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New York Times, Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Author:
C. W. Stewart
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Yet to happen, at law
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2112/26/20068/10/20151
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11072100
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.568922%
Carolyn W. Stewart

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 16 for Ms. Stewart. Tuesday freshness: 11%
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© 2011, The New York Times10/25/11 ( No. 22,631 )
Across
1
Nurses at the bar : SIPS
5
"Pipe down!" : HUSH
9
Derive logically : INFER
14
Bad child's stocking filler : COAL
15
Indiana/Kentucky border river : OHIO
16
Sound from a stable : NEIGH
17
Kendrick of "Up in the Air" : ANNA
18
___ contendere : NOLO
19
North Dakota city : FARGO
20
Time in the title of a 1965 Wilson Pickett hit : MIDNIGHTHOUR
23
Skedaddles : SCATS
24
Trial fig. : ATT
25
Doo-woppers ___ Na Na : SHA
28
TV oilman-turned-private eye : MATTHOUSTON
33
Doll's cry : MAMA
37
Aussie bounder : ROO
38
Friars Club event : ROAST
39
Multiple-dwelling buildings : APARTMENTHOUSES
43
Chop finely : MINCE
44
Light bulb inventor's inits. : TAE
45
Light carriage : SHAY
46
Droopy-eared dog : BASSETHOUND
50
Small bill : ONE
51
___-wolf : SHE
52
Perform better than : OUTDO
57
Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme : WHEREARTTHOU
61
Grotto isle of Italy : CAPRI
64
Grotto color at 61-Across : BLUE
65
Java servers : URNS
66
Say "#%@!" : SWEAR
67
Calls upon : ASKS
68
20-0 baseball score, say : ROUT
69
Ill-suited : INAPT
70
"___ we forget ..." : LEST
71
Keeps after taxes : NETS
Down
1
Con jobs : SCAMS
2
Greek column style : IONIC
3
Bamboo-munching critter : PANDA
4
Way of looking at things : SLANT
5
___ Kong : HONG
6
"We're in trouble!" : UHOH
7
Delta deposit : SILT
8
Commotion : HOOHAH
9
Yet to happen, at law : INFUTURO
10
In the vicinity : NEAR
11
Douglas ___ : FIR
12
Cadbury confection : EGG
13
Letter before sigma : RHO
21
Suffix in poli sci : ISM
22
Ear-related prefix : OTO
25
Squirrel away : STASH
26
Minor prophet of the Old Testament : HOSEA
27
Prone to fidgeting : ANTSY
29
Prepare for combat : ARM
30
Tip of a boot : TOE
31
Scout's rider of early TV : TONTO
32
___-chef (kitchen's number two) : SOUS
33
Cuban musical form : MAMBO
34
Bee-related : APIAN
35
Parson's home : MANSE
36
Circle segments : ARCS
40
Vacation souvenir wear : TEESHIRT
41
Letter after sigma : TAU
42
Old biddy : HEN
47
Everyday article : THE
48
Like some teas : HERBAL
49
Part of a pointillist painting : DOT
53
Driver's one-eighty : UTURN
54
Severe pang : THROE
55
Glazed or powdered item : DONUT
56
Gives the boot : OUSTS
57
Cylindrical sandwich : WRAP
58
Threat-ending word : ELSE
59
Razor-billed birds : AUKS
60
Take five : REST
61
CBS drama with DNA testing : CSI
62
Bristle on barley : AWN
63
Split ___ : PEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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