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New York Times, Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Author:
Jennifer Nutt
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Charisse of "Singin' in the Rain"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
94/17/20078/21/20231
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0612000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.593117%
Jennifer Nutt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Nutt. Tuesday freshness: 60%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/17/7 ( No. 20,979 )
Across
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Language of Libya : ARABIC
7
Food flavor enhancer, for short : MSG
10
Amo, ___, amat ... : AMAS
14
Number of feet between baseball bases : NINETY
15
Mock, in a way : APE
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Streamlet : RILL
17
*Chicken : SCAREDYCAT
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Sedgwick of Warhol films : EDIE
20
Latin "behold" : ECCE
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Just about forever : EON
22
Scout's quest : BADGE
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*Very good child : LITTLEANGEL
27
Tiny hill dweller : ANT
28
Tiebreakers, briefly : OTS
29
Not so sure : LEERY
31
Guard : DEFEND
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It lets things go : RELEASER
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You might R.S.V.P. online to this : EVITE
39
Contributed to : FED
40
Celtic priest : DRUID
41
Snugglers : NESTLERS
43
Reddish-brown : SIENNA
44
"Die Lorelei" poet : HEINE
45
Vietnam Memorial designer : LIN
46
World Series mo. : OCT
48
*Venus : EVENINGSTAR
54
Drastic sentence, with "the" : CHAIR
56
Judge pro ___ : TEM
57
Cart puller : MULE
58
Parking meter filler : COIN
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*Purple sandwich filler : GRAPEJELLY
62
Addresses starting http:// : URLS
63
Peach center : PIT
64
___ Mae (college money provider) : SALLIE
65
Pause : REST
66
Part of a milit. address : APO
67
Ethan and Woody : ALLENS
Down
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Photographer Adams : ANSEL
2
Designer Nina : RICCI
3
Put on ___ (fake it) : ANACT
4
Special Forces headwear : BERET
5
Suffix with meteor : ITE
6
Charisse of "Singin' in the Rain" : CYD
7
City nicknamed "Heart of Georgia" : MACON
8
Sparkly : SPANGLED
9
Play a good joke on : GET
10
Region : AREA
11
*Short shadow caster : MIDDAYSUN
12
Make parallel : ALIGN
13
Street slickener : SLEET
18
First half of a Senate vote : YEAS
22
Obviously injured : BLEEDING
24
More isolated : LONELIER
25
Airport info: Abbr. : ETD
26
Wriggler : EEL
30
Like an ivory-billed woodpecker : RARE
31
Hibernation spot : DEN
32
Noted apple eater : EVE
33
Has the rear end move side to side ... or a hint to the five asterisked clues : FISHTAILS
34
Suffix with kitchen : ETTE
35
___ judicata : RES
36
Germanic one : EIN
37
Cereal box fig. : RDA
39
Frequent flier's reward : FREETRIP
42
Ltr. holder : ENV
43
Sloth, e.g. : SIN
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Unfirm : LIMP
46
Take place : OCCUR
47
Ironing, for one : CHORE
49
"Keen!" : NEATO
50
Stink : SMELL
51
Veil material : TULLE
52
Tuckered out : ALLIN
53
Spanish kings : REYES
55
Mass. ___ of Tech. : INST
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No. on a transcript : GPA
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That one, in Tijuana : ESA
61
Major Asian carrier, for short : JAL

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

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