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New York Times, Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Author:
David Hanson
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : Bar mitzvah toast
TotalDebut
11/4/2011
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ScrabbleFresh
1.5237%
David Hanson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hanson. Tuesday freshness: 72%
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© 2011, The New York Times1/4/11 ( No. 22,337 )
Across
1
The old man : DAD
4
Like a pool table, ideally : LEVEL
9
Flights like Lindy's : SOLOS
14
French coin of old : ECU
15
Fail to pay, as taxes : EVADE
16
Native New Zealanders : MAORI
17
Yadda, yadda, yadda: Abbr. : ETC
18
"Dang it!" : NERTS
19
"Primitive" feelings : URGES
20
___ fiber : DIETARY
22
QB's successes : TDS
23
Dawn goddess : EOS
24
Like a bug in a rug : SNUG
26
Two, for many minigolf holes : PAR
29
Postlarval : PUPAL
32
Burn, as a wound : CAUTERIZE
34
Last Supper query : ISITI
35
Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
36
Not much : ATAD
37
What every answer on the perimeter of this puzzle is : PALINDROMICWORD
40
Brit's baby buggy : PRAM
41
Wings, in zoology : ALAE
42
Musical featuring "Tomorrow" : ANNIE
43
Schoolyard snitch's words : IMTELLING
45
Activist Chávez : CESAR
46
English poet laureate Henry James ___ : PYE
47
Millennium divs. : CENS
48
Exclamations of understanding : AHS
49
Reporter's question : WHY
50
Gets the best of, in slang : ACESOUT
54
Tony's "West Side Story" love : MARIA
57
Make sense : ADDUP
59
One in the family, informally : BRO
60
Norwegian king until A.D. 1000 : OLAFI
61
Be dishonest with : LIETO
62
Equal: Prefix : ISO
63
1/60 fluid dram : MINIM
64
Guiding principle : TENET
65
Repeated machine gun sound : TAT
Down
1
Something good for a Boy Scout? : DEED
2
Stage opening : ACTI
3
Il ___ (Mussolini) : DUCE
4
"Chocolat" actress : LENAOLIN
5
Civil rights leader Medgar : EVERS
6
Results may do this, in commercials : VARY
7
Summer N.Y. hrs. : EDT
8
"___ Miz" : LES
9
Makeup mishap : SMUDGE
10
Sculler's gear : OARS
11
Trucker's record : LOG
12
Vein contents : ORE
13
One in the family, informally : SIS
21
4:00 P.M., traditionally : TEATIME
22
People of Rwanda : TUTSI
24
Margaret Mead interviewees : SAMOANS
25
Eggnog sprinkling : NUTMEG
26
Rock climbers' spikes : PITONS
27
"The Simpsons" voice man Hank : AZARIA
28
More visibly ashamed : REDDER
29
Brit's "Goodbye!" : PIPPIP
30
G.I.'s org. : USARMY
31
Pontius ___ : PILATE
32
Comic who quipped "Weather forecast for tonight: dark" : CARLIN
33
Lack of experience : RAWNESS
38
Family name in Chicago politics : DALEY
39
Decorative plant holder : CACHEPOT
44
Bar mitzvah toast : LCHAIM
48
Like a 45° or 60° angle : ACUTE
49
Internet cafe connection : WIFI
50
Yemeni port : ADEN
51
Black-bordered news item : OBIT
52
___ Major : URSA
53
Barfly's binge : TOOT
54
Partner of baseball and apple pie : MOM
55
Induction-refusing boxing champ : ALI
56
Hightailed it : RAN
57
Key near the space bar : ALT
58
Fizzle out : DIE

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

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