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New York Times, Thursday, June 16, 2011

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Steinberg. Thursday freshness: 78%
Jim Horne notes:

Using H is S (HISS), M is O (MISO), L is P (LISP), etc., 39-Across represents SPOT THE CODE. Compare to this 2005 puzzle by Patrick Blindauer: Solution, and this one from 2001 by William I. Johnston: Solution.

Mr. Steinberg is 14 years old and just graduated from 8th grade at Lakeside School in Seattle, making him, at the time, the second youngest constructor of the Shortz Era.

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© 2011, The New York Times6/16/11 ( No. 22,500 )
Across
1
Explorer Abel who discovered New Zealand : TASMAN
7
Band with the 1994 platinum record "Always" : BONJOVI
14
Lease period, often : ONEYEAR
16
Pacific : ANTIWAR
17
Purplish drink : SANGRIA
18
"Pete ___ Greatest Hits" (1967 release) : SEEGERS
19
"It looks that way to me!" : IDSAYSO
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*Let off some steam? : HISS
21
Casting need : REEL
22
Accompany musically, maybe : HUM
24
Walks off with : TAKES
28
*___ soup : MISO
30
*Not get some Z's? : LISP
33
*Birthday secret : WISH
34
Kind of dye : AZO
36
Capital whose name means "big tree" in Arabic : DOHA
38
Hockey's Tikkanen : ESA
39
Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain : HLMFFWVDMRV
42
Tic-tac-toe loser : XOO
44
Suffix with concession : AIRE
45
Make out : SEE
46
*Workshop sight, perhaps : VISE
48
*CD part : DISC
50
*Providence campus for aspiring artists, for short : RISD
53
"___ My Sugar Standing in the Rain" (1920s hit) : ILEFT
55
Sea-___ Airport : TAC
57
"Hud" Oscar winner Patricia : NEAL
59
*It may be pumped or bumped : FIST
62
Port on the Tyrrhenian Sea : SALERNO
64
Fantastik, e.g. : CLEANER
67
Causing to wear away : ERODENT
68
Not false : SINCERE
69
Big name in pizza : DOMINOS
70
Noodle strainers? : IQTESTS
71
Smoothie flavor : BANANA
Down
1
Words sung "with love"? : TOSIR
2
Wreath for the head : ANADEM
3
Martial arts instructor : SENSEI
4
1942 musical starring Rita Hayworth : MYGALSAL
5
Ethereal : AERY
6
Two-time Oscar nominee J. Carrol ___ : NAISH
7
Big blowout : BASH
8
"The ___ Love" (1987 hit) : ONEI
9
Big blowout? : NTEST
10
Puzzle type : JIGSAW
11
Be shy : OWE
12
Alternative spelling: Abbr. : VAR
13
Collection agcy. : IRS
15
French Fauvist Dufy : RAOUL
23
Athletic conference for Grinnell, Ripon and Beloit : MIDWEST
25
Chicken ___ : KIEV
26
Suffix with heir or host : ESS
27
Doo-wop syllable : SHA
29
Baum princess : OZMA
31
The first "S" in S.S.R.: Abbr. : SOV
32
Pursuits of some candidates, for short : PHDS
35
"The Wizard ___" : OFID
37
New World abbr. : AMER
39
Water bearer? : HOSE
40
Night that "Dallas" aired for most of its run: Abbr. : FRI
41
Checked : REINEDIN
42
Benedict ___ (pope beginning in 2005) : XVI
43
Salad topping : OIL
47
Rub away : EFFACE
49
Checked out : CASED
51
Sister of Venus : SERENA
52
Yogurt brand : DANNON
54
Points at the table? : TINES
56
Fake chocolate : CAROB
58
Mucho : LOTSA
60
Spanish muralist : SERT
61
Uno y dos : TRES
63
___ Linda : LOMA
64
TV show with Dr. Ray Langston : CSI
65
Kind of license: Abbr. : LIQ
66
One who's often looking down in the mouth, for short? : ENT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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