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New York Times, Thursday, November 25, 2004

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Hammer holder
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
311/25/20043/20/20062
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0200100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.641020%
Earl W. Reed

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQ} This is puzzle # 132 for Ms. Salomon. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Reed. Thursday freshness: 16%
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© 2004, The New York Times11/25/4 ( No. 20,106 )
Across
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Clarifying phrase : IDEST
6
Arabian sultanate : OMAN
10
Fire : ZEAL
14
Hershey company purchase : CACAO
15
Choice : RARE
16
Where Typhon, a 100-headed monster, was buried, in Greek myth : ETNA
17
Global warming treaty city : KYOTO
18
Turkey, to a cartographer : ASIANLAND
20
TV's "The George & ___ Show" : ALANA
22
Stirred up : ROILED
23
With 49-Across, turkey, to a feaster : THANKSGIVING
27
"You betcha" : YEP
28
"South Park" sibling : IKE
29
___-Caps (candy brand) : SNO
30
It's over in Oct. : DST
33
Crime scene clues : PRINTS
35
Dumps : PIGSTIES
37
___ awful way : INAN
38
Turkey, to a bowler : XXX
39
Popular eclectic magazine : UTNE
40
Colts, e.g. : FIREARMS
43
Besides : ATTHAT
45
"Whoopee!" : YAY
46
Lyon of "Lolita," 1962 : SUE
47
Number of talking animals in the Bible : TWO
48
Sci-fi subjects, for short : ETS
49
See 23-Across : DINNERENTREE
52
Gild the lily : OVERDO
55
Addition to a bill : RIDER
56
Turkey, to a critic : MOVIEFLOP
58
New York's Mount ___ hospital : SINAI
62
On the quiet side? : ALEE
63
Generic pooch : FIDO
64
Tip : UPEND
65
Split up : REND
66
Zipped : SPED
67
Fossil fuel blocks : PEATS
Down
1
Response to goo : ICK
2
Word repeated in "___ in, ___ out" : DAY
3
Prefix with friendly : ECO
4
Role in the film "Bedazzled" : SATAN
5
Hammer holder : TOOLKIT
6
Syracuse athletes, for short : ORANGE
7
Kenyan tribesman : MASAI
8
"Exodus" character : ARI
9
Getting warm, so to speak : NEARING
10
Woody Allen film : ZELIG
11
Series finale : ETAL
12
Writer Rice : ANNE
13
"Shane" star : LADD
19
List from mommy : NONOS
21
Is nosy : ASKS
23
Represent : TYPIFY
24
Lifter's occupational hazard : HERNIA
25
Queen's home : APIARY
26
Midsize auto engine : VSIX
30
Confused state : DITHER
31
Vice president's charge : SENATE
32
African scourge : TSETSE
34
22.5 degrees : NNE
35
G.I. suppliers : PXS
36
"For shame!" : TUT
38
Comic book mutants : XMEN
41
Private lines : ASIDE
42
Mountain flows : RUNOFFS
43
Thunderstruck : AWED
44
Gets in shape : TONESUP
47
Shooting aid : TRIPOD
49
Like raisins : DRIED
50
Wear : ERODE
51
Drivel : TRIPE
52
Actor Epps : OMAR
53
Meadow rodent : VOLE
54
Square : EVEN
57
Mouth piece : LIP
59
Granting grp. : NEA
60
Certain colonist : ANT
61
They're sometimes checked at checkout : IDS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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