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New York Times, Wednesday, November 21, 2001

Author:
M. Francis Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Nonrenters
TotalDebutLatest
147/8/19994/15/2009
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0334220
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.597839%
Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JVXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Vuolo. Wednesday freshness: 51%
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© 2001, The New York Times11/21/1 ( No. 19,006 )
Across
1
Clinched, with "up" : SEWN
5
Teach at a college? : PROF
9
Zoological feet : PEDES
14
Maui bash : LUAU
15
Uninspired teaching method : ROTE
16
___ Perot : HROSS
17
Idle in a "circus" : ERIC
18
River to the Rhine : AARE
19
Cries of pain : YOWLS
20
Early White House hostess : DOLLEYMADISON
23
Part of a figure eight : ESS
24
Noted film, as old Romans would have it : MMI
25
Co. that makes a bunch? : FTD
28
1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit : HIPTOBESQUARE
32
"Sold out" sign : SRO
34
Propel, in a way : OAR
35
Bargain hunter's haunt : OUTLET
36
Muscled one : HEMAN
39
It's run up and then settled : TAB
41
Conger hunter : EELER
42
Wildcat : OCELOT
44
Gangster's piece : GAT
46
Suffix with Peking : ESE
47
Urban luxury : ROOFTOPGARDEN
51
Tucson-to-Flagstaff dir. : NNW
52
Part of E.T.A.: Abbr. : ARR
53
Time on end : EON
54
Team hinted at by 20-, 28- and 47-Across : NEWYORKKNICKS
61
West Indian sorcery : OBEAH
63
Half a fortnight : WEEK
64
Chemist's amount : GRAM
65
Tehrani's tongue : FARSI
66
Years abroad : ANNI
67
Bog : MIRE
68
It's to your advantage : ASSET
69
Wine choice : ROSE
70
Competent : ABLE
Down
1
Enjoy some winter fun : SLED
2
Continental capital : EURO
3
Mourn out loud : WAIL
4
Physics centers : NUCLEI
5
Beseeches : PRAYSTO
6
Not stay put : ROAM
7
Not this or that, below the border : OTRA
8
What a dog's bark or cat's meow may mean : FEEDME
9
Mr. Universe's pride : PHYSIQUE
10
Switch back? : EROO
11
Ruined : DOWNFALLEN
12
Immigrant's course: Abbr. : ESL
13
Draft org. : SSS
21
Like-thinking, for short : ESP
22
"___ in Love With You" : IMSO
26
Arborist's concern : TREES
27
Raison ___ : DETRE
28
Nonrenters : HOMEOWNERS
29
___ grass : OAT
30
Confederate general who won at Chickamauga : BRAGG
31
Western Indian : UTE
32
Hairless, now : SHORN
33
Military mission, briefly : RECON
37
TV ET : ALF
38
Opposite of all : NOTAWHIT
40
Ovine line? : BAA
43
Whig's rival : TORY
45
Person who might speak Klingon : TREKKIE
48
Hawkish : PROWAR
49
Put on : DON
50
Stumper : ENIGMA
55
Facility : EASE
56
City at the foot of the Sierra Nevada : RENO
57
Grasps : KENS
58
Toddler's place : CRIB
59
First name in Communism : KARL
60
"Peter Pan" role : SMEE
61
Son ___ gun : OFA
62
Undergrad degs. : BAS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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