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New York Times, Thursday, April 29, 2010

Author:
David J. W. Simpson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Across : What hawks do
TotalDebut
14/29/2010
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.61548%
David J. W. Simpson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Simpson. Thursday freshness: 47%
Jim Horne notes:

John Farmer responded a few months later with this EVEN puzzle.

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© 2010, The New York Times4/29/10 ( No. 22,087 )
Across
1
Rattlebrains : DODOS
6
Winter hours in Colo. : MST
9
Fix, in a way : DEBUG
14
Stiff-backed : ERECT
15
"Every day ___ new day" : ISA
16
Clear : ERASE
17
With 37- and 54-Across, curious property of this crossword : EACHANSWERHASAN
20
"Whether ___ ..." : ORNOT
21
Common item in a purse : KEY
22
Mellow, say : AGE
23
King with a statue in Trafalgar Square : JAMESII
25
Imitates a penguin : WADDLES
27
It may actually be a hunch : ESP
28
"Interest paid on trouble before it falls due," per W. R. Inge : WORRY
29
What hawks do : SWOOP
32
Asian spiritual guide : ZENMASTER
36
"Jerusalem Delivered" poet : TASSO
37
See 17-Across : ODD
38
Nail's partner : TOOTH
39
Enter surreptitiously : SNEAKINTO
41
Dictionary listing : ENTRY
42
Lizard that chirps : GECKO
43
Something that may be let out : HEM
44
Actress Harper : VALERIE
47
Quiet : APPEASE
51
"___ fancy you consult, consult your purse": Benjamin Franklin : ERE
52
Foundation : BED
53
Hold over the fire, say : TOAST
54
See 17-Across : NUMBEROFLETTERS
59
W.W. II blockade enforcer : UBOAT
60
Hagen with three Tonys : UTA
61
Salon supply : HENNA
62
Smooths : SANDS
63
Some sports scores, briefly : TDS
64
U.S. term for a British "saloon" : SEDAN
Down
1
Subpar grade : DEE
2
60 minuti : ORA
3
Rot : DECOMPOSE
4
Autumn shade : OCHRE
5
Maurice of Nixon's cabinet : STANS
6
Peruvian volcano El ___ : MISTI
7
Dir. from Paris to Bordeaux : SSW
8
Olympic sport since 2000 : TAEKWONDO
9
Parch : DEHYDRATE
10
Procter & Gamble's first liquid laundry detergent : ERA
11
___ metabolism : BASAL
12
Dictionary topic : USAGE
13
Code carriers : GENES
18
"___ did not!" : NOI
19
Abrogate a peace treaty, maybe : REARM
23
Isn't serious : JESTS
24
City on the Nile : ASWAN
26
Big name in vacuum cleaners : DYSON
28
Conjoined with : WEDTO
30
County name in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma : OSAGE
31
Pot contents : POKERBETS
32
Totally beat : ZONKEDOUT
33
For the reason stated : TOTHATEND
34
French beings : ETRES
35
Gun, for one : RHYME
40
Less welcoming : ICIER
44
Mythological subject for Titian and Botticelli : VENUS
45
One of the ABC islands : ARUBA
46
It may be found often in a shop : LEMON
47
Mini-section of an almanac : ATLAS
48
Who wrote "I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him" : POE
49
Walks : PATHS
50
First name in perfume : ESTEE
55
Misbehaving : BAD
56
Busy co. on Mother's Day : FTD
57
Material in protein synthesis : RNA
58
Colorado's ___ Luis Peak : SAN

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

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