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New York Times, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Elevator background
TotalDebutLatest
405/28/20093/16/2020
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
114108421
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.5616336%
Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Cee. Wednesday freshness: 78%
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© 2011, The New York Times10/12/11 ( No. 22,618 )
Across
1
"That's all right, ___" (lyric from Elvis's first single) : MAMA
5
Knife : STAB
9
Flat floaters : RAFTS
14
Pearly gem : OPAL
15
When said three times, a W.W. II cry : TORA
16
One who's called "the Merciful" and "the Compassionate" : ALLAH
17
Laugh uproariously : SPLITAGUT
19
Brighter than bright : GLARY
20
"Hee ___" : HAW
21
Like the word 16-Across : ARABIC
23
Dinner scraps : ORTS
24
A Gershwin : IRA
25
Perspire mildly : BREAKASWEAT
27
Poindexter type : NERD
29
Guarantee : INSURE
30
Crest alternative : GLEEM
32
Preferred way to proceed : PLANA
35
"___ your request ..." : PER
36
Pay cashlessly : CUTACHECK
39
Blocks from the refrigerator : ICE
42
One of the Fitzgeralds : ZELDA
43
Poet who wrote "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter" : KEATS
47
Medieval infantry weapon : POLEAX
49
TV show set at William McKinley High School : GLEE
50
Begin to grin : CRACKASMILE
56
High point of a Swiss vacation? : ALP
57
Novelist Philip : ROTH
58
Tulsan, e.g. : SOONER
59
Mudroom item : MAT
60
"The Mill on the Floss" author : ELIOT
62
Boogie : BUSTAMOVE
64
Fruit related to cherry plums : SLOES
65
Italian wine center : ASTI
66
Change a sentence, say : EDIT
67
___ 500 : SANDP
68
Laura of "Rambling Rose" : DERN
69
Speeds (up) : REVS
Down
1
Punk rock concert activity : MOSHING
2
Jacket and tie, e.g. : APPAREL
3
It might give you a virus : MALWARE
4
Boxer with an allegiance to 16-Across : ALI
5
Fab Four name : STARR
6
Ancient Romans' wear : TOGAE
7
Dutch-speaking Caribbean isle : ARUBA
8
Dyed fabric : BATIK
9
Sleazy paper : RAG
10
Permits : ALLOWS
11
Recurrence of an old problem : FLAREUP
12
Steak ___ (raw dish) : TARTARE
13
Business cheat : SHYSTER
18
Keyboard key : TAB
22
Michael who starred in 39-Down : CAINE
26
Small bag of chips, maybe : SNACK
28
It always starts on the same day of the week as Sept. : DEC
31
Elevator background : MUZAK
32
Bud : PAL
33
Watch readout, for short : LCD
34
"So that's it!" : AHA
37
Longhorn's school, informally : TEXAS
38
Bud holder? : KEG
39
"The ___ File," 1965 film : IPCRESS
40
Flower part : COROLLA
41
Jubilance : ELATION
44
One way to serve pie : ALAMODE
45
Mediterranean port : TELAVIV
46
Disney's dwarfs and others : SEPTETS
48
Came back : ECHOED
51
Eminem rap with the lyric "Guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had" : SOBAD
52
Computer option : MOUSE
53
Wordless song: Abbr. : INSTR
54
Admit : LETIN
55
Onetime feminist cause, for short : ERA
61
Cough syrup meas. : TSP
63
La Méditerranée, e.g. : MER

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4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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