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New York Times, Monday, December 14, 2009

Author:
Tim Darling
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : ___ Martin (James Bond car)
TotalDebut
112/14/2009
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.57445%
Tim Darling

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Darling. Monday freshness: 93%
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© 2009, The New York Times12/14/9 ( No. 21,951 )
Across
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Prefix with dextrous : AMBI
5
Musketeer with Porthos and Aramis : ATHOS
10
Bart Simpson's brainy sister : LISA
14
Detach from a source of dependence : WEAN
15
Musical beat : TEMPO
16
Desertlike : ARID
17
Acupuncture, e.g. : EASTERNMEDICINE
20
Goes "A-a-a-choo!" : SNEEZES
21
Tickles the fancy : AMUSES
22
Go up : RISE
23
The "A" in P.T.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
24
Furnace, e.g. : CENTRALHEATER
29
"___ side are you on anyway?" : WHOSE
31
Good name for a Dalmatian : SPOT
32
"___ about had it up to here!" : IVE
33
Male deer : HART
34
Surface again, as a driveway : RETOP
36
Extended family : CLAN
37
1980s sitcom with an extraterrestrial : ALF
38
One-person performance : SOLO
39
"___ you glad?" : ARENT
40
Rough-terrain cyclist : MOUNTAINBIKER
44
Helper : AIDE
45
Oklahoma city : ENID
46
Bolts (down) : SCARFS
49
Two-page ads : SPREADS
53
Samoan or Fijian : PACIFICISLANDER
56
Quod ___ demonstrandum : ERAT
57
Andrea ___, ill-fated ship : DORIA
58
Writer Émile : ZOLA
59
TV's warrior princess : XENA
60
What to call Spain's Juan Carlos : ELREY
61
15-percenters: Abbr. : AGTS
Down
1
Fills with wonder : AWES
2
Like taking candy from a baby? : MEAN
3
First, second or third, on a diamond : BASE
4
Bank accrual : INTEREST
5
Motionless : ATREST
6
More uptight : TENSER
7
"Well, let me think ..." : HMM
8
Unlock, to a bard : OPE
9
Popular teen hangout 50+ years ago : SODASHOP
10
Gap in a manuscript : LACUNA
11
Pupil surrounder : IRIS
12
Trig function : SINE
13
Fruit beverages : ADES
18
Web mag : EZINE
19
"No more for me" : IMSET
23
Mighty Dog competitor : ALPO
24
Greek port where Prince Philip was born : CORFU
25
___ Martin (James Bond car) : ASTON
26
Bathroom floor installer : TILER
27
Indiana senator Bayh : EVAN
28
Payment in Monopoly : RENT
29
"Kapow!" : WHAM
30
Circle of angels? : HALO
34
Where a hot dog stand may stand : ROADSIDE
35
"Night" author Wiesel : ELIE
36
Sideboard : CREDENZA
38
Not flexible, as muscles : STIFF
39
Director Kurosawa : AKIRA
41
Airport near Tokyo : NARITA
42
Nickname for Elizabeth : BESSIE
43
Live, as a football : INPLAY
46
X-ray ___ (novelty item) : SPEX
47
Have concern : CARE
48
Open up ___ of worms : ACAN
50
Work like ___ : ADOG
51
Shoulder muscle, briefly : DELT
52
Mmes., in Madrid : SRAS
54
Rank above maj. : COL
55
Abbr. on a clothing sale item : IRR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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