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New York Times, Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Author:
Tracy Gray
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
7-Down : You're doing one
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Tracy Gray

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Gray. Wednesday freshness: 95%
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M
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© 2010, The New York Times9/8/10 ( No. 22,219 )
Across
1
Prefix with bucks : MEGA
5
iPhone user's purchase : APP
8
Wings it : ADLIBS
14
Came to rest : ALIT
15
Pot-au-___ (French stew) : FEU
16
Sign near roadwork, maybe : DETOUR
17
Flashy display : RAZZMATAZZ
19
"Water that moves you" sloganeer : JACUZZI
20
Org. in "Burn After Reading" : CIA
21
Brand with an iconic cowboy : MARLBORO
23
Where pastrami may be put : ONRYE
25
Golf's ___ Pak : SERI
26
Toss high up : LOFT
30
Passover meals : SEDERS
32
Dutch-based financial giant : ING
34
Test for Ph.D. wannabes : GRE
35
Having a razor injury, say : NICKED
38
Like Rod Serling tales : EERIE
40
Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : CATCHINGSOMEZZ
43
La ___ (San Diego area) : JOLLA
44
Patron of sailors : STELMO
45
Nile slitherer : ASP
46
Matchsticks game : NIM
48
Marks up or down, perhaps : RETAGS
52
Rock trio known for its bearded members : ZZTOP
54
"This just in ..." fare : NEWS
57
Earth, in sci-fi : TERRA
58
Copycat : IMITATOR
61
Element with the shortest name : TIN
62
Tested, as on "The $64,000 Question" : QUIZZED
65
1892 Kipling poem : FUZZYWUZZY
67
"Key Largo" actress : BACALL
68
Prefix with dermis : EPI
69
He sang about Alice's restaurant : ARLO
70
Iced rum cocktail that's stirred with a stick : SWIZZLE
71
Mr. ___ (old whodunit game) : REE
72
Orbison and Bean : ROYS
Down
1
Imelda, the shoe lover : MARCOS
2
"Seinfeld" gal : ELAINE
3
Giblets component : GIZZARD
4
7-Eleven convenience : ATM
5
Shaving lotion brand : AFTA
6
Compote fruits : PEARS
7
You're doing one : PUZZLE
8
Juxtapose : ADJOIN
9
Snookums : DEAR
10
Maj.'s superior : LTCOL
11
Paper in a poker pot : IOU
12
Caffeine-induced state, slangily : BUZZ
13
Eastern honorific : SRI
18
Like apple pie, in a saying : AMERICAN
22
Game with a dummy : BRIDGE
24
1983 Streisand title role : YENTL
27
Big brute : OGRE
28
Bad hair day problem : FRIZZ
29
Kicker's aid : TEE
31
Coll., e.g. : SCH
33
Euclid's subject : GEOMETRY
36
Destiny : KISMET
37
Otoscope user, for short : ENT
39
Gush on stage : EMOTE
40
Part of COLA : COST
41
Bowser's bowlful : ALPO
42
Camera type, briefly : SLR
43
Newport festival music : JAZZ
47
Out of gear : INIDLE
49
Conductor Toscanini : ARTURO
50
Yellowstone sighting : GRIZZLY
51
Some plasma TVs : SANYOS
53
Zest : PIZZAZZ
55
Nilla cookie : WAFER
56
Dimwit : STUPE
59
"Momma" cartoonist Lazarus : MELL
60
Harriet's mate : OZZIE
62
Eli and Peyton Manning, for two: Abbr. : QBS
63
Motor City labor org. : UAW
64
Here, to Henri : ICI
66
Collect-all-the-cards game : WAR

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

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