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New York Times, Thursday, May 17, 2007

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Straight
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Thursday freshness: 40%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/17/7 ( No. 21,009 )
Across
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"That ___ so bad" : WASNT
6
Hummus holder : PITA
10
Relative of Finnish : LAPP
14
Koran topic : ALLAH
15
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
16
Giant slalom's first Olympic venue : OSLO
17
Ones with a family connection? : SIAMESETWINS
19
Takes root : SETSIN
20
Straight : HETERO
21
Thrown out : DEPORTED
23
It's not forked out : SOUP
25
Curtain call maker, maybe : DIVA
26
Slowly or quickly: Abbr. : ADV
29
Bayonet, e.g. : STAB
31
Not just laugh : CACKLE
35
Clear, in a way : DEICE
37
Await delivery anxiously : PACE
39
Nautical stabilizer : KEEL
40
Hose hue : ECRU
41
Former European money : PESETAS
42
It's softer than quartz : OPAL
43
Rent-___ : ACAR
44
City on Utah Lake : OREM
45
Conflagrant : AFIRE
46
Much higher than normal : FALSETTO
48
Studious sort, and proud of it : NERD
50
Single, for one: Abbr. : SYN
51
Belabor, with "on" : HARP
53
Soil type : LOAM
55
Special CD release ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : BOXEDSET
59
Punish by fining : AMERCE
63
Voracious : AVID
64
Shrewd bargainers : HORSETRADERS
66
One of a noted nautical trio : NINA
67
"I'm working ___!" : ONIT
68
Lightly pinch : NIPAT
69
On tenterhooks : EDGY
70
Spell checker's find : TYPO
71
Relish : TASTE
Down
1
No-loss, no-gain situation : WASH
2
Caught in ___ : ALIE
3
Crib component : SLAT
4
Specifies : NAMES
5
1980 Bette Midler hit : THEROSE
6
Manhandle : PAW
7
Footnote abbr. : IBID
8
In pretty good shape : TONED
9
Patronage : AUSPICES
10
Fail to keep tabs on : LOSETRACKOF
11
Kind of prof. : ASST
12
Bend at the barre : PLIE
13
Duck's home : POND
18
Begin : SETOUT
22
Fertility clinic supply : OVA
24
Cover (over) : PAPER
26
Turn ___ ear : ADEAF
27
Bing Crosby's label : DECCA
28
Like rabies : VIRAL
30
Decimal : BASETEN
32
French military hats : KEPIS
33
Big name in '60s counterculture : LEARY
34
The first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson : ELLEN
36
Be very, very sorry : CURSETHEDAY
38
Desert mount : CAMEL
41
Hardly a marksman : POORSHOT
45
Not taking no for an answer : ADAMANT
47
Bit : TAD
49
It may come from a crowd : ROAR
52
Hardy perennial : PEONY
54
Press : MEDIA
55
Downfall : BANE
56
Golden Age poet : OVID
57
Deer ___ : XING
58
Send sprawling : TRIP
60
Gym count : REPS
61
Bureau add-on? : CRAT
62
Famed Ferrara family : ESTE
65
Scrap : SETTO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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