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New York Times, Monday, August 13, 2007

Author:
Andrew Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Place to do business in the Old West
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5614362%
Andrew Ries

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Ries. Monday freshness: 51%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/13/7 ( No. 21,097 )
Across
1
"Woe is me!" : ALAS
5
With 72-Across, the end of 20-, 37-, 44- or 59-Across : DAILY
10
Scribbles : JOTS
14
Hiker's snack : GORP
15
Els of the links : ERNIE
16
Stuntmaster Knievel : EVEL
17
Et ___ (and others) : ALII
18
Prices : COSTS
19
Like a Playmate of the Month : SEXY
20
1951 Montgomery Clift/Elizabeth Taylor film, with "A" : PLACEINTHESUN
23
English county on the North Sea : ESSEX
24
Buckeyes' sch. : OSU
25
Place to wrestle : MAT
28
Kindergarten learning : ABCS
32
Whinny : NEIGH
34
Missions, for short : OPS
37
Venus : MORNINGSTAR
40
Puppyish : CUTE
42
Gullible : NAIVE
43
Suffix with cigar : ETTE
44
Place to do business in the Old West : TRADINGPOST
47
Use a Singer : SEW
48
Take ___ at (try) : ASTAB
49
Mlle., in Madrid : SRTA
50
Luau souvenir : LEI
51
Goddess of the dawn : EOS
54
Lick of fire : FLAME
59
1987 Prince song and album : SIGNOTHETIMES
64
Milliners' output : HATS
66
Scott who wrote "Presumed Innocent" : TUROW
67
Dog that's a little of this, a little of that : MUTT
68
Cotton swab : QTIP
69
In unison : ASONE
70
"That's clear" : ISEE
71
Anatomical pouches : SACS
72
See 5-Across : PAPER
73
"___ of the D'Urbervilles" : TESS
Down
1
Wide open, as the mouth : AGAPE
2
Lazes : LOLLS
3
Operatic solos : ARIAS
4
Cinnamon or cloves : SPICE
5
Tenth: Prefix : DECI
6
Elvis's middle name : ARON
7
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
8
Many an art print, for short : LITHO
9
Affirmatives : YESES
10
Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring" : JESU
11
Hand protectors for bakers : OVENMITTS
12
It's between La. and N.M. : TEX
13
Using trickery : SLY
21
What a student crams for : EXAM
22
Like lyrics : SUNG
26
Playing marble : AGATE
27
Passed : THREW
29
East Berlin's counterpart during the cold war : BONN
30
Rugged rock formation : CRAG
31
Sounds in a barbershop : SNIPS
33
Opposite of WNW : ESE
34
In base eight : OCTAL
35
Total prize money : PURSE
36
Earned run average, e.g. : STATISTIC
38
Actor/composer Novello : IVOR
39
Hatchling's site : NEST
41
Author LeShan : EDA
45
"___ to differ" : IBEG
46
President before Wilson : TAFT
52
Not in bottles, as beer : ONTAP
53
Man of many marches : SOUSA
55
Maximum or minimum : LIMIT
56
Make laugh : AMUSE
57
Doles (out) : METES
58
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
60
AOL and Road Runner: Abbr. : ISPS
61
Too much: Fr. : TROP
62
Fine-tune : HONE
63
Still-life object : EWER
64
Mil. command bases : HQS
65
One ___ time : ATA

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

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