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New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 2001

Author:
Don West
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Hostess Mesta
TotalDebutLatest
412/19/200110/19/2002
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ScrabbleFresh
1.4543%
Donald E. West

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. West. Wednesday freshness: 16%
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© 2001, The New York Times12/19/1 ( No. 19,034 )
Across
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Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name : TODD
5
Looked over larcenously : CASED
10
Move sideways : CRAB
14
Old name in railroads : ERIE
15
In reserve : ASIDE
16
No-goodnik : HEEL
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Bohr's study : ATOM
18
Haloes : RINGS
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Stocking shade : ECRU
20
Beginning of a quotation : COURAGEISFEAR
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Frost production : POETRY
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Formerly, formerly : ERST
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Conglomerate in White Plains, N.Y. : ITT
27
Military store : ARSENAL
29
Cossack's turf : STEPPES
31
Stan who created Spider-Man : LEE
32
Rat's place : LAB
34
Gen. McAuliffe's retort : NUTS
35
Quotation, part 2 : HOLDINGON
39
Fictional hunchback : IGOR
41
Cross shape : TAU
42
Match : SEE
45
Shook hands with : GREETED
48
Indicated : BESPOKE
51
Ages and ages : EON
52
Roy G. Biv septet : HUES
54
Gadabout : ROAMER
55
End of the quotation : ONEMOREMINUTE
58
Faith healer's directive : RISE
59
Quartz varieties : OPALS
60
Break one's back : TOIL
63
"The Waltons" actor : GEER
64
Hostess Mesta : PERLE
65
Long ago : ONCE
66
Villa d'___ : ESTE
67
Not sitting well? : ANTSY
68
Have to have : NEED
Down
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Society affair : TEA
2
Leftover morsel : ORT
3
Bishop's domain : DIOCESE
4
Bump down : DEMOTE
5
Roomy bag : CARRYALL
6
Where Marco Polo traveled : ASIA
7
Scorch : SINGE
8
Landscaping tools : EDGERS
9
"Avast!" : DESIST
10
White hat wearer : CHEF
11
Register printout : RECEIPT
12
Does a greenskeeper's task : AERATES
13
Says suddenly : BLURTS
21
Coffee ___ : URN
22
Kind of pool : STENO
23
Bud : PAL
24
You can dig it : ORE
28
Little kiltie : LAD
30
Bit of Cerf humor : PUN
33
0 or 1, digitally : BIT
35
Clod chopper : HOE
36
Garden products brand : ORTHO
37
Collar : NAB
38
Dairy animal : GUERNSEY
39
O. Henry twists : IRONIES
40
Subject of a DNA map : GENESET
42
Important sort : SOMEONE
43
Barely manage, with "out" : EKE
44
Ballad's end? : EER
45
With 50-Down, speaker of the quotation : GEORGE
46
Satellite of Jupiter : EUROPA
47
Dredge : DEEPEN
49
Trifling amount : SOU
50
See 45-Down : PATTON
53
Like some bombs : SMART
56
Insignificant : MERE
57
Troubles : ILLS
61
Hotel sign : ICE
62
Called the shots : LED

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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