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New York Times, Thursday, May 28, 2009

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Match
TotalDebutLatest
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JXYZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cee. Thursday freshness: 77%
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© 2009, The New York Times5/28/9 ( No. 21,751 )
Across
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Not having big waves : CALM
5
Bandmaster from 1880 to 1931 : SOUSA
10
The animals for Noah's Ark came in these : TWOS
14
"Hard ___!" (captain's order) : ALEE
15
Match : AGREE
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Stuck, after "in" : ARUT
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Something that's hard to close? : PAGETURNER
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Relative of a hawk : KITE
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Mirror : IMITATE
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Editor's resource : ROGETS
23
Three times, in prescriptions : TER
24
Nothing ___ : LESS
26
George Knightley, to Emma Woodhouse : SUITOR
28
Prizes : ADORES
30
Small amphibians : EFTS
32
___ Broad College of Business : ELI
33
What road hogs hog : LANES
34
City in Orange County, Calif. : BREA
35
Force felt on earth : ONEG
36
Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle : GETOVERIT
39
Wedding rental : LIMO
42
Like many a garden : HOED
43
Vintner Martini's associate : ROSSI
47
Mozart's "L'___ del Cairo" : OCA
48
It may start with "Starters" : MENU
49
Dweller on the Bay of Biscay : BRETON
50
Fathers : BEGETS
52
Skin : PARE
54
Diggers' org. : UMW
55
Certain computer image format : BITMAP
57
Herbal beverage : SAGETEA
59
Hungarian Communist leader ___ Kun : BELA
60
One in search of heretics : INQUISITOR
62
Go weak at the knees : MELT
63
Verges on : NEARS
64
Split : REND
65
Personal reserve funds, for short : IRAS
66
Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion," e.g. : TUTEE
67
"___ Tu" (1974 hit) : ERES
Down
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Financing : CAPITAL
2
Tree-lined avenue : ALAMEDA
3
Houdini escape device : LEGIRON
4
Where races are run : MEET
5
Browns : SAUTES
6
Giants of folklore : OGRES
7
Ossuary, maybe : URN
8
Samuel, e.g., in the Bible : SEER
9
Ford's first minivan : AEROSTAR
10
George of "Star Trek" : TAKEI
11
Set down : WRITTEN
12
Shoe part that touches the floor : OUTSOLE
13
Marthe or Marie: Abbr. : STE
18
"The Kingdom and the Power" author, 1969 : TALESE
22
Director Van Sant : GUS
25
Produce and present : SERVEUP
27
Teamster's transport : RIG
29
___ Park, N.Y. : REGO
31
Barn sackful : FEED
34
Blessing : BOON
35
Tribe met by Lewis and Clark : OTOE
37
1960s Roger Moore TV series : THESAINT
38
Discount store offerings, for short : IRREGS
39
High pitch : LOB
40
Brew introduced in the 1990s : ICEBEER
41
___ Gorilla, 1960s cartoon title character : MAGILLA
44
Sound before "That's all, folks!" : STUTTER
45
Gershwin's "___ to Watch Over Me" : SOMEONE
46
Toward the center : INWARDS
48
'70s TV production co. : MTM
49
Cook, in a way, as beef : BRAISE
51
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
53
"It's ___ bet!" : ASURE
56
French tire : PNEU
58
The Chieftains' home : EIRE
59
Songwriters' grp. : BMI
61
African plant whose leaves are chewed as a stimulant : QAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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