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New York Times, Thursday, June 7, 2007

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Scheherazade's locale
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 174 for Ms. Salomon. Thursday freshness: 55%
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LAM
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© 2007, The New York Times6/7/7 ( No. 21,030 )
Across
1
Crude containers: Abbr. : BBLS
5
Goddess whose bird was a peacock : HERA
9
Water-to-wine town : CANA
13
Enemy of la Révolution française : LEROI
14
Often : ALOT
15
Southwestern trees : ALAMOS
16
Job at a lineup : IDING
17
"It's not my fault!" : DONTBLAMEME
19
Not giving the police any more information : CLAMMINGUP
21
"Beats me" : NOIDEA
22
Long line in Rome : POPES
24
Suffix meaning "land" in some country names : STAN
25
Seek : ASKFOR
29
Swank : TONY
31
A book title may be in it: Abbr. : ITALS
32
Hubbub : CLAMOR
34
Hunky-dory : JAKE
38
1961 Del Shannon lyric (and title of this puzzle) : MYLITTLERUNAWAY
41
Look : SEEM
42
Factor in a wine review : BODY
43
One way to serve ham : ONRYE
44
Rushing group : FRAT
46
Showing one's age, in a way : GREYED
47
Fiery : AFLAME
49
Scheherazade's locale : HAREM
52
Barnard grad, e.g. : ALUMNA
54
Double dessert : PIEALAMODE
59
Some crime deterrents : STREETLAMPS
61
Plot again : REMAP
62
Toots in a restaurant : SHOR
63
Something that's spun : TALE
64
Soul singer Baker : ANITA
65
Winston Churchill, e.g. : TORY
66
River of Flanders : YSER
67
"Tell Mama" singer James : ETTA
Down
1
Total chaos : BEDLAM
2
Overflow site : BRIM
3
"WKRP" actress Anderson : LONI
4
Help provider : SIGNPOST
5
Hosted at one's penthouse, say : HADUP
6
Get together without fanfare? : ELOPE
7
Harry's pal at Hogwarts : RON
8
Ltr. routing aid : ATTN
9
Frontier sharpshooter : CALAMITYJANE
10
Tree-lined promenade : ALAMEDA
11
"Julius" in Gaius Julius Caesar : NOMEN
12
Between shores, maybe : ASEA
13
D.M.V. document : LIC
18
Cap'n's underling : BOSN
20
Brit's oath : GOR
23
Level : STORY
25
Ends : AIMS
26
Eyelid annoyance : STYE
27
Long green : KALE
28
Con games : FLIMFLAMMERY
30
Sch. named for a televangelist : ORU
32
Cleric's attire : CLOTH
33
Hobbled : LAMED
35
Out of kilter : AWRY
36
"The Court Jester" star, 1956 : KAYE
37
Got a load of : EYED
39
Program guide abbr. : TBA
40
Field part : NORMARAE
45
French filmmaker Clair : RENE
46
"Hmm, I didn't know that!" : GEE
47
Even if, briefly : ALTHO
48
Prelude to a revolution : FUROR
50
Jobs creation : APPLE
51
Alarm heeder : RISER
52
Deputy: Abbr. : ASST
53
Firm member: Abbr. : ATTY
55
"Ah, for the good old days," e.g. : LAMENT
56
Except : OMIT
57
Experiment's yield : DATA
58
Waste watchers' org. : EPA
60
Eastern priests : LAMAS

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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