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New York Times, Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Author:
Kim Seidl
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Get comfortably close
TotalDebut
11/3/2007
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0001000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.72425%
Kim Seidl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Seidl. Wednesday freshness: 37%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/3/7 ( No. 20,875 )
Across
1
Green course : SALAD
6
Nascar's Gordon : JEFF
10
"Hey, you!" : PSST
14
São ___ : PAULO
15
Et ___ : ALII
16
Bluesy James : ETTA
17
Item for William Tell : ARROW
18
Already in France? : DEJA
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Sauce thickener : ROUX
20
Souvenir, say : TOKENREMINDER
23
"Star Trek" fig. : ENS
24
Holed up : HID
25
Get comfortably close : COZYUP
28
Have a bug : AIL
29
Cries of disgust : FIES
31
A.C. stat : BTU
32
Dessert with dark streaks : MARBLECAKE
36
Dark genre : NOIR
37
Nancy of "Access Hollywood" : ODELL
38
"What was ___ do?" : ITO
39
Port town on the English Channel : POOLE
40
Do, for example : NOTE
41
Occupation with an unsavory reputation : PAWNBROKER
43
It should be low on a diamond : ERA
44
Cry coming up to a barn : WHOA
45
Long, long time : EON
46
"Holy" one : TERROR
48
Off-roader, for short : ATV
49
Fall back : EBB
52
2002 Bond film : DIEANOTHERDAY
56
Big maker of notebooks : MEAD
58
Like some advice : SAGE
59
Symptom for an auto mechanic : NOISE
60
Stridex target : ACNE
61
Book before Nehemiah : EZRA
62
Terra ___ : COTTA
63
Some are odd : LOTS
64
Per ___ : DIEM
65
Dimethyl ___ (aerosol propellant) : ETHER
Down
1
Sudden burst : SPATE
2
Name likely to come first in a class roll call : AARON
3
Lies in wait : LURKS
4
Body lotion ingredient : ALOE
5
Slalom alternative : DOWNHILL
6
World-weary : JADED
7
K-6: Abbr. : ELEM
8
Vanuatu neighbor : FIJI
9
Wedding planner : FIANCEE
10
Rosie of "Fearless" : PEREZ
11
Kind of romance : STORYBOOK
12
Early Beatle Sutcliffe : STU
13
Weigh down : TAX
21
Tee off : RILE
22
Windows forerunner : DOS
26
Handy : UTILE
27
More refined : PURER
28
Experienced : ABLE
29
Islamic decree : FATWA
30
Sacred image: Var. : IKON
32
"Haystacks" painter : MONET
33
Really go for : ADORE
34
Inhibitor : RETARDANT
35
"Bye" : CIAO
36
Duel time, maybe : NOON
39
Nice's region : PROVENCE
41
Put into words : PHRASED
42
One of Alcott's "little women" : BETH
44
The "vey" in "oy vey" : WOE
47
Ferris wheels and such : RIDES
48
Starters : ATEAM
49
Head of costume design : EDITH
50
Butter up? : BASTE
51
One way to play : BYEAR
53
The Soup ___ : NAZI
54
Shrek, for one : OGRE
55
Canine part : ROOT
56
Bad beginning? : MAL
57
Green prefix : ECO

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

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