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New York Times, Monday, July 28, 2008

Author:
Roger Baiocchi
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Dissertations
TotalDebut
17/28/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5022%
Roger Baiocchi

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Baiocchi. Monday freshness: 8%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/28/8 ( No. 21,447 )
Across
1
With 21-Across, begin from scratch : START
6
Heart of the matter : GIST
10
Hair untangler : COMB
14
Tithing portion : TENTH
15
Great Lake touching four states : ERIE
16
Cry to a matey : AHOY
17
Zealous : EAGER
18
Tailless cat : MANX
19
Emulate a mob : RIOT
20
WNW's opposite : ESE
21
See 1-Across : ATSQUAREONE
24
Hot dog topping : RELISH
26
Number of a magazine : ISSUE
27
Where to store a lawn mower : SHED
29
Entirely : INALL
33
Christmas ___ (holiday stamp) : SEAL
36
Woodsy : SYLVAN
40
Coffee, in slang : JOE
41
Move into the limelight : TAKECENTERSTAGE
44
"___ was saying ..." : ASI
45
Once did : USEDTO
46
Givers and receivers of alimony : EXES
47
Element of a doctrine : TENET
49
Sign from above : OMEN
51
Recreation center posting : RULES
55
"Really!" : ANDHOW
59
With 73-Across, be beaten by the rest of the field : ENDUPINLAST
63
Dump cleanup grp. : EPA
64
Gunk : GOOP
65
It's "catchy" : SNAG
66
Lets or sublets : RENTS
68
Fail to mention : OMIT
69
Something to whistle : TUNE
70
Peeved, after "in" : ASNIT
71
7-6, 2-6, 6-4, e.g. : SETS
72
___-specific (like the answers at 1-, 41- and 73-Across) : SITE
73
See 59-Across : PLACE
Down
1
Have the wheel of a car : STEER
2
Tempt : TEASE
3
Extremely well-behaved child : ANGEL
4
66 on a map, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
5
Defeat soundly : THRASH
6
Onyx and opal : GEMS
7
Baghdad native : IRAQI
8
Nasal congestion locale : SINUS
9
Sam Houston served as its president, senator and governor : TEXAS
10
Lurch from side to side : CAREEN
11
One of the states touched by 15-Across : OHIO
12
Apollo 11 destination : MOON
13
Computer unit : BYTE
22
Dissertations : THESES
23
Aztec or Mayan cities, today : RUINS
25
___ of Wight : ISLE
28
Unit of force : DYNE
30
Cleanser whose name comes from Greek myth : AJAX
31
High-priced seating area : LOGE
32
Performers Peggy and Pinky : LEES
33
Goals or assists : STAT
34
Simplicity : EASE
35
Related (to) : AKIN
37
Bygone Ford : LTD
38
Nix, presidentially : VETO
39
Kitchen emanations : AROMAS
42
Such a jokester : CUTUP
43
Be inclined (to) : TEND
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Totally loses one's cool : ERUPTS
50
Nab in a sting operation : ENTRAP
52
Tilts : LISTS
53
Ho-hum feeling : ENNUI
54
Tilt : SLANT
56
Dye in temporary tattoos : HENNA
57
___ nerve : OPTIC
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Fritter away : WASTE
59
What modest people lack : EGOS
60
City south of the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve : NOME
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"Go ahead!" : DOIT
62
Writer James : AGEE
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Course for a future U.S. citizen, maybe: Abbr. : ESL

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