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New York Times, Thursday, February 19, 2009

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Down : Tear off forcefully
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Kevin G. Der

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 2.00 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Der. Thursday freshness: 70%
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© 2009, The New York Times2/19/9 ( No. 21,653 )
Across
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One of the Untouchables : TMAN
5
Disney's "___ and the Detectives" : EMIL
9
"That's great ... not!" : OHJOY
14
Ryan of "Star Trek: Voyager" : JERI
15
Film character who says "Named must your fear be before banish it you can" : YODA
16
It's good for Juan : BUENO
17
School ___ : MARM
18
What might have the heading "Collectibles" or "Toys & Hobbies"? : EBAYWINDOW
20
Words with innocence or consent : AGEOF
22
Confused responses : HUHS
23
Optimistic scan at the dentist's? : XRAYOFHOPE
26
Not recorded : LIVE
30
Boomer's kid : XER
31
Org. in the Bourne series : CIA
32
Conjured up : EVOKED
34
Story of Ali Baba? : TURBANLEGEND
37
Many truckers : CBERS
40
One may be caught in it : LIE
41
Sycophant : TOADY
42
Transmits a message to Pancho and pals? : RADIOSAMIGOS
45
Pressing : URGENT
46
Naut. heading : NNE
47
Letters on some churches : AME
50
Scrabble 10-pointers : ZEES
51
Amazes a horror film director? : AWESCRAVEN
55
Bond villain in "Moonraker" : DRAX
56
Starters and more : SQUAD
57
Old street cry, or what's in 18-, 23-, 34-, 42- and 51-Across? : EXTRAEXTRA
63
Bone meaning "elbow" in Latin : ULNA
64
"Sorry, I did it" : MYBAD
65
A seeming eternity : EONS
66
Sale caveat : ASIS
67
Conductor noted for wearing turtlenecks : OZAWA
68
Unfortunate date ending : SLAP
69
Dickens's Mr. Pecksniff : SETH
Down
1
Marshalls competitor : TJMAXX
2
Thin, overseas : MEAGRE
3
Amount of debt, old-style : ARREAR
4
"I Am Spock" autobiographer : NIMOY
5
Socket filler : EYE
6
Kind of scene : MOB
7
Home of the City of Rocks National Reserve : IDAHO
8
Easy two points : LAYUP
9
They have bows : OBIS
10
Ancient pillager : HUN
11
President Bartlet on "The West Wing" : JED
12
"Wedding Album" recording artist : ONO
13
"That hurt!" : YOW
19
Prop on "The Price Is Right" : WHEEL
21
Pay strict attention to : FOCUSON
24
Center of holiday decorations : FIR
25
Speak in Spanish : HABLA
26
Racecar adornments : LOGOS
27
Furniture chain : IKEA
28
Deal in : VEND
29
Swirl : EDDY
33
Nay sayers : VETOERS
34
Essays : TRIES
35
Second part of a three-part command : AIM
36
Dortmund denials : NEINS
37
"Volver" actress, 2006 : CRUZ
38
Not decent : BARE
39
Advantage : EDGE
43
Unsettling look : STARE
44
Health supplement store : GNC
47
Tear off forcefully : AVULSE
48
Be serious : MEANIT
49
Long hyphen : ENDASH
52
Becomes fuller : WAXES
53
Honor : EXTOL
54
Water colors : AQUAS
55
Precursor to Surrealism : DADA
57
Rock genre : EMO
58
Series finale : XYZ
59
?, on a sched. : TBA
60
Not even rare : RAW
61
Code carrier : RNA
62
"Poor venomous fool," to Shakespeare : ASP

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

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