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New York Times, Monday, November 23, 2009

Author:
Ben Pall
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : Cowboy with a lariat
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Ben Pall

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FKXZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Pall. Monday freshness: 52%
Jim Horne notes:

Ben Pall was 14 years old when this puzzle was published, making him the youngest constructor of an NYT crossword in the Shortz Era.

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© 2009, The New York Times11/23/9 ( No. 21,930 )
Across
1
Former British rule in India : RAJ
4
"Bon appetit!" : DIGIN
9
With 46-Down, 1969 album by the 38-Across : ABBEY
14
Yoko ___ : ONO
15
Spitting nails, so to speak : IRATE
16
"We're more popular than Jesus now," famously : QUOTE
17
Luau dish : POI
18
Athlete trying to pass the bar? : POLEVAULTER
20
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
22
It may be worn around the neck at a convention : NAMETAG
23
Enters again, as text : RETYPES
25
Egyptian god of death : OSIRIS
29
In custody : HELD
30
"Nowhere ___" (1966 hit) : MAN
32
Where eggs hatch : NEST
33
This and this : THESE
35
Of the congregation : LAIC
36
Concert receipts : GATE
37
Pallid : WAN
38
Group with the four circled members : BEATLES
41
___ Jones industrials : DOW
42
Israeli carrier : ELAL
44
Big fibs : LIES
45
The Supremes and others : TRIOS
47
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
48
"Gonna ___ with a little help from my friends" : TRY
49
"Open 24 hours" sign, maybe : NEON
50
Hitchcock film with a shower scene : PSYCHO
52
Injured : DAMAGED
55
Silencer? : EARPLUG
58
Sketched : DREW
59
Toxic herbicide : AGENTORANGE
63
Metal on its way to a refinery : ORE
64
Not so good : WORSE
65
Had : OWNED
66
Business for Shell or ExxonMobil : OIL
67
Like a fuzzy computer image, informally : LORES
68
Sound akin to "Harrumph!" : SNORT
69
Funnyman Brooks : MEL
Down
1
Cowboy with a lariat : ROPER
2
Battery terminal : ANODE
3
Head out to sea, say : JOINTHENAVY
4
Quick swim : DIP
5
Pressed, as clothes : IRONED
6
Festive events : GALAS
7
Short news piece : ITEM
8
Campbell of "Party of Five" : NEVE
9
Light blue shades : AQUAS
10
Like eyes seemingly about to pop out : BULGING
11
Droid : BOT
12
Summer in Paris : ETE
13
"___ Blues" (song on the White Album) : YER
19
Immediately : ATONCE
21
Yes votes : AYES
24
Commoner, for short : PLEB
26
Library area : READINGROOM
27
"How much ___ much?" : ISTOO
28
Mulligan and others : STEWS
30
One to whom "Ahoy!" is directed : MATEY
31
Isn't well : AILS
33
Dweeb : TWERP
34
Longtime N.F.L. coach nicknamed Papa Bear : HALAS
35
Lion's den : LAIR
39
Corrida charger : ELTORO
40
Long part of a rose : STEM
43
Driver's ID : LICENSE
46
See 9-Across : ROAD
49
Noodge : NAGGER
51
Despises : HATES
52
"Beats me!" : DUNNO
53
Like a coincidence that raises the hair on the back of your neck : EERIE
54
Live (in) : DWELL
56
Mavens : PROS
57
___ tennis : LAWN
59
Piercing tool : AWL
60
Slime : GOO
61
Mess up : ERR
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Summer hours in N.Y.C. : EDT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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