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New York Times, Thursday, February 22, 2007

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Some rings
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
569/4/20064/20/20125
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
431.6633377%
Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Nothnagel. Thursday freshness: 38%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/22/7 ( No. 20,925 )
Across
1
Secretarial jottings: Abbr. : APPTS
6
Lee with an Oscar : ANG
9
It's held in a hold : CARGO
14
"The Rain in Spain" composer : LOEWE
15
Pal of Eeyore : ROO
16
___ the hole : ACEIN
17
Stage part : APRON
18
Cooperation roadblock : EGO
19
Provocative military move, briefly : NTEST
20
Quest for a stereotypical Jewish mother? : MISSIONOFGUILT
23
A tiny bit : ONEIOTA
24
Prefix with -cide : ECO
25
What the dry cleaner might say after losing a garment? : DRESSUNKNOWN
31
Recesses : APSES
34
Characters in a frat house? : PSIS
35
Author who inspired a Baltimore team's nickname : POE
36
Stuns : ZAPS
37
Setting of many a Stephen King novel : MAINE
39
Bathe : LAVE
40
Results of oogenesis : OVA
41
Freeman's opposite : SERF
42
Having a bottom : SOLED
43
Reactions to poetry? : VERSEEFFECTS
47
Check-box option : YES
48
"Huh ...?!" : WHATTHE
52
Like 20-, 25- and 43-Across? : COMMERCIALFREE
56
Stock at hardware stores and garden shops : BULBS
57
Spigot holder : URN
58
Stack, in a way : LAYER
59
Running rampant : ARIOT
60
Kind of nut : LUG
61
Cause of a food safety warning : ECOLI
62
___ Park : MENLO
63
George Strait's "All My ___ Live in Texas" : EXS
64
Packed : DENSE
Down
1
1960 John Wayne saga, with "The" : ALAMO
2
Make a brief call : POPIN
3
By itself : PERSE
4
Stories often have them : TWOSIDES
5
Promgoers : SENIORS
6
Some rings : ARENAS
7
Scrubbed : NOGO
8
Anachronism, e.g. : GOOF
9
Losers to the Rangers for the 1994 Stanley Cup : CANUCKS
10
Sound stage shout : ACTION
11
Draw (in) : REEL
12
Heart : GIST
13
Home of Bruce Peninsula Natl. Park : ONT
21
Suffix with Capri : OTE
22
Spirit : GENIE
26
Spruce (up) : SPIFF
27
Org. with many captains : USN
28
Word with black or fire : OPAL
29
Knitted : WOVE
30
Lack : NEED
31
Sea of ___ between Russia and Ukraine : AZOV
32
Tar, maybe : PAVE
33
Duke it out : SPAR
37
1980's attorney general : MEESE
38
It might mean "I have to go out!" : ARF
39
Was shamed : LOSTFACE
41
Apparently does : SEEMSTO
42
Not going anywhere : STALLED
44
Sign : SYMBOL
45
Wealthy TV family : EWINGS
46
Chinese tea : CHA
49
Wear for a moment : TRYON
50
They can be spiked : HEELS
51
Like some coincidences : EERIE
52
Solution : CURE
53
"Thirtysomething" actor : OLIN
54
Call the shots : RULE
55
Heart : CRUX
56
"Pow!" : BAM

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

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