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New York Times, Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Author:
Chuck Hamilton
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Lives
TotalDebutLatest
22/20/200810/30/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.52434%
Chuck Hamilton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hamilton. Wednesday freshness: 73%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/20/8 ( No. 21,288 )
Across
1
Cause of a skin rash : ECZEMA
7
Rug, so to speak : WIG
10
Bugle tune : TAPS
14
Quenched : SLAKED
15
Very close friend, in slang : ACE
16
Miner's entry : ADIT
17
"Back to the Future" subject : TIMETRAVEL
19
Guadalajara greeting : HOLA
20
Police dispatch, for short : APB
21
Hare Krishnas' wear : ROBES
22
TV station, e.g. : AIRER
23
Eastern way : TAO
24
Old master's work : OIL
25
Best suited : APTEST
26
Marine raptor : ERNE
28
Fans often have it : TEAMSPIRIT
31
Moonshiner's setup : STILL
33
Give a ticket : CITE
34
___-cone : SNO
35
Earthquake site : FAULTLINE
39
Medium's claim : ESP
42
Fraternal org. : BPOE
43
Interior designer's focus : DECOR
47
Flaky sort : SPACECADET
51
Horror film staple : GORE
52
Parts of a Christmas Eve service : CAROLS
53
Court org. : NBA
55
Hwys. : RDS
56
Some doctoral exams : ORALS
57
Simon Wiesenthal's quarry : NAZIS
59
Opus ___ ("The Da Vinci Code" group) : DEI
60
Defaulter's loss : REPO
61
C-E-G triad, e.g. : MAJORCHORD
63
Some Feds : TMEN
64
___ disadvantage : ATA
65
It can precede the first words of 17-, 28-, 35-, 47- and 61-Across : DOUBLE
66
What matches are made of : SETS
67
It may leave marks : POX
68
Doesn't stick to the straight and narrow : STRAYS
Down
1
Homes with electronic gates, maybe : ESTATES
2
Some newsletter pictures : CLIPART
3
Machine on a skating rink : ZAMBONI
4
Barely make, with "out" : EKE
5
Way around Paris : METRO
6
Far from klutzy : ADROIT
7
Hi sign? : WAVE
8
Sews up : ICES
9
Styling aid : GEL
10
"Omoo" island : TAHITI
11
Devoted fans : ADORERS
12
Enters helter-skelter : PILESIN
13
Opening of : STARTTO
18
Having the right stuff : ABLE
22
Stick on : APPEND
25
Italian wine city : ASTI
27
2003 Will Ferrell title role : ELF
29
Made a scene? : ACTED
30
Army, navy and air force: Abbr. : MIL
32
Prada and Fendi : LABELS
36
Food pkg. markings : UPCS
37
Mauna ___ : LOA
38
Brain scan letters : EEG
39
Offerers of arms : ESCORTS
40
"Puh-lease!" : SPAREME
41
Defensive wall : PARAPET
44
Spanish capital under the Moors : CORDOBA
45
Not helter-skelter : ORDERLY
46
Lives : RESIDES
48
Parts of analogies : COLONS
49
Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
50
Alternatives to 'Vettes : TBIRDS
54
Race site since 1711 : ASCOT
57
Brussels-based org. : NATO
58
It's "stronger than dirt" : AJAX
61
War room fixture : MAP
62
"Ben-___" : HUR

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

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