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New York Times, Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Author:
Julie Ann Bowling
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Ivory, Coast and others
TotalDebut
111/27/2007
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.55237%
Julie Ann Bowling

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Bowling. Tuesday freshness: 69%
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O
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© 2007, The New York Times11/27/7 ( No. 21,203 )
Across
1
In debt : OWING
6
Post-op locale : ICU
9
Bets build them : POTS
13
Workplace for some clowns : RODEO
14
Melon exterior : RIND
16
Sign to heed : OMEN
17
States confidently : AVERS
18
Rice-shaped pasta : ORZO
19
Late-night name : LENO
20
Number one #2? : LEADPENCIL
22
Hunchbacked assistant : IGOR
23
"All My ___ Live in Texas" (1987 #1 country hit) : EXS
24
Manorial worker : PEASANT
26
2 and 12, e.g., in dice : DOUBLETS
31
"I am such a dope!" : DUH
32
Bart's teacher, ___ Krabappel : EDNA
33
Hen's home : COOP
35
Oslo is on one : FJORD
39
Have-___ (poor people) : NOTS
40
Traffic problem : SNARL
42
Northamptonshire river : OUSE
43
Yucky : GROSS
45
Olympics blade : EPEE
46
Toy with a cross frame : KITE
47
Dental problem calling for braces : GAP
49
Puts together hastily : SCARESUP
51
Empty, as a stare : VACUOUS
55
Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
56
Prefix with culture : AGRI
57
Little woman? : MINUTEMAID
63
Heist haul : LOOT
64
Proceed slowly : PLOD
65
Persian tongue : FARSI
66
Cuzco native : INCA
67
Holding a grudge : SORE
68
"I surrender!" : UNCLE
69
Batik artist : DYER
70
In a funk : SAD
71
Manages to elude : LOSES
Down
1
Like most folklore : ORAL
2
Used a loom : WOVE
3
Brainchild : IDEA
4
Social misfit : NERD
5
Matthew or Mark : GOSPEL
6
Hard porcelain : IRONSTONE
7
Magazine fig. : CIRC
8
Loosen, as a parka : UNZIP
9
What a comedian might do before going onstage? : POLISHJOKE
10
Alphabet ender : OMEGA
11
Carpentry joint part : TENON
12
Angry bull's sound : SNORT
15
Apportioned, with "out" : DOLED
21
Members of management : EXECS
25
"___ Wiedersehen" : AUF
26
China's ___ Xiaoping : DENG
27
Dumpster emanation : ODOR
28
Sermon preposition : UNTO
29
Fish-shaped musical instrument? : BASSGUITAR
30
Ivory, Coast and others : SOAPS
34
Made impossible : PRECLUDED
36
Alsace assents : OUIS
37
Queue after Q : RSTU
38
Tough to fathom : DEEP
41
Most trivial : LEAST
44
___ Tomé : SAO
48
High-heel shoes : PUMPS
50
Really sorry : RUEFUL
51
Not yet expired : VALID
52
Intense pain : AGONY
53
Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle" : CROCE
54
Missile sites : SILOS
58
Ibsen's ___ Helmer : NORA
59
Hand, to Hernando : MANO
60
Rainbow shapes : ARCS
61
Cruise stopover : ISLE
62
Stamping tools : DIES

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

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