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New York Times, Thursday, February 1, 2007

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : German pronoun
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Michael S. Maurer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQZ} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Maurer. Thursday freshness: 63%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/1/7 ( No. 20,904 )
Across
1
Baron von Richthofen, e.g. : WARACE
7
*See 4-Down : TOGETHER
15
Endangered cat : OCELOT
16
Corresponding directly : ONETOONE
17
Drink once pitched by Nancy Sinatra : RCCOLA
18
*See 1-Down : VACATION
19
Most sharp : KEENEST
21
Sta. purchase : TKT
22
Romeo's last words : IDIE
23
Mid-American Conference team : OHIO
25
Largest of seven : ASIA
29
State on P.S.T. : NEV
30
Setting for a photographer : FSTOP
32
*With 55-Across, quote from an auto-body shop : EXACT
33
College sr.'s test : GRE
34
Solar disk : ATEN
35
Cause of a chill : FRIGHT
36
What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are : OXYMORONS
38
In : ENTREE
41
Pulitzer-winning science author Dubos : RENE
42
Cable film channel inits. : TCM
45
*With 44-Down, not turning up as expected in a search : FOUND
46
Abuts : MEETS
47
Louis, e.g. : ROI
48
___ mora (without delay, in Latin) : SINE
49
Eye parts : RODS
50
Lowers, in a way : DIMS
51
Musical notes : MIS
52
Some magic acts : ESCAPES
55
*See 32-Across : ESTIMATE
60
Lyrical musical passages : ARIOSI
61
Ends a separation : REUNITES
62
Arrive, as fog : ROLLIN
63
*See 50-Down : SPECIALS
64
Investigative work : SPYING
Down
1
*With 18-Across, busy person's getaway : WORKING
2
Agreeable sort : ACCEDER
3
Choice after a football coin toss : RECEIVE
4
*With 7-Across, like a couple romancing : ALONE
5
Michael of "The Mod Squad" : COLE
6
Greek vowels : ETAS
7
"Mazel ___!" : TOV
8
How a bettor may act : ONATIP
9
Lizard with clingy toe pads : GECKO
10
Conseil d'___ : ETAT
11
Toddler : TOT
12
___ polloi : HOI
13
"Another Green World" musician : ENO
14
Stimpy's TV pal : REN
20
Ojibwa handicraft : TOTEM
24
Prestigious : HONORED
25
Alliance : AXIS
26
Start to fall : SAG
27
German pronoun : ICH
28
Call letters? : ATT
30
Sent in a hurry : FAXED
31
Case for an ophthalmologist : STYE
32
Sea birds : ERNES
35
Productive source : FONT
36
River in the D-Day invasion : ORNE
37
Candy man : REESE
38
Bad grades : EFS
39
"... ___ in 'team'" : NOI
40
Large cask : TUN
42
Lebanese port : TRIPOLI
43
Enters : COMESIN
44
*See 45-Across : MISSING
46
Star of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" : MOSTEL
49
Lasso : RIATA
50
*With 63-Across, a diner list : DAILY
51
Year of the Utah Winter Olympics : MMII
53
Modern epidemic : SARS
54
Equestrian equipment : CROP
55
Hesitations : ERS
56
Start to fall: Abbr. : SEP
57
Calendar abbr. : TUE
58
Time ___ : INC
59
Slalom part : ESS

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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