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New York Times, Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Author:
Henry Quillen
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Across : Honeybee genus
TotalDebut
17/23/2008
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Henry Quillen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKQVX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Quillen. Wednesday freshness: 100%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/23/8 ( No. 21,442 )
Across
1
Coors product : ZIMA
5
N.Y.C. theater area : BWAY
9
Frank in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : ZAPPA
14
___-Tass news agency : ITAR
15
Surrealist Magritte : RENE
16
Apple instant-messaging program : ICHAT
17
Lovers of fine fare : GOURMANDS
19
River flowing into and out of Lake Geneva : RHONE
20
Recital player : SOLOIST
21
Madden, and how : INCENSE
23
Keebler cracker brand : ZESTA
25
Aurora's Greek counterpart : EOS
26
Sci-fi sidekick, maybe : BOT
29
Restaurateur Toots : SHOR
30
Assumed name : ANONYM
34
"That feels great" : AHH
35
Honeybee genus : APIS
37
Bit of dental work : INLAY
38
Free pass, of sorts : BYE
39
Theme of this puzzle : ATOZTOA
41
One of eight Eng. kings : EDW
42
"___ regret it!" : YOULL
44
Famous Amos : TORI
45
Nutritionist's std. : RDA
46
Birthplace of composer Richard Strauss : MUNICH
48
Guitarist Lofgren : NILS
50
"For example ..." : SAY
51
Highlands refusal : NAE
52
Madison Ave. trade : ADBIZ
54
Redlines : DELETES
58
Begins slowly : EASESIN
62
"Be ___ and ..." : ADEAR
63
Queen ___ Maria, mother of England's Charles II and James II : HENRIETTA
65
Stiller's comic partner : MEARA
66
Sacramento's ___ Arena : ARCO
67
"___ as I can tell ..." : NEAR
68
Ball's comic partner : ARNAZ
69
Secluded area : GLEN
70
Animated film hit of 1998 : ANTZ
Down
1
Goes this way before that : ZIGS
2
Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
3
Rough up : MAUL
4
Ingrediente en paella : ARROZ
5
Military bigwig : BRASSHAT
6
Deteriorated : WENTTOPOT
7
What's more : AND
8
Sammy Davis Jr.'s "___ Can" : YESI
9
Cubic ___ (gem) : ZIRCONIA
10
Truman's last secretary of state : ACHESON
11
Unit of loudness : PHON
12
Producers' fears : PANS
13
Faultlessly, after "to" : ATEE
18
Architect Ludwig ___ van der Rohe : MIES
22
Three R's org. : NEA
24
Flagstaff's place : ARIZONA
26
Child in a 1980s custody case : BABYM
27
"What a kidder!" : OHYOU
28
N.Y.C. country club? : THEUN
31
Cubs, but not Bears, for short : NLERS
32
When said three times, "et cetera" : YADDA
33
Ol' Blue Eyes classic : MYWAY
36
Harsh quality : STRIDENCE
39
The Rock : ALCATRAZ
40
Getty or Rockefeller : OILBARON
43
Ancient Cretan writing system : LINEARA
47
Part of a bray : HEE
49
"Of course, señor!" : SISI
53
Ethan Frome's wife : ZEENA
54
Lady of Spain : DAMA
55
German river to the Fulda : EDER
56
Show preference : LEAN
57
Layered haircut : SHAG
59
9-mm. gun of W.W. II : STEN
60
"Let's leave ___ that" : ITAT
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Onetime "Concentration" host Jack : NARZ
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Schubert's "The ___-King" : ERL

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

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