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New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Author:
Jonah Kagan and Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Down : Jamaica exports
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
612/1/20094/21/20131
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1112010
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.623846%
Jonah Kagan
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
473/29/200512/29/202125
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75107666
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.5522358%
Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {J} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kagan. This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Fleming. Tuesday freshness: 46%
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C
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A
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I
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O
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O
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E
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B
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O
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W
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N
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F
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G
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L
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S
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M
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F
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H
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W
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N
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B
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A
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M
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A
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© 2009, The New York Times12/1/9 ( No. 21,938 )
Across
1
City near the Great Sphinx : CAIRO
6
Mine treasure : ORE
9
Macaroni shape : ELBOW
14
Steve who was called Steverino : ALLEN
15
Turkish headgear : FEZ
16
Golden egg layer of story : GOOSE
17
Rod in a henhouse : ROOST
18
Magical powder : FAIRYDUST
20
French lady friend : AMIE
21
Peeved : INAPET
22
1980s soap opera set at a winery : FALCONCREST
26
Fury : IRE
29
Blue literature : EROTICA
30
Blue hue : AQUA
31
Cuts with light : LASES
34
Homecoming returnees, for short : ALUMS
35
1950s-'60s sitcom that ran on all three networks : FATHERKNOWSBEST
40
Tale of Troy : ILIAD
41
Alfred P. ___ Foundation : SLOAN
42
Papyrus plant, e.g. : REED
43
Plucks, as eyebrow hairs : TWEEZES
48
Prefix with biology : EXO
49
Occasion for pumpkin picking : FALLHARVEST
53
Almost : NEARLY
55
Killer whale : ORCA
56
Part of a morning routine ... or a literal hint to 18-, 22-, 35- and 49-Across : BREAKFAST
59
Knock the socks off : FLOOR
60
Not deigning to consider : ABOVE
61
___ goo gai pan : MOO
62
Turn away : AVERT
63
Ate in high style : DINED
64
Drink with a head : ALE
65
Fits one inside the next : NESTS
Down
1
Wine container : CARAFE
2
Six-time baseball All-Star Sandy : ALOMAR
3
Repetitively named Philippine province : ILOILO
4
Take out surgically : RESECT
5
Ottawa's prov. : ONT
6
Take out : OFF
7
Show again : REAIR
8
Net mag : EZINE
9
1-Across is its capital : EGYPT
10
Mine treasure : LODE
11
Chic shop : BOUTIQUE
12
C.I.A. forerunner : OSS
13
Not yet firm, as cement : WET
19
Univ. dorm supervisors : RAS
23
Like some smoothly running machines : OILED
24
Tenn. neighbor : NCAR
25
Wine containers : CASKS
27
Jamaica exports : RUMS
28
Atlantic Seaboard states, with "the" : EAST
30
Priest's robe : ALB
32
Blowup: Abbr. : ENL
33
Truth, old-style : SOOTH
34
Ed who played Lou Grant : ASNER
35
Order after "Aim!" : FIRE
36
The "A" in A-Rod : ALEX
37
Get stewed : TIEONEON
38
Duped : HAD
39
Guitar pedal effect : WAWA
44
Change over time : EVOLVE
45
Homes (in on) : ZEROES
46
Front car in a motorcade : ESCORT
47
Turns on, as a car : STARTS
49
Not real : FAKED
50
It might mean "I want a treat!" : ARF
51
Andean animal : LLAMA
52
"Disinfect to Protect" brand : LYSOL
54
Christmas light site : EAVE
56
George Thorogood stutter "B-B-B-B-___..." : BAD
57
A sac fly earns one : RBI
58
Nail spot : TOE
59
Wave a palm frond at, say : FAN

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

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