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New York Times, Monday, February 13, 2006

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Astonishes
TotalDebutLatest
3111/30/199211/3/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1151111002
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5992215%
Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Ms. Bender. Monday freshness: 43%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/13/6 ( No. 20,551 )
Across
1
Satisfying drink : QUAFF
6
Light bulb unit : WATT
10
Howled, as the wind : BLEW
14
Graduation march composer : ELGAR
15
Type of textbook market : ELHI
16
Four-star review : RAVE
17
John who made plows : DEERE
18
Grad : ALUM
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9:00-5:30 store sign : OPEN
20
Amusement park ride with organ music : MERRYGOROUND
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___ Beta Kappa : PHI
26
Existed : WAS
27
Offers dessert, as to a dieter : TEMPTS
28
Hero of a Virgil epic : AENEAS
30
Comedian Mort : SAHL
32
Toy that bounces weirdly : SILLYPUTTY
34
Play divisions : ACTS
38
Arduous journeys : TREKS
39
Bolt attachment : NUT
40
Mensa-suitable : SMART
41
Concerning : ASTO
42
Counterfeit cash : FUNNYMONEY
44
Skirt bottoms : HEMS
45
Roof attachment seen less often these days : AERIAL
46
Take to a higher court : APPEAL
50
Having ridden one too many times on a 20-Across, say : ILL
51
Canonized mlle. : STE
52
Seashore bird with a distinctive cry : LAUGHINGGULL
56
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
57
Christmas carol : NOEL
58
Not inner : OUTER
62
Use the library : READ
63
"Tickle me" doll : ELMO
64
Complete reversal : UTURN
65
"___ of the D'Urbervilles" : TESS
66
Not too great : SOSO
67
Four: Prefix : TETRA
Down
1
Letters after a proof : QED
2
Suffix with sched- : ULE
3
What birthday candles signify : AGE
4
Old MacDonald's property : FARM
5
Most interstates : FREEWAYS
6
Has on : WEARS
7
Partner in war : ALLY
8
Hoodlum : THUG
9
Dalton who played 007 : TIMOTHY
10
Janitor's tool : BROOM
11
Receive with enthusiasm : LAPUP
12
Media attraction : EVENT
13
Pursues, as one's way : WENDS
21
Coarse file : RASP
22
Aunt or uncle, e.g.: Abbr. : REL
23
Rotini or linguine : PASTA
24
People named in wills : HEIRS
25
Small bay : INLET
29
Nevada county : ELKO
30
Astonishes : STUNS
31
Env. abbr. : ATTN
33
E pluribus ___ : UNUM
34
Valentine's Day cherub : AMOR
35
___ Major : CANIS
36
Bonbon, e.g. : TREAT
37
Baroque or rococo : STYLE
40
Detect with the nose : SMELLOUT
42
Cougars and such : FELINES
43
River to Korea Bay : YALU
44
"Take that!" : HAH
46
Watchful : ALERT
47
French city, in song : PAREE
48
Cougars : PUMAS
49
"Oh, no!" : EGADS
50
Eskimo dwelling : IGLOO
53
___ contendere (court plea) : NOLO
54
Stones on rings : GEMS
55
Old instrument that's strummed : LUTE
59
Boy king of ancient Egypt : TUT
60
"To ___ is human" : ERR
61
Genetic material, for short : RNA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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