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New York Times, Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Author:
Larry Shearer
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : Kiddie lit elephant
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
511/1/200711/11/20081
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0022100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.612835%
Larry Shearer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Shearer. Tuesday freshness: 53%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/20/7 ( No. 21,196 )
Across
1
Missing Jimmy : HOFFA
6
Hit the slopes : SKI
9
General feeling : VIBES
14
Paula of "American Idol" : ABDUL
15
Chum : PAL
16
Take forcibly : USURP
17
Big spender's woe? : GIANTBILL
19
"Mule Train" singer, 1949 : LAINE
20
Bête ___ : NOIRE
21
Gum arabic-yielding tree : ACACIA
22
Where to find the headings Books, Dolls & Bears, and Collectibles : EBAY
25
Revolver toter? : COLTPACKER
27
The Ewings' soap : DALLAS
29
___ Tin Tin : RIN
30
Letter-shaped support : IBEAM
31
Huge expanses : SEAS
33
Clinic name : MAYO
37
MasterCard-carrying ecclesiastic? : CARDINALCHARGER
40
New York home of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute : TROY
41
Give the boot to : OUST
42
Greene of "Bonanza" : LORNE
43
Mark, as a ballot square : XIN
44
"Blah, blah, blah ..." : ETCETC
45
Peter? : CHIEFSAINT
51
Deck wood : TEAK
52
Country singer Milsap : RONNIE
53
Quick Pick game : LOTTO
55
Worse than bad : AWFUL
56
Where this puzzle's theme pairs would like to meet : SUPERBOWL
60
Chain unit : STORE
61
Reproductive cells : OVA
62
Condor's nest : AERIE
63
Tender spots : SORES
64
Prickly husk : BUR
65
Pasta sauce brand : PREGO
Down
1
Witchy woman : HAG
2
Sapporo sash : OBI
3
Rx watchdog : FDA
4
1975 Barbra Streisand sequel : FUNNYLADY
5
Chorus voice : ALTO
6
Richard's first vice president : SPIRO
7
Superman's birth name : KALEL
8
Under the weather : ILL
9
Spock, on his father's side : VULCAN
10
Asimov of sci-fi : ISAAC
11
LaCrosse carmaker : BUICK
12
Bert's Muppet pal : ERNIE
13
Pickle portion : SPEAR
18
Some ballpoints : BICS
21
Imitative in a silly way : APISH
22
Papal bull, e.g. : EDICT
23
Kiddie lit elephant : BABAR
24
Olds discontinued in 2004 : ALERO
26
Developer's plot : TRACT
28
"___ Blue?" : AMI
31
Spa feature : SAUNA
32
Overhead trains : ELS
33
Reggie Jackson nickname : MROCTOBER
34
Think alike : AGREE
35
Buttinsky : YENTA
36
Vacuum maker : ORECK
38
Library no-no : NOISE
39
Supermodel Carol : ALT
43
"Trust No One" TV series, with "The" : XFILES
44
Sermon ending? : ETTE
45
Lacking couth : CRASS
46
Self-help category : HOWTO
47
Due to get, as punishment : INFOR
48
Toughen : ENURE
49
Romantic message, in shorthand : ILUVU
50
Without face value : NOPAR
54
Pipe section : TRAP
56
Cry out loud : SOB
57
Seam material : ORE
58
Rug, of a sort : WIG
59
Zodiac beast : LEO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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