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New York Times, Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Author:
Warren Biro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : Purely or simply: Abbr.
TotalDebut
112/24/2008
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Warren Biro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Biro. Wednesday freshness: 50%
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© 2008, The New York Times12/24/8 ( No. 21,596 )
Across
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Newswoman Paula : ZAHN
5
Fire ___ : OPAL
9
Bowling unit : FRAME
14
Prefix with -gram or -graph : IDEO
15
December 25, e.g. : DATE
16
Last ___ : RITES
17
Show interrupter : TVADVERTISEMENT
20
Brit. military award : DSO
21
"Sure, why not" : IGUESSSO
22
Copenhagen wad : TOBACCOCHEW
26
Select : TAP
27
Images representing Internet users : AVATARS
28
Sound of a lightning strike : ZAP
30
George W., to George H. W. : SON
31
Shower sponge : LOOFA
34
Start of a Fred Flintstone cry : YABBA
38
Mariner's datum : TIDE
40
Power connectors, or a way to describe 17-, 22-, 55- and 61-Across : PLUGS
42
Tuesday in Hollywood : WELD
43
Dearborn debut of 1958 : EDSEL
45
Coastal fliers : ERNES
47
___-blamed : DAD
48
Jurisprudence : LAW
50
How crowds move : ENMASSE
52
Tbsp. or tsp. : AMT
55
Old-fashioned tub feature : BATHSTOPPER
58
Play characters : PERSONAE
60
Lead-in to plunk : KER
61
Expensive alternative to a toupee : HAIRREPLACEMENT
66
Furious : IRATE
67
Farming prefix : AGRO
68
They pop on planes : EARS
69
Soup alternative : SALAD
70
Car company that originated as an airplane manufacturer : SAAB
71
State whose tallest bldg. has only 19 floors : NDAK
Down
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Clearasil target : ZIT
2
Purely or simply: Abbr. : ADV
3
Tennis accessories : HEADBANDS
4
Signals, as to an auctioneer : NODSAT
5
Keats creation : ODE
6
Three, four or five, commonly : PAR
7
Heirloom locale : ATTIC
8
Vivien of film : LEIGH
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It lets you go without charges : FREEWAY
10
Basketball hoops : RIMS
11
Historic 1940s event, for short : ATEST
12
Group of brains : MENSA
13
Prevent, legally : ESTOP
18
Speaking one's mind : VOCAL
19
1956-57 crisis site : SUEZ
22
"There's no accounting for ___" : TASTE
23
Roundish : OVOID
24
Jockey's whip : CROP
25
"___ Mio" : OSOLE
29
Hand covered with 32-Down : PAW
32
See 29-Down : FUR
33
"___ of God," Jane Fonda film : AGNES
35
Top layer, in a way : BEDSPREAD
36
Unconcerned : BLASE
37
Abacus user : ADDER
39
Unagi, at a Japanese restaurant : EEL
41
Radioed, e.g. : SENT
44
Strained : LABORED
46
Feature of many a 1970s rock concert : SMOKE
49
Ebb : WANE
51
"2001" extras : APEMEN
52
Sap sucker : APHIS
53
Stiller's comedy partner : MEARA
54
"Perry Mason" climax : TRIAL
56
Spanish appetizers : TAPAS
57
Hägar the Horrible's wife : HELGA
59
Mex. miss : SRTA
62
Coach Parseghian : ARA
63
Corn core : COB
64
Org. with good aims? : NRA
65
"'Tis a pity" : TSK

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

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