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New York Times, Monday, May 7, 2012

Author:
Guy Tabachnick
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Kitt who sang "Santa Baby"
TotalDebut
15/7/2012
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Guy Tabachnick

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JMQZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Tabachnick. Monday freshness: 91%
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© 2012, The New York Times5/7/12 ( No. 22,826 )
Across
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Shaggy's nickname for his canine friend : SCOOB
6
Winnie-the-___ : POOH
10
Did cartoons, e.g. : DREW
14
"A Fish Called ___" : WANDA
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The "A" in A.D. : ANNO
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Letter before kappa : IOTA
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Less friendly : ICIER
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Mexican money : PESO
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Hgts. : ALTS
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Rapper who came to prominence as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan : GHOSTFACEKILLAH
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Karate teacher : SENSEI
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Pianist's practice piece : ETUDE
25
Former Republican-turned-Democratic senator from Pennsylvania : ARLENSPECTER
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Blouse undergarment : BRA
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Suffix with absorb : ENT
34
Skylit rooms : ATRIA
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Little 'uns : RUGRATS
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Mouths, slangily : KISSERS
40
Neither this nor that : OTHER
41
104, in old Rome : CIV
42
"You betcha!" : YEP
43
Form of sparring : SHADOWBOXING
48
Golf legend Sam : SNEAD
49
Kitt who sang "Santa Baby" : EARTHA
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Whiskey or vodka : DISTILLEDSPIRIT
57
Tulsa's home: Abbr. : OKLA
58
Potpourri : OLIO
59
Intends (to) : PLANS
60
___ moss : PEAT
61
Dispatched : SENT
62
Skip over, as a vowel : ELIDE
63
Roof overhang : EAVE
64
Focus for an arborist : TREE
65
Screenwriter Ephron : DELIA
Down
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Drinks from a flask, say : SWIGS
2
Storage for fast Web page retrieval : CACHE
3
"America's Finest News Source," with "The" : ONION
4
Ukrainian port whose staircase is a setting for "The Battleship Potemkin" : ODESSA
5
Trade : BARTER
6
"Come to ___" : PAPA
7
Words below the Lincoln Memorial : ONECENT
8
Beginnings : ONSETS
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Begin a tryst : HOOKUP
10
Language offshoots : DIALECTS
11
Go round and round : ROLL
12
Blues singer James : ETTA
13
Laundry : WASH
21
___-O-Fish (McDonald's sandwich) : FILET
22
Outputs of brainstorming : IDEAS
26
Nav. rank : ENS
27
Deuce topper : TREY
28
What Dubliners call their homeland : EIRE
29
Speak with laryngitis, say : RASP
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Homies : BROS
31
Hitter of 714 home runs : RUTH
32
Ottoman official : AGHA
36
It leans to the right : REDSTATE
37
Rice-___ : ARONI
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"Kid-tested, mother-approved" cereal : KIX
39
Brown, Dartmouth, etc. : IVIES
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Opiate often used in cough syrup : CODEINE
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Lament of the defeated : WELOST
45
One playing hoops : BALLER
46
Snoozed : NAPPED
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Cover on the front of a car : GRILLE
50
One might be made of bread crumbs : TRAIL
51
Language of India : HINDI
52
Confused : ATSEA
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Extraordinary, in slang : DOPE
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European-based furniture giant : IKEA
55
Bulgarian or Czech : SLAV
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Focus lovingly (on) : DOTE

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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