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New York Times, Friday, June 1, 2007

Author:
David Quarfoot and Katy Swalwell
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Eye site
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
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101021720
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.6129085%
David Quarfoot
TotalDebutCollabs
16/1/20071
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0000010
ScrabDebutFresh
1.54780%
Katy Swalwell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQWXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Quarfoot. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Swalwell. Friday freshness: 48%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/1/7 ( No. 21,024 )
Across
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White-bearded, red-capped patriarch : PAPASMURF
10
G.I.'s sod : USOFA
15
One with spin control? : ICESKATER
16
Famous last word : FINIS
17
Lexington Center centerpiece : RUPPARENA
18
Open : OVERT
19
Concert equipment : AMPS
20
Substantial bill : CNOTE
22
Toshiba competitor : ACER
23
Place for a swing : TEE
24
Recording standard : VHS
25
Club alternative : BLT
27
He came out of retirement in 1980 : ALI
28
Doom : END
29
Decca rival : EMI
30
Flooded : OVERRAN
32
Set right : HEAL
33
Symbol of contrasting principles : YINYANG
34
Alongside, nautically : ABOARD
37
Floods : SPATES
38
Eye site : CYCLONE
40
Stretch : SPAN
41
Slip acknowledgment : IGOOFED
42
Form letters? : IRS
43
Org. whose logo is a torch : BBB
46
Lead seeker: Abbr. : DET
47
Seminoles' sch. : FSU
48
See : GET
49
Bill of Rights subj. : REL
50
Churn : ROIL
52
Doctor's orders : SCANS
54
Crimson and white school, for short : BAMA
55
Setting of Van Gogh's "Bedroom" : ARLES
57
Wally Schirra commanded it in 1968 : APOLLOVII
59
All-natural abode : IGLOO
60
Car-jacking aids : TIREIRONS
61
Garish glowers : NEONS
62
Plain : EASYTOSEE
Down
1
Marine menace : PIRATE
2
Sagacity : ACUMEN
3
Put spirit into, with "up" : PEPPED
4
Hooded menaces : ASPS
5
Pop of Jamaica : SKA
6
The Elite Eight are associated with it : MARCHMADNESS
7
Piece of silver : UTENSIL
8
Silver State city : RENO
9
One who's made a pledge : FRATBOY
10
Subject of some sightings : UFO
11
Hindu trinity member : SIVA
12
About three grains : ONECARAT
13
Corridor to be kept clear : FIRELANE
14
Quartet in a string quartet : ASTRINGS
21
Subject of some sightings : ELVISPRESLEY
24
Change course : VEEROFF
26
A little after, timewise : TENPAST
31
Hero of several Clancy novels : RYAN
32
Good sign? : HALO
34
Environmental awareness topic : ACIDRAIN
35
Cry when you think you've got it? : BYGEORGE
36
Cactuslike tree of the Southwest : OCOTILLO
39
Show a thing or two : EDUCATE
40
Modena misters : SIGNORS
43
They may keep the show going : BRAVOS
44
Words on a heart : BEMINE
45
Philosopher Pascal : BLAISE
51
Oil magnate Hess : LEON
53
Capital where tala are spent : APIA
54
Staten Isl., e.g. : BORO
56
Emergency letters : SOS
58
Fried : LIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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