ERE
43
Evidences exposure to ultraviolet light : TANS
44
Waterspout : JET
45
Missile from a prankster : PIE
47
Period of years : ERA
48
Bruiser : APE
50
Big, in adspeak : MAXI
54
Deer ___ : XING
56
Prefix with meter : HEXA
58
Ribald BBC comedy, informally : ABFAB
59
Fix firmly : INGRAIN
61
Ump's call : BALLONE
63
Moon of Saturn : TELESTO
64
Disparage : SNEERAT
65
"Shifting gears a little" and others : SEGUES
66
Spicy cuisine : TEXMEX
Down
1
Actress Kelly : MOIRA
2
Cover in the kitchen : APRON
3
1738 Handel opera set in Persia : XERXES
4
Brit's exclamation : ISAY
5
Top of a clock : XII
6
Wrap up by : ENDAT
7
"The faster the better" : ASAP
8
66-Across snack : TACO
9
Abbr. after a comma : ETC
10
Nimble : SPRY
11
Like some questions : TRUEFALSE
12
Checks in on : SEESAFTER
13
Upbraids : RAPS
15
Menu heading : PRIXFIXE
20
Monopoly square : LUXURYTAX
23
Army NCO : SGTMAJ
26
Kind of battery : AAA
28
Vance Air Force Base site : ENID
29
Shoot over : RETAPE
30
Hootenanny participant : GAL
31
Informational sign on an Interstate : NEXTEXIT
32
Some vets : EXMARINES
33
Tilted : ATANANGLE
35
Output from Washington Irving : TALE
38
Hosp. workers : RNS
39
Cal-Nev-___, Nev. : ARI
46
Globe with olive branches, for the United Nations : EMBLEM
49
Classic name in Milwaukee brewing : PABST
51
Prior to, in verse : AFORE
52
Popular antianxiety drug : XANAX
53
"Yeah, sure!" : IBET
55
Tennis star Rusedski : GREG
56
"Women and Love" author Shere : HITE
57
Son of Seth : ENOS
58
___ Cross, James Patterson detective : ALEX
60
Sun Devils' sch. : ASU
62
Suffix with pent- : ANE

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

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