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New York Times, Monday, July 4, 2005

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Down : Blasting stuff
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 143 for Ms. Salomon. Monday freshness: 68%
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© 2005, The New York Times7/4/5 ( No. 20,327 )
Across
1
President before Jefferson : ADAMS
6
Couch : SOFA
10
"Picnic" Pulitzer-winner William : INGE
14
Performing poorly in : BADAT
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Knocks for a loop : AWES
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Gas in advertising lights : NEON
17
With 59-Across, lyric from "America, the Beautiful" : ANDCROWNTHYGOOD
20
Bro's counterpart : SIS
21
U.N. working-conditions agcy. : ILO
22
Molecule part : ATOM
23
Guinness suffix : EST
24
Dict. info : DEFS
26
For adults, as films : RRATED
30
Lyric from "The Star-Spangled Banner" : HOMEOFTHEBRAVE
33
Numbskull : ASS
34
Perlman of "Cheers" : RHEA
35
Society newcomer : DEB
36
These break the silence of the lambs : BAAS
39
Derisive laugh : HAH
40
Huff and puff : PANT
41
Prints, pastels and such : ART
42
Hollywood's Ken or Lena : OLIN
44
Nasdaq debut: Abbr. : IPO
46
Lyric from "America" : LETFREEDOMRING
51
Lunatic : MANIAC
52
Japanese wrestling : SUMO
53
Smallish batteries : AAS
55
Thick slice : SLAB
57
Band booking : GIG
58
Air conditioner meas. : BTU
59
See 17-Across : WITHBROTHERHOOD
64
"Garfield" dog : ODIE
65
Talk wildly : RANT
66
Etc. and ibid., e.g. : ABBRS
67
Magician's stick : WAND
68
Jazz singer James : ETTA
69
Unlike a rolling stone? : MOSSY
Down
1
Humiliate : ABASE
2
Breakfast roll : DANISH
3
Extends : ADDSTO
4
Apple computer, for short : MAC
5
Large steps : STRIDES
6
Took to the airport, say : SAWOFF
7
Confess, with "up" : OWN
8
Greek salad cheese : FETA
9
Wood source for a baseball bat : ASHTREE
10
Director Bergman : INGMAR
11
Newcomer, briefly : NEO
12
Moo ___ gai pan : GOO
13
Finish up : END
18
Bread spreads : OLEOS
19
___ Linda, Calif. : YORBA
25
Leaves in the lurch : STRANDS
27
"Look what I did!" : TADA
28
Fifty-fifty : EVEN
29
Borrower's burden : DEBT
31
Apron wearers, traditionally : MAS
32
L.B.J.'s veep : HHH
36
Soothing ointment : BALM
37
Neck of the woods : AREA
38
Env. notation : ATTN
39
Get a move on, quaintly : HIE
40
Luau paste : POI
42
Toothbrush brand : ORALB
43
Spy novelist John : LECARRE
44
Shooting marble : IMMIE
45
Write computer instructions : PROGRAM
47
Dropped a line in the water : FISHED
48
Should, informally : OUGHTA
49
Bigwigs : NABOBS
50
Swamp swimmers : GATORS
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Like dishwater : SUDSY
56
Dinghy or dory : BOAT
59
"I'm impressed!" : WOW
60
Rhoda's TV mom : IDA
61
10th-anniversary metal : TIN
62
Blasting stuff : TNT
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"The Sopranos" network : HBO

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

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