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New York Times, Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Author:
Laura A. Halper
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Across : Whistle-blower's exposure
TotalDebut
13/20/2007
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.6048%
Laura A. Halper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Halper. Tuesday freshness: 15%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/20/7 ( No. 20,951 )
Across
1
Flip (through) : LEAF
5
Sugar amts. : TSPS
9
Fire starter : SPARK
14
Trucker's toll unit : AXLE
15
Aesopian also-ran : HARE
16
Wore : HADON
17
Zig or zag : VEER
18
Toledo's lake : ERIE
19
Gas in a layer : OZONE
20
Gather sailors? : ACCRUEACREW
23
"Norma ___" : RAE
24
Half-witted : INANE
25
Genealogical diagram : TREE
27
Roofing pro : SLATER
30
Stork delivery : NEONATE
33
Foul-line material : LIME
34
Rock's Green Day, e.g. : TRIO
37
City north of Salt Lake City : OGDEN
38
Actress Thurman : UMA
39
Not really there : PHANTOM
41
Traffic reg., e.g. : ORD
42
Doodad : GIZMO
44
Walkout defier : SCAB
45
Sit for a shot : POSE
46
Like the B-2 bomber : STEALTH
48
Quaking in one's boots : SCARED
50
"Diana" singer : ANKA
51
Dote on : SPOIL
53
Big Blue : IBM
55
Dismay Reiser or Revere? : APPALLAPAUL
60
Whistle-blower's exposure : FRAUD
62
Pulitzer winner James : AGEE
63
Out of kilter : AWRY
64
Final authority : SAYSO
65
Sans ice : NEAT
66
Slave away : TOIL
67
Day one : ONSET
68
Ferrara family name : ESTE
69
Choice word : ELSE
Down
1
Source of pumice : LAVA
2
Many a Barron's reader, for short : EXEC
3
A Waugh : ALEC
4
Compound of iron : FERRITE
5
Where we are : THEEARTH
6
Clear wrap : SARAN
7
Sticker figure : PRICE
8
Visionary : SEER
9
Dealership area : SHOWROOM
10
La ___, Bolivia : PAZ
11
Love something offered at home improvement stores? : ADOREADOOR
12
Gossipy Barrett : RONA
13
Joint that may jerk : KNEE
21
A, in Ardennes : UNE
22
Hot time in Québec : ETE
26
E.S.L. part: Abbr. : ENG
27
Slimy creatures : SLUGS
28
One to a customer, e.g. : LIMIT
29
Wow Willie? : AMAZEAMAYS
30
___ bene : NOTA
31
Far from windy : TERSE
32
Broke off : ENDED
35
Calamine lotion target : RASH
36
Business abbr. : INC
39
Spot on a tie, perhaps : POLKADOT
40
Like Betamax : OBSOLETE
43
"Geez, Louise!" : MAN
45
Examine by touching : PALPATE
47
Brewpub fixture : TAP
49
Org. in "The Good Shepherd" : CIA
51
Wise old heads : SAGES
52
Fabric fold : PLEAT
53
"In that case ..." : IFSO
54
Fiber source : BRAN
56
Plexiglas unit : PANE
57
M.P.'s quarry : AWOL
58
"Topaz" author : URIS
59
Singer Lovett : LYLE
61
Play for a sap : USE

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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