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New York Times, Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Author:
Kelsey Boes
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Down : "Come again?"
TotalDebut
16/21/2011
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.75725.830%
Kelsey Boes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {X} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Boes. Grid flow: 25.8 Tuesday freshness: 58%
Jim Horne notes:

With this puzzle, 18-year-old Kelsey Boes became the youngest female constructor in the Shortz Era, and probably in NYT crossword history.

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© 2011, The New York Times6/21/11 ( No. 22,505 )
Across
1
Limo-riding sorts : VIPS
5
Noncom naval personnel : CPOS
9
Puppeteer Lewis : SHARI
14
Adept : ABLE
15
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
16
Bird that flies with its neck retracted : HERON
17
"Dallas," e.g. : SOAPOPERA
19
Keep an ___ : EYEON
20
Directs rush-hour traffic? : CONTROLSTHEJAM
22
Green-lights : OKS
23
"Aladdin" prince : ALI
24
Prefix with metric : ISO
25
Posts abusive comments about a team supporter? : FLAMESTHEFAN
31
New Jersey hockey squad : DEVILS
34
"Angela's Ashes" follow-up : TIS
35
Hubbub : ADO
36
Like days when you forget to take an umbrella, all too often? : RAINY
37
Woodrow Wilson is the only U.S. president to have one : PHD
38
Betty ___ ("Grease" role) : RIZZO
40
Duke's athletic grp. : ACC
41
Source of lots of living-room arm-waving : WII
42
Astronaut Collins : EILEEN
43
Blend an illegal street drug? : WHIPTHECRACK
47
Stephen of "V for Vendetta" : REA
48
G.I.'s entertainment provider : USO
49
Gardner of "The Night of the Iguana" : AVA
52
Ask "Is this really diet soda?," for instance? : QUESTIONTHEPOP
57
Hearing-related : AURAL
58
Beachwear : SWIMSUITS
59
Summation signifier, in math : SIGMA
60
"Stormy Weather" singer Horne : LENA
61
Like a total solar eclipse : RARE
62
They're often taken in rehab : STEPS
63
Part of Y.M.C.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
64
Rightmost column in an addition : ONES
Down
1
Explorer ___ da Gama : VASCO
2
Old Apple : IBOOK
3
Schedules : PLANS
4
Mo. of Mexican Independence Day : SEPT
5
Cathedral toppers : CUPOLAS
6
Event before the main event : PRELIM
7
Scull propellers : OARS
8
Airplane wing component : SLAT
9
"You've got to be kidding!" : SHEESH
10
Jimi Hendrix's first single : HEYJOE
11
Base times height, for a rectangle : AREA
12
No ___ at the 13-Down : ROOM
13
See 12-Down : INN
18
By mouth : ORALLY
21
Web site visits : HITS
25
Feature of many a 1950s car : FIN
26
Work ___ : ETHIC
27
Grauman of Grauman's Chinese Theater : SID
28
Discombobulate : FAZE
29
Woodworking tool : ADZE
30
Lunchtime, often : NOON
31
Inconclusive outcome : DRAW
32
Every one : EACH
33
Part of Caesar's boast : VICI
37
Crusty dish : PIE
38
Some cameras : RICOHS
39
Kind : ILK
41
"Come again?" : WHAT
42
George who founded Kodak : EASTMAN
44
Roadie's tote : PREAMP
45
Magnetic induction units : TESLAS
46
Confrontations : RUNINS
49
Beelike : APIAN
50
"À ___ santé!" : VOTRE
51
Cathedral areas : APSES
52
Throw in the towel : QUIT
53
Desire : URGE
54
Cuba, por ejemplo : ISLA
55
Is in the red : OWES
56
Coin with a map on its back : EURO
57
Animal present at Jesus' birth, in tradition : ASS

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

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