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New York Times, Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Author:
John Halverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Having an uninterrupted series of steps
TotalDebut
15/15/2007
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.49221%
John Halverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {GJQWZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Halverson. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/15/7 ( No. 21,007 )
Across
1
Baseball's Rose : PETE
5
Struck, old-style : SMIT
9
Violin master Zimbalist : EFREM
14
Nike competitor : AVIA
15
___ Hari (infamous spy) : MATA
16
Native New Zealander : MAORI
17
Super-easy decision : NOBRAINER
19
Carpet cleaner target : STAIN
20
Tightwads : SKINFLINTS
22
Dino whose body was more than 30 feet long : TREX
23
Vote in a legislative body : YEA
24
Official, informally : REF
25
In ___ (as found) : SITU
27
Noted Charlton Heston role : MOSES
29
Aunts' relatives : NIECES
33
Reverent : PIOUS
36
Put too much pressure on : STRESSOUT
38
Gremlins and Pacers : AMCS
39
Eyelid woes : STYES
40
"Dumb ___" (old comic strip) : DORA
41
Get the sniffles : CATCHCOLD
43
Place with a "do or dye" situation? : SALON
44
Having an uninterrupted series of steps : SCALAR
45
Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say : EARLY
47
P.T.A. concern: Abbr. : EDUC
49
Gray general : LEE
50
Full-bodied quaff : ALE
53
Electrical letters : ACDC
56
Really, really dumb : BONEHEADED
59
Kitchen wrap : SARAN
61
Recycled metal : SCRAPIRON
62
Score with two balls : SPARE
63
Body art, slangily : TATS
64
Singer Horne : LENA
65
"That's a lie!" : NOTSO
66
Accessory for Miss America : SASH
67
Places to tone bodies : SPAS
Down
1
Garden bloom : PANSY
2
Conjure up : EVOKE
3
Part of the lower body skeleton : TIBIA
4
Make, as a salary : EARN
5
Beams : SMILES
6
Unabomber's writing, e.g. : MANIFESTO
7
Major Calif.-to-Fla. route : ITEN
8
Fruity desserts : TARTS
9
Grp. called after an accident : EMS
10
Big Easy bash : FATTUESDAY
11
Surf sound : ROAR
12
Buffalo's body of water : ERIE
13
Flirt : MINX
18
Hairdos for Jimi Hendrix and others : AFROS
21
Trig ratios : SINES
26
"My country, ___ of thee" : TIS
27
G.T.O.s, e.g. : MUSCLECARS
28
Flair : STYLE
30
Hip : COOL
31
Money since 2002 : EURO
32
"South Park" boy who's always crying "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" : STAN
33
Big donors to office seekers : PACS
34
G3 or G4 computer : IMAC
35
Eight: Prefix : OCTA
37
Enterprise warnings : REDALERTS
39
Clean with elbow grease : SCRUB
42
Made a fool of : HAD
43
Get some shuteye : SLEEP
46
Same old stuff : REHASH
48
Prices : COSTS
50
One selling TV time, e.g. : ADREP
51
Hotelier Helmsley : LEONA
52
Author Ferber and others : EDNAS
53
Members' body: Abbr. : ASSN
54
Mob boss : CAPO
55
"Dagnabbit!" : DRAT
57
Final Four org. : NCAA
58
Suffers bodily woes : AILS
60
Hero of "The Matrix" : NEO

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

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