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New York Times, Thursday, November 23, 2006

Author:
Ari Halpern
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Earthly
TotalDebutLatest
211/23/20067/10/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.62819%
Ari Halpern

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Halpern. Thursday freshness: 10%
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© 2006, The New York Times11/23/6 ( No. 20,834 )
Across
1
Company seat? : SOFA
5
School science rooms : LABS
9
They can be spun : TALES
14
First among men : ADAM
15
Object of a search, maybe : AWOL
16
Fete, e.g. : EVENT
17
Batman or Superman : HERO
18
Logical : SANE
19
Set : READY
20
Injured pitcher? : LAMETHROWER
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Animation unit : CEL
24
Brought up : BRED
25
Crack : DECODE
27
French pastry : ECLAIR
30
In a cord? : SPINAL
32
Fraternity letter : RHO
33
36-Across's has a bald eagle : STATEFLAG
36
For Minnesotans, it's south of the border : IOWA
38
Dentist's advice ... or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down : FLOSS
39
Make : EARN
40
They're often raised : QUESTIONS
42
New Deal inits. : REA
43
Lots : REALTY
44
Puzzle solved without pen or pencil : JIGSAW
47
Fill with disgust : APPALL
49
Prefix with magnetic : AERO
50
___-mo : SLO
51
Class for an aspiring poker player? : LYINGLESSON
57
Ship's anchor hole : HAWSE
59
Wind catcher : SAIL
60
Cartoon skunk, to amis : PEPE
61
Prime targets for the draft : ONEAS
62
Kind of marker : MILE
63
Misses the mark : ERRS
64
Divination means : TAROT
65
Runner's place : SLED
66
Ballads : LAYS
Down
1
Comic who declared "I'm not a liberal, I'm a radical!" : SAHL
2
Classic theaters : ODEA
3
Raise things : FARM
4
One that lives in a single cell? : AMOEBA
5
1993 Anne Rice novel : LASHER
6
Star or cross : AWARD
7
Pro ___ : BONO
8
Large number : SLEW
9
Earthly : TERRENE
10
City map abbr. : AVE
11
What bells on sheep are attached to? : LEACOLLARS
12
Done : ENDED
13
Do, as of hair : STYLE
21
Angular head? : TRI
22
Cuts a film : EDITS
26
Starbucks, for one : CAFE
27
"ER" actor La Salle : ERIQ
28
800-year Chinese dynasty : CHOU
29
Energy-saving mode? : LOWERPOWER
30
Like some hard-to-plow land : STONY
31
Bridge call : PASS
33
One-armed bandit : SLOT
34
Bailiwick : AREA
35
Work on a bone, say : GNAW
37
Off on a cruise : ASEA
38
Young, frisky one : FILLY
41
Guinness Book category : TALLEST
44
Came together : JELLED
45
Choler : IRE
46
God's honest truth : GOSPEL
47
Give ___ in the arm : ASHOT
48
Preferred course of action : PLANA
49
Quick-footed : AGILE
52
Systems of principles : ISMS
53
Perform perfectly : NAIL
54
Some infusions : SERA
55
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
56
Crime-fighter of TV and film : NESS
58
___ Luís, Brazil : SAO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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