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New York Times, Thursday, October 16, 2008

Author:
Ian Tullis
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Down : Prefix with sphere
TotalDebut
110/16/2008
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0000100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.53623%
Ian Tullis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Tullis. Thursday freshness: 11%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/16/8 ( No. 21,527 )
Across
1
Joshua's companion, in the Old Testament : CALEB
6
Historic mansion in Newport, R.I., with "the" : ELMS
10
Stone at a stream crossing : STEP
14
Done to death : TRITE
15
Flood survivor : NOAH
16
Former currency of Vatican City : LIRA
17
Curl the hair of : SCARE
18
Holey things : TORI
19
What some use to ply their craft? : OARS
20
Some Cubans in Texas? : HOUSTONCASTROS
23
Took a dip : SWAM
24
Western end of I-190 near I-294 : OHARE
25
Where hot jazz developed? : CHICAGOCLUBS
31
Untighten : RELAX
32
Untight : LOOSE
33
Have ___ at : AGO
36
"The emerald of Europe" : ERIN
37
"Go, and catch a falling star" poet : DONNE
38
Put one's foot down : TROD
39
Heartbreak : WOE
40
International Olympics chief Jacques : ROGGE
41
Up : AHEAD
42
Broadway deli offerings? : NEWYORKMEATS
44
Japanese immigrant's child : NISEI
47
Ends : AIMS
48
20-, 25- and 42-Across, so to speak : EXPANSIONTEAMS
54
Without ___ (unsafely) : ANET
55
How some quarterbacks go : LONG
56
Floated downstream, in a way : TUBED
58
Wrapper weight : TARE
59
Start a hand, maybe : ANTE
60
Greeting in an in-box : ECARD
61
"Day Is Dying in the West," for one : HYMN
62
Heath : MOOR
63
Zero out : RESET
Down
1
Part of a price: Abbr. : CTS
2
Cunning : ARCH
3
Ancient dynasty of northern China : LIAO
4
Pre-Roman Roman : ETRUSCAN
5
Affairs, slangily : BEESWAX
6
Buggy field? : ENTOMOLOGY
7
Wacko : LOON
8
Playwright Connelly : MARC
9
Division of Islam : SHIA
10
They often go out on a limb : SLOTHS
11
Piece among the crown jewels : TIARA
12
Unwanted computer message : ERROR
13
So last week : PASSE
21
Follow (along) : TAG
22
Beverage brand whose logo is two lizards : SOBE
25
Rowers : CREW
26
Purple Heart recipient : HERO
27
"Would ___?" : ILIE
28
River below the Boyoma Falls : CONGO
29
Silver topper? : LONERANGER
30
Practice : USE
33
Measurement with square units : AREA
34
Billy, e.g. : GOAT
35
They may be even, ironically : ODDS
37
Daily news quote, with "the" : DOW
38
Alcohol, slangily : THESAUCE
40
Pull back (in) : REIN
41
Current measurer : AMMETER
42
Put in order : NEATEN
43
Black bag, maybe : KIT
44
Under, to a poet : NEATH
45
"Uh-uh" : IXNAY
46
Kind of whale : SPERM
49
Dis : SLAM
50
Prefix with sphere : IONO
51
"I'm ___ you!" : ONTO
52
Wharton degs. : MBAS
53
Desiccated : SERE
57
Banned pesticide : DDT

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

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