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New York Times, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Author:
Rolf Hamburger
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Down : Eastern belief
TotalDebut
111/30/2011
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.62514%
Rolf Hamburger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hamburger. Wednesday freshness: 19%
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© 2011, The New York Times11/30/11 ( No. 22,667 )
Across
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Time in some want ads : AFT
4
Shutout spoiler : GOAL
8
Globetrotter's woe : JETLAG
14
Tuba sound : PAH
15
Language of Pakistan : URDU
16
Plaza Hotel moppet : ELOISE
17
Washington and ___ University : LEE
18
Team on the receiving end of a prank? : MOONEDSQUAD
20
Seams' contents : ORES
22
"Arrivederci" : ADIEU
23
"E," "pluribus" or "unum"? : MONEYWORD
27
Comeback? : ECHO
31
Bother no end : BEDEVIL
32
China's Sun ___-sen : YAT
35
"Come again?" : HUH
36
Call that might result in a 27-Across : YODEL
38
Much bigotry : RACISM
40
Athletic trainer for Neanderthals? : STONEAGECOACH
43
Some summer fare : RERUNS
44
At full tilt : AMAIN
45
Send packing : AXE
46
SAT company : ETS
48
Like Cup-a-Soup : INSTANT
52
Items in many lists of ingredients : DYES
54
West Coast punk rock group? : LARAMONES
56
Kind of computing using remote servers : CLOUD
59
Wolf's look : OGLE
60
Entered pie-eyed? : GONEINRUMMY
66
Guinness Book suffix : EST
67
Not in any key : ATONAL
68
Running ___ : LATE
69
Start of some California place names : LOS
70
Stereotypical bum's place : BOWERY
71
Police setup : TRAP
72
Addition to 18-, 23-, 40-, 54- and 60-Across : ONE
Down
1
Self-assurance : APLOMB
2
Denmark's ___ Islands : FAEROE
3
"Period!" : THEEND
4
Candy store purchase : GUM
5
"___ y plata" : ORO
6
Stir : ADO
7
Kind of eclipse : LUNAR
8
Yoda, notably : JEDI
9
Choice word : ELSE
10
Chef's topper : TOQUE
11
Imprisoned Peace Nobelist ___ Xiaobo : LIU
12
Simile center : ASA
13
Goal for some H.S. dropouts : GED
19
Whitewater phenomenon : EDDY
21
"Later!" : SEEYOU
24
De Carlo of "The Munsters" : YVONNE
25
Most inclusive : WIDEST
26
Olive genus : OLEA
28
In vogue : CHIC
29
"Shut your mouth!" : HUSH
30
Its symbol is omega : OHM
33
Things understood by few : ARCANA
34
Eastern belief : TAOISM
37
Letters on some N.Y.C. baggage tags : LGA
39
Playground retort : CANTOO
40
Like a proverbial 10 : SEXY
41
Arborist's study : TREE
42
Oil-rich ruler, perhaps : EMIR
43
"Way cool!" : RAD
47
Say "Offisher, I am completely shober," e.g. : SLUR
49
Dundee who trained Ali : ANGELO
50
Gov. Rockefeller : NELSON
51
Sleeping sickness transmitter : TSETSE
53
Public spectacle : SCENE
55
X-rated : ADULT
57
When doubled, a 1997 Jim Carrey movie : LIAR
58
Just : ONLY
60
Chew the rag : GAB
61
Ear: Prefix : OTO
62
Diva's demand : NOW
63
Nick, say : MAR
64
Overseer of N.Y.C. bridges : MTA
65
"I reckon so" : YEP

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