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New York Times, Saturday, December 20, 2008

Author:
Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : Vexes, with "at"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 39%
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© 2008, The New York Times12/20/8 ( No. 21,592 )
Across
1
"The Mod Squad" co-star : OMAREPPS
9
Architecture that gets to the point? : AFRAME
15
One of a notorious pair in Genesis : GOMORRAH
16
Arctic : FRIGID
17
When the beat goes on ... and on ... and on? : DRUMSOLO
18
Presidential first name : RONALD
19
Maneuver gently : EASE
20
Brontë classic : AGNESGREY
22
Frequent ad-libber on "The Steve Allen Show" : NYE
23
Least definite : HAZIEST
25
"Man!" : GEEZ
26
1960s dance showcased on "Laugh-In" : THEFRUG
31
Able to stand the heat? : OVENPROOF
35
Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress : DEANE
36
Classic name in copiers : MITA
37
Australian export : OPALS
39
"___ Rose" (song from "The Music Man") : LIDA
40
One of two in Canada? : SCHWA
42
Neighbor of the Caucasus : ASIAMINOR
44
Blood : KINSMEN
46
___ 360 : XBOX
47
Object of many an appraisal : ANTIQUE
49
Onetime bodyguard of Muhammad Ali and Michael Jackson : MRT
52
World capital long beset by civil unrest : MOGADISHU
56
Time after le soleil sets : SOIR
57
Papal capes : ORALES
58
Science concerned with aging : OENOLOGY
61
Quantity of peanut butter : JARFUL
62
Missions : PURPOSES
63
Trying to get home : ONBASE
64
It's put on before pulling away : SEATBELT
Down
1
City near the Wasatch Mountains : OGDEN
2
Reef predator : MORAY
3
Keep from being bored : AMUSE
4
Capitoline Museums locale : ROME
5
Beginnings of hedges? : ERS
6
Backing : PRO
7
Woman's loose-fitting garment with flared legs : PALAZZOPANTS
8
Game played on an 81-square board : SHOGI
9
From square one : AFRESH
10
Like some cakes and hair : FROSTED
11
Token that you're taken : RING
12
It helps a culture advance : AGAR
13
League part : MILE
14
Certain air current : EDDY
21
It has things you want to see : NETFLIXQUEUE
23
Zoot-suited, say : HEP
24
Prefix with car : AERO
25
Vexes, with "at" : GNAWS
27
Aspirin pioneer Hoffmann : FELIX
28
Mac user's motivation : RAIN
29
Reverse : UNDO
30
Reverse, e.g. : GEAR
31
Trans-Siberian Railroad stop : OMSK
32
Part of a Latin trio : VICI
33
People: Prefix : ETHN
34
Grp. formed in Bogotá in 1948 : OAS
38
One-named film star of the 1930s-'60s : SABU
41
Broadway play with the role of Emperor Joseph II : AMADEUS
43
Bart Simpson's prank call victim : MOE
45
Maroon : ENISLE
48
Units of a chain with links? : IHOPS
49
Jock in "Archie" comics : MOOSE
50
Orion's left foot : RIGEL
51
Subject of many a billet-doux : TRYST
52
Lucky mystique : MOJO
53
Birthplace of Yves Saint Laurent : ORAN
54
Threads : GARB
55
Soviet sub class : ALFA
56
One likely to leave things out? : SLOB
59
Org. with the Eddie Eagle safety program : NRA
60
Elect : OPT

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3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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