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New York Times, Thursday, July 12, 2012

Author:
Pawel Fludzinski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Down : Old copier
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.533159%
Pawel Fludzinski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Fludzinski. Thursday freshness: 41%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/12/12 ( No. 22,892 )
Across
1
Indianapolis-based sports org. : NCAA
5
___ engine : HEMI
9
"Give me ___" : ASIGN
14
Hamlet : BURG
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Impulse carrier : AXON
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Strand in the water? : ECOLI
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Worship : ADORATION
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Former Baby Bell : NYNEX
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Club : CIRCLE
21
Dion who didn't sing with the Belmonts : CELINE
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It has a round bottom : WOK
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With 37-/46-Across, difficult things to be "between" : THEDEVILAND
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Its state flower is the camellia: Abbr. : ALA
27
Supplied : FED
28
Hit Broadway musical set partly in a tomb : AIDA
29
Drill sound? : TENHUT
31
Symbol of the planet Neptune : PSI
32
It's all downhill from here : ACME
36
Like some almanac data : TIDAL
37
See 24-Across : THE
38
"... whole world ___ hands" : INHIS
39
Traumatize : SCAR
40
Flit : GAD
41
Morticia or Uncle Fester : ADDAMS
42
Apply roughly : DAUB
44
Something that's not hard to drink? : ALE
45
"Riddle-me-___" : REE
46
See 24-Across : DEEPBLUESEA
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Not in this direction : YON
51
Cap add-on : EARLAP
52
It might be used for tracking shots : BARTAB
54
Old lab burners : ETNAS
55
Champion wannabe : CONTENDER
58
Take a coat off : DEICE
59
Deal preceder : ANTE
60
28-Across locale : NILE
61
Look accompanying the comment "Is that all you got?" : SNEER
62
Not natural, in a way : DYED
63
Grills : ASKS
Down
1
Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy org. : NBA
2
It's a mouthful : CUD
3
With 30-Down, difficult things to be "between" : AROCKANDA
4
Prefix with culture : AGRI
5
Kind of job : HATCHET
6
Like Napoleon : EXILED
7
Called on a farm : MOOED
8
Country ___ : INN
9
Source of the line "Each of us bears his own Hell" : AENEID
10
With 33-Down, difficult things to be "between" : SCYLLAAND
11
Ancient land SE of Lesbos : IONIA
12
Close in Hollywood : GLENN
13
Overruled : NIXED
18
Crafty : ARTFUL
21
Roman numeral that's an anagram of part of Caesar's boast : CVII
22
Part of Los Angeles : WATTS
23
Kind of acid : OLEIC
25
What Fred Astaire danced with : EASE
30
See 3-Down : HARDPLACE
31
Ultimate degree? : PHD
33
See 10-Down : CHARYBDIS
34
Old copier : MIMEO
35
City north of Bonn : ESSEN
37
"The forbidden fragrance" : TABU
38
Brainstorm : IDEATE
40
[Boy, am I in trouble now!] : GULP
41
Given a tip : ALERTED
43
Bully, by nature : ABASER
44
Four-time Pro Bowler ___ Samuel : ASANTE
46
Scouts' work : DEEDS
47
Like victuals : EATEN
48
Orange TV character : ERNIE
49
Black : EBONY
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Tolstoy heroine : ANNA
55
Heel : CAD
56
Utah state animal : ELK
57
Low-___ : RES

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

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