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New York Times, Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Author:
Louis Zulli
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Down : "You shouldn't have said that!"
TotalDebut
112/28/2011
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.58433%
Louis Zulli

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Zulli. Wednesday freshness: 52%
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© 2011, The New York Times12/28/11 ( No. 22,695 )
Across
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Roommate, informally : COHAB
6
Parade honoree, perhaps : HERO
10
Brewer's need : MALT
14
Big name in handbags : PRADA
15
Withdrawn apple spray : ALAR
16
James who won a posthumous Pulitzer : AGEE
17
Gift to an outgoing member of Congress? : LAMEDUCKPRESENT
20
Hanukkah pancakes : LATKES
21
Billing cycle, often : MONTH
22
The University of the South, familiarly : SEWANEE
25
Em, to Dorothy : AUNTIE
26
Y sporter : ELI
27
Rancher's land : SPREAD
30
Camera type, for short : SLR
31
Plant anew : RESOW
33
Like some elephants : ASIAN
36
Dialect coach's slogan? : ACCENTSHAPPEN
41
Tot's wheels : TRIKE
42
"The usual," say : ORDER
44
A Bush : JEB
47
Carl Sagan book : COSMOS
50
"Michael Collins" org. : IRA
51
Too firm, perhaps : UNRIPE
54
Modern crime, briefly ... or a hint to 17-, 36- and 59-Across : IDTHEFT
56
Computer screen lineup : ICONS
57
He "was here" : KILROY
59
European gin mill? : CONTINENTALDIVE
64
Romain de Tirtoff's alias : ERTE
65
Hence : ERGO
66
Hale who won three U.S. Opens : IRWIN
67
Nostradamus, e.g. : SEER
68
Small songster : WREN
69
Spoke sweet nothings : COOED
Down
1
Radar's rank on "M*A*S*H": Abbr. : CPL
2
"... Mac ___ PC?" : ORA
3
Cured fare : HAM
4
Miss Quested of "A Passage to India" : ADELA
5
"You shouldn't have said that!" : BADANSWER
6
Cyber-nuisance : HACKER
7
Sommer on screen : ELKE
8
Speaks ill of : RAPS
9
Notable #4 on the ice : ORR
10
Grand Lodge member : MASON
11
Most major-leaguers have them : AGENTS
12
Campbell's variety : LENTIL
13
Restrain, in a way : TETHER
18
Sun Bowl Stadium sch. : UTEP
19
Grounded avian : EMU
22
Sun. talk : SER
23
Zeno's home : ELEA
24
Cheesehead's state: Abbr. : WISC
25
1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
28
Moves carefully : EASES
29
Mountain ___ : ASH
32
Leaf-turning time: Abbr. : OCT
34
Pontifical : APOSTOLIC
35
D.C.-based media giant : NPR
37
Riviera city : NICE
38
Bout ender, briefly : TKO
39
Pop singer Brickell : EDIE
40
Soft ball material : NERF
43
Wharf pest : RAT
44
Breakfast offerings : JUICES
45
Shout at a concert : ENCORE
46
Literary family name : BRONTE
48
Poet who wrote "They also serve who only stand and wait" : MILTON
49
Wroclaw's river, to Poles : ODRA
52
The "I" of ICBM : INTER
53
Tire letters : PSI
55
Prefix with foil or phobia : HYDRO
57
Deborah of "Tea and Sympathy" : KERR
58
"Bus Stop" playwright : INGE
60
Just out : NEW
61
1945 battle site, briefly : IWO
62
Go head to head : VIE
63
What this is, fittingly : END

Answer summary:
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