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New York Times, Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Author:
Kristian House
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : Antique farm device
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
222/17/20095/25/20212
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1163425
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6510663%
Kristian House

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. House. Tuesday freshness: 38%
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© 2009, The New York Times2/17/9 ( No. 21,651 )
Across
1
God, with "one's" : MAKER
6
Airport guesses, for short : ETAS
10
Word after matinee or teen : IDOL
14
Quick, like a cat : AGILE
15
"Whip It" rock group : DEVO
16
Zilch : NADA
17
Chewed the fat : JAWED
18
Shootout shout : DRAW
19
Cereal "for kids" : TRIX
20
Umber or chocolate brown : RICHEARTHTONE
23
Pre-K enrollee : TOT
24
Org. for boomers, now : AARP
25
Early 10th-century year : CMI
28
Military treatise by Sun Tzu : THEARTOFWAR
34
Bathroom dispenser refill : HANDSOAP
36
The Velvet Fog : TORME
37
Trademarked citrus : UGLI
38
Thing in a sling : STONE
41
Party with techno music, perhaps : RAVE
42
Friars Club event : ROAST
44
Gave a makeover : REVAMPED
46
Captain's "Listen up!" : NOWHEARTHIS
49
Pig's pad : STY
50
Gold medalist Lipinski : TARA
51
Profs' helpers : TAS
53
Sad, like 20-, 28- and 46-Across? : BROKENHEARTED
59
Shoot up : GROW
60
Year-end air : NOEL
61
Built-up : URBAN
63
Adviser, say : AIDE
64
A person may have one of invincibility : AURA
65
Qaddafi's land : LIBYA
66
Suffer from sunburn : PEEL
67
Lee of Marvel Comics : STAN
68
Big name in printers : EPSON
Down
1
Hot Lips Houlihan's rank: Abbr. : MAJ
2
Petri dish stuff : AGAR
3
Fuzzy fruit : KIWI
4
Give a seat to : ELECT
5
Candy that makes your mouth burn : REDHOTS
6
Ancient Icelandic work : EDDA
7
U.S. Virgin Is., e.g. : TERR
8
PC user's self-image : AVATAR
9
"Who cares?" : SOWHAT
10
Managing perfectly : INTOPFORM
11
"Rats!" : DARN
12
"Garfield" canine : ODIE
13
Left Coast airport code : LAX
21
Body of cultural values : ETHOS
22
It's faster than a walk : TROT
25
Antique farm device : CHURN
26
Myopic Mr. ___ : MAGOO
27
Acquired relative : INLAW
29
Do lunch : EAT
30
To the left, at sea : APORT
31
Cylindrical sandwiches : WRAPS
32
W.W. II-era G.I., e.g. : AMVET
33
Like an oboe's sound : REEDY
35
Drier's need : DISHTOWEL
39
Book before Esth. : NEH
40
Madonna title role : EVITA
43
Flooring wood : TEAK
45
In most cases : ASARULE
47
Concert locales : ARENAS
48
Were completely depleted : RANOUT
52
"Blondie" or "Cathy" : STRIP
53
Cheese with a moldy rind : BRIE
54
Hectored : RODE
55
Wife of Zeus : HERA
56
Pizazz : ELAN
57
Falls back : EBBS
58
"The Banana Boat Song" word : DAYO
59
Watergate tape problem : GAP
62
Tandoor-baked bread : NAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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