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New York Times, Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Author:
Jonathan Porat
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : Pointed criticisms
TotalDebut
112/23/2009
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0001000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.90453%
Jonathan Porat

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 4 Scrabble average: 1.90 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Porat. Wednesday freshness: 82%
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© 2009, The New York Times12/23/9 ( No. 21,960 )
Across
1
"I dare you" : JUSTTRYME
10
The Hawks of the Atlantic 10 conference, informally : STJOE
15
This very moment : ASWESPEAK
16
Conscious : AWAKE
17
1970 Santana hit : BLACKMAGICWOMAN
19
Orch. section : STR
20
It might pass une loi : SENAT
21
Reuters competitor : UPI
22
Tiny recipe amount : ADASH
26
Idol worshiper? : GROUPIE
28
Kind of pit, briefly : BARBQ
31
Burgundy or Chablis : VIN
32
Evidence in the Watergate scandal : WHITEHOUSETAPES
39
"Without ___, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable": Shaw : ART
40
Instantly fry : ZAP
41
In vitro cells : OVA
42
Macho types : REDBLOODEDMALES
49
Lone Star State cowboy : TEX
50
Trekkies' genre : SCIFI
51
Impulsively : ONAWHIM
55
Medical insurance portion of Medicare : PARTB
58
Extinct cousin of the kiwi : MOA
59
Break point score, perhaps : ADOUT
62
Artist Lichtenstein : ROY
64
Varying wildly : ALLOVERTHEPLACE
69
Misanthrope : HATER
70
Part of a postal address for Disneyland : ANAHEIMCA
71
+ end : ANODE
72
Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across : NEWSPAPER
Down
1
Pointed criticisms : JABS
2
Org. that used to bring people to court? : USLTA
3
Stretch of grass : SWARD
4
Sam Spade type : TEC
5
"Uh-uh, bad!" : TSK
6
Tach reading : RPM
7
Votes for : YEAS
8
Gandalf, for one : MAGE
9
Barely making (out) : EKING
10
Took care of business : SAWTOIT
11
See 32-Down : TWO
12
Become blocked : JAMUP
13
Animal with striped legs : OKAPI
14
Start of a counting rhyme : EENIE
18
Have turkey-serving duty, say : CARVE
23
U.S. dance grp. : ABT
24
It facilitates replying to a MS. : SAE
25
Buckingham Palace letters : HRH
27
Article in El Mundo : UNA
29
Schmo : BOZO
30
Campus areas : QUADS
32
Card game for 11-Down : WAR
33
Onetime realm of central Eur. : HRE
34
"___ be an honor" : ITD
35
A writer may work on it : SPEC
36
Washington pro : POL
37
Christmas ___ : EVE
38
Carrier to Copenhagen : SAS
43
"Oh yeah ...," in a text message : BTW
44
France's second-busiest port : LEHAVRE
45
Nitrous ___ : OXIDE
46
Brief swim : DIP
47
Design deg. : MFA
48
Lungful : AIR
51
1935 Triple Crown horse : OMAHA
52
Christopher who directed "The Dark Knight" : NOLAN
53
Finnish architect Alvar ___ : AALTO
54
Erin of "Happy Days" : MORAN
56
Charlie Chaplin persona : TRAMP
57
Ball-rolling game : BOCCE
60
___ Reader : UTNE
61
Midwinter phenomenon, sometimes : THAW
63
Strangely, it's shorter than a day on Venus : YEAR
65
Orthographer's ref. : OED
66
Frequent Canadian interjections : EHS
67
Vim : PEP
68
___ Fáil, Irish coronation stone : LIA

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

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