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New York Times, Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Down : Hootchy-___
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 58%
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© 2005, The New York Times1/12/5 ( No. 20,154 )
Across
1
"Sex and the City" airer : HBO
4
Big dos : GALAS
9
Varnish ingredient : RESIN
14
It's measured in minutes : ARC
15
Multiple choice options, perhaps : ABORC
16
Come up : ARISE
17
Oscar Wilde, notably : WIT
18
College basketball coach who was the subject of "A Season on the Brink" : BOBBYKNIGHT
20
Alpine event : SLALOM
22
Have an impact on : TOUCH
23
"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" singer, 1976 : ELVINBISHOP
26
Piggy : TOE
29
"The Witches" director Nicolas : ROEG
30
___ Jeanne d'Arc : STE
31
Some N.C.O.'s : SGTS
32
Celerity : HASTE
35
Gym wear : SWEATS
37
"Different Seasons" author : STEPHENKING
39
Inferior, slangily : CHEESY
41
Directly show where : POINT
42
Tusked beast : BOAR
43
Mideast grp. : PLO
44
Black-and-white predator : ORCA
48
Arrange : SET
49
Pseudonym in detective fiction : ELLERYQUEEN
53
Spade player, familiarly : BOGIE
55
It begins with an equinox : AUTUMN
56
Half a famous dance team : IRENECASTLE
60
44-Across's milieu : SEA
61
Slippers of sorts : MULES
62
Attire for Mr. Peanut : SPATS
63
Like 31-Across : ENL
64
___ four : PETIT
65
One of the black keys on a piano : EFLAT
66
Skid row affliction : DTS
Down
1
Mooring rope : HAWSER
2
S.O.S alternative : BRILLO
3
Staff interval : OCTAVE
4
Libreville's land : GABON
5
"Little Boy" in 8/6/45 news : ABOMB
6
Shot having a 14-Across : LOB
7
Wall St. worker : ARB
8
Reaper's tool : SCYTHE
9
Incurred, as charges : RANUP
10
Journalist Sevareid : ERIC
11
Red Skelton specialty : SIGHTGAG
12
Sort of: Suffix : ISH
13
Take home : NET
19
Hootchy-___ : KOO
21
Match alternative : LIGHTER
24
Panama, e.g.: Abbr. : ISTH
25
Ring site? : STEEPLE
27
The Little Giant : OTT
28
20-Across path : ESS
31
Dispatched : SENTOUT
33
1950's political inits. : AES
34
Wire wearer : SPY
35
Do a 20-Across : SKI
36
Sports datum : WIN
37
It'll keep you in your place : SEATBELT
38
Queen who wrote "Leap of Faith" : NOOR
39
The so-called Tiffany Network : CBS
40
Weeder's need : HOE
43
"The magic word" : PLEASE
45
Got more life from : REUSED
46
Dental compound : CEMENT
47
They're history : ANNALS
49
Discharge, in a way : EGEST
50
Form of ID: Abbr. : LIC
51
W.W. II conference site : YALTA
52
Jason's journey, e.g. : QUEST
54
"The ___ Love" (R.E.M. hit) : ONEI
56
Devilkin : IMP
57
Wish undone : RUE
58
Coppertone rating: Abbr. : SPF
59
1960's chess champ : TAL

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

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