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New York Times, Thursday, March 12, 2009

Author:
David Chapus
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : Benchwarmers
TotalDebut
13/12/2009
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RebusDebutFresh
1661%
David Chapus

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Chapus. Thursday freshness: 69%
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A
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C
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N
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E
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P
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C
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PED
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PED
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M
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N
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D
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B
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PED
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PED
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D
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© 2009, The New York Times3/12/9 ( No. 21,674 )
Across
1
Result of some oil deposits : ACNE
5
X : CANCEL
11
Drain : SAP
14
Certain cable, informally : COAX
15
Provincial capital in NW Spain : OVIEDO
16
Pres. initials : HST
17
Classic Cadillacs : COUPEDEVILLES
19
Cry when seeing something for the first time : AHA
20
Positive aspects : UPSIDES
21
Total : ENTIRE
23
Hard fats : SUETS
24
Ones making snap decisions? : QBS
25
Passed quickly : SPEDBY
27
Item of sports equipment approximately 43" long : EPEE
28
The Sun Devils, for short : ASU
30
"Mr." whose first name is Quincy : MAGOO
31
Chili accompaniment, often : SALTINES
35
Slip : ERR
36
Bygone flier, for short : SST
39
Street sign ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : PEDXING
40
___-eyed : DOE
41
"Por ___ Cabeza" (tango song) : UNA
42
Incendiary : ARSONIST
44
Like humans and ostriches : BIPEDAL
46
Ohio governor Strickland : TED
47
One-eyed god of myth : ODIN
51
Fruit waste : STEM
52
Paris's Rue ___ Croix de la Bretonnerie: Abbr. : STE
54
___-Roman : GRECO
55
Cold and damp : CLAMMY
57
Mountain climbing hazard : THINAIR
59
Doo-wop syllable : SHA
60
Batman, with "The" : CAPEDCRUSADER
62
Essential : KEY
63
Earthen pots for liquids : CRUSES
64
Big name in '50s TV : DESI
65
Fingers : IDS
66
Naughty : IMPISH
67
Scraps : ORTS
Down
1
Point a finger at, say : ACCUSE
2
Confine : COOPUP
3
Sartre novel, with "La" : NAUSEE
4
Hastens : EXPEDITES
5
Quiet fishing spot : COVE
6
Company started in 1946 at the Detroit and Miami airports : AVIS
7
Scratch : NIL
8
Red carpet walker : CELEB
9
Shangri-las : EDENS
10
Out the window : LOST
11
Like a saber : SHARPEDGED
12
North Carolina county seat : ASHEBORO
13
Educ. group : PTA
18
Mad workers, for short : EDS
22
1992 top 10 hit "Life ___ Highway" : ISA
24
Companion of Panza : QUIXOTE
26
Knight time? : YORE
28
Tiger or Twin, briefly : ALER
29
Censors have them: Abbr. : STDS
30
E-mails: Abbr. : MSGS
32
"Be ___!" : APAL
33
Last digit in a price, often : NINE
34
British author Bagnold : ENID
36
Benchwarmers : SUBS
37
Sang : SNITCHED
38
Features of many Olympic broadcasts : TAPEDELAYS
43
British fighter plane : TORNADO
45
G.P.'s grp. : AMA
48
More like a doornail? : DEADER
49
Superlatively slippery : ICIEST
50
Frank who wrote "The Pit," 1903 : NORRIS
52
Ingratiating behavior : SMARM
53
Prepared, as a report : TYPEDUP
54
Dogfaces : GIS
56
Turn-of-the-century year in King John's reign : MCCI
57
___ chic : TRES
58
"That's enough out of you!" : HUSH
59
What people who head for the hills do? : SKI
61
Popular TV drama set in Las Vegas : CSI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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