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New York Times, Friday, June 22, 2007

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Source of strength
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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431.66476%
Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Nothnagel. Friday freshness: 26%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/22/7 ( No. 21,045 )
Across
1
Tollbooth option for Northeasterners : EZPASS
7
Pennsylvania town that was the longtime home of Rolling Rock beer : LATROBE
14
Ogle : LEERAT
15
Plans named for a Delaware senator : ROTHIRAS
16
One concerned with school activities? : MARINEBIOLOGIST
18
Comment after "So" : ILIED
19
Itself, in a legal phrase : IPSA
20
Dating concern : AGE
21
Martini go-with? : ROSSI
22
Approve : BLESS
24
BusinessWeek topic: Abbr. : IPO
26
N.F.L.'er or N.B.A.'er : ATH
27
Mathematician seen on a Swiss 10-franc note : EULER
29
Lounging terrace : LANAI
31
"The Last of the Plainsmen" novelist : GREY
32
Judge's declaration : NOBAIL
33
Yes-men : LAPDOGS
37
Worn rocks : JEWELRY
38
Cold evidence : SNEEZE
39
"Blade Runner" actress Young : SEAN
40
Give an invitation for : ASKTO
41
A challenger might go after one : TITLE
42
Cheer starter : SIS
45
Word with time or tone : TWO
46
Plays first : OPENS
48
Steel guitar sound : WHINE
50
With 9-Down, albeit, poetically : EEN
52
Length of a kids' fun run, briefly : ONEK
53
Kind of wind : SOLAR
54
Disneyland attraction since 1955 : MRTOADSWILDRIDE
57
Sweethearts : STEADIES
58
It may sit near a jack : GASCAN
59
"After you" : GOAHEAD
60
Deck reply : AYEAYE
Down
1
College in south central New York : ELMIRA
2
Extremist : ZEALOT
3
Be wiped out : PERISH
4
Easter baby, maybe : ARIES
5
Birthplace of the first giant panda in North America to survive to adulthood : SANDIEGOZOO
6
Abbr. on many Québec road signs : STE
7
Slacker : LOOSER
8
Bearer of scales and plates : ATLAS
9
See 50-Across : THO
10
Capital on the Daugava River : RIGA
11
Fresh : ORIGINAL
12
Link between DNA strands : BASEPAIR
13
Round fig. : EST
15
Collector of bizarre facts : RIPLEY
17
Books with many cross references? : BIBLES
23
Cause for some fluff filling : SLOWNEWSDAY
25
Suave, and then some : OILY
28
Addict's bugbear : URGE
30
Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ : ABE
32
"Cryptonomicon" novelist Stephenson : NEAL
33
Some coll. seniors take it : LSAT
34
Have as a boss : ANSWERTO
35
The orange variety is black : PEKOETEA
36
One with the force: Abbr. : DET
37
Maker of a wake on a lake : JETSKI
39
Source of strength : SINEWS
41
Showed anxiety : TENSED
42
Flint, e.g. : SILICA
43
Tomorrow : INADAY
44
Cool : SERENE
47
Locations for declamations : PODIA
49
Certain chess piece, informally : HORSE
51
Collector of couples : NOAH
54
Rangers' venue: Abbr. : MSG
55
Cooler : ADE
56
N.Y.C. airport : LGA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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