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New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 2011

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
60-Across : Bogey beater
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Fagliano. Thursday freshness: 88%
Jim Horne notes:

In this unusual puzzle, rebus Across answers must be read twice. For example, 14 Across, "Deprecate", is POOH POOH. For a different take on this kind of theme, see the 1995 April Fools puzzle.

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M
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PP
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© 2011, The New York Times9/1/11 ( No. 22,577 )
Across
1
It's loaded : AMMO
5
Atlantic Records, e.g. : LABEL
10
Blowout : BASH
14
Deprecate : POOHPOOH
15
From the start : ABOVO
16
It connects to the wrist : ULNA
17
Eco-unfriendly coal sources : STRIPMINES
19
Auto slogan beginning in 2000 : ZOOMZOOM
20
"Did you ___ that?" : GET
21
Acts frugally around the holidays, say : REGIFTS
23
Deep Blue's opponent in chess : KASPAROV
28
One rising at dawn : SUN
29
The Gay Nineties and others : ERAS
30
Idols : FALSEGODS
35
Tell : RELATE
38
Hanna-Barbera output : CELS
39
Never, in Nuremberg : NIE
40
Place ___ : MAT
41
"Stop avoiding responsibility!" : EXCUSESEXCUSES
43
Like sandpaper, typically : TAN
44
"Vous êtes ___" : ICI
45
It's never finished, only abandoned, per Paul Valéry : POEM
46
Southern California college : POMONA
48
Instruction on a box : THISENDUP
51
Pipsqueak : RUNT
52
Pro ___ : TEM
53
Place to get a date : PALMTREE
56
Secretary of state between Marshall and Dulles : ACHESON
60
Bogey beater : PAR
61
Looney Tunes sound : BEEPBEEP
62
It may be hard to change : BABYDIAPER
68
Quaint sign word : OLDE
69
Accustom : INURE
70
Pacific capital : PAGOPAGO
71
Part of a tennis serve : TOSS
72
Prepare to go on Facebook, say : LOGIN
73
Pace in dressage : TROT
Down
1
Modern-day tech purchases : APPS
2
Like some points : MOOT
3
Tie up, in a way : MOOR
4
"Funny running into you here!" : OHHI
5
Not so cool : LAMER
6
Some : ABITOF
7
___ mot : BON
8
"Do I ___!" : EVER
9
Frets (over) : LOSESSLEEP
10
Paging, say : BUZZING
11
Standoffish : ALOOF
12
One who's standoffish : SNOOT
13
Twin gymnasts Paul and Morgan : HAMMS
18
___ Tour : PGA
22
"Seems to be the case" : GUESSSO
23
"Time's fun when you're having flies" speaker : KERMIT
24
Something straining credibility : AREACH
25
Negotiations of 1977-79 : SALTII
26
Ad Council output, for short : PSA
27
Clean, in a way : VACUUMUP
31
Off : LESS
32
Traveling, maybe : ONTOUR
33
Feinstein of the 34-Down : DIANNE
34
See 33-Down : SENATE
36
Holders of reservations? : TEEPEES
37
Descendant of Standard Oil : EXXONMOBIL
42
Like associates, on some e-mails : CCED
47
TV star who once appeared in WrestleMania : MRT
49
Much Mongolian geography : STEPPES
50
Some ancient scrolls : PAPYRI
54
Filled (with) : LADEN
55
Brief look inside? : MRI
56
Literally, "father" : ABBOT
57
Singer Green with multiple Grammys : CEELO
58
Follows : HEEDS
59
10-9: Prefix : NANO
63
Needle : BUG
64
Part of a sched. : APPT
65
Onetime name in late-night TV : PAAR
66
Brand in the freezer : EGGO
67
Carrot or beet : ROOT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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