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New York Times, Saturday, August 22, 2009

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Across : "___ the last time ...?"
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {PV} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 27 for Ms. Tracey. Saturday freshness: 64%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/22/9 ( No. 21,837 )
Across
1
Spook's break-in : BAGJOB
7
Gallery : CORRIDOR
15
Deafening : ABLARE
16
Co-composer of the "Prophecy Theme" in "Dune" : BRIANENO
17
Like some wages and wastelands : FROZEN
18
Fractions of a gourde : CENTIMES
19
Muffed on the green : FOOZLED
21
Kyle's baby brother on "South Park" : IKE
22
They occur when things are all tied up, briefly : OTS
23
Quick flights : LAMS
24
Herd : horse :: knot : ___ : TOAD
26
Asian royal : RANEE
28
Very unpopular model : EDSEL
30
Very unpopular worker : SCAB
32
It might get rolled off : LINT
33
Assemblée législative : SENAT
35
Blue Light brewer : LABATT
37
Olympic gold medalist who was a "Dancing With the Stars" champion : KRISTIYAMAGUCHI
41
One barely living? : NUDIST
42
Reference abbr. : ETSEQ
43
Home of the Viking Ship Museum : OSLO
44
Enthused : AGOG
46
Kid that has a nap : SUEDE
50
"___ the last time ...?" : WHENS
52
Fresh : ANEW
54
Physical, e.g. : EXAM
55
Razor handle? : BIC
56
Creed component : ISM
58
Italian city with an annual music festival : SANREMO
60
Betters : ENHANCES
63
Plumlike fruit : LOQUAT
64
Cut short in performing : STACCATO
65
Place for many a piano : LOUNGE
66
Was close to failure : TOTTERED
67
The Sierra Nevada Minarets, e.g. : ARETES
Down
1
Cause to be stuck : BAFFLE
2
In wide circulation : ABROAD
3
Depressions : GLOOMS
4
Swingers' get-together? : JAZZSESSION
5
Russian oblast or its capital : OREL
6
"By the Waters of Babylon" author, 1937 : BENET
7
Where Alex Trebek worked as a newscaster : CBC
8
Brand of 17-Across food : OREIDA
9
Setting for 37-Across : RINK
10
Critic : RATER
11
Ristorante suffix : INI
12
One who may get dispossessed? : DEMONIAC
13
Agent's cut, maybe : ONETENTH
14
"Beata Beatrix" painter : ROSSETTI
20
"I'm all ears!" : DOSAY
25
Mythological hunter : ACTAEON
27
Home of the annual Gathering of Nations powwow, the world's largest celebration of Native American culture : ALBUQUERQUE
29
Response of assent : LETS
31
Panama's San ___ Islands : BLAS
34
New York congresswoman Lowey : NITA
36
A long stretch : AGES
37
Have the most reliable info : KNOWBEST
38
Undertake precipitately : RUSHINTO
39
Yak : IDLECHAT
40
You can get them on the house: Abbr. : MTGES
45
It passes through a pollen tube : GAMETE
47
Dramatic order to leave : EXEUNT
48
Hit to the wallet : DAMAGE
49
Doesn't play conservatively : EMOTES
51
From : SINCE
53
When repeated, Columbia feeder : WALLA
57
Cutting-edge development? : SCAR
59
American-born queen : NOOR
61
Performance piece? : ACT
62
Green stuff : SOD

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

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