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New York Times, Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : Casually add
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
677/21/20059/4/201922
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14661417118
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
261.59242%
Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Blindauer. Wednesday freshness: 84%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/22/7 ( No. 21,106 )
Across
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Lovers' scrap : SPAT
5
Nanki-Poo's father : MIKADO
11
Cabinet dept. : AGR
14
Samovars : URNS
15
Artillery unit member : GUNNER
16
Some eggs : ROE
17
McGarrett's TV catchphrase : BOOKEMDANNO
19
Unit of RAM : MEG
20
Father figure? : PRIEST
21
By way of : VIA
22
600-homer club member : SOSA
23
Alights : LANDS
24
Question for a hitchhiker : NEEDALIFT
26
Giant in Cooperstown : OTT
27
Eggs, in labs : OVA
29
Biblical landing spot : ARARAT
30
Putting a toe in the water, say : TEST
32
Hockey position : WING
35
Paris Métro station next to a music center : OPERA
36
Shout from the phone : ITSFORYOU
39
Resident of Medina : SAUDI
42
___' Pea : SWEE
43
Type size : PICA
47
Cause of odd weather : ELNINO
49
Wrap up : END
51
___ de plume : NOM
52
Chevy truck slogan, once : LIKEAROCK
55
John of London : ELTON
57
Ward (off) : FEND
58
Sellout sign : SRO
59
World Cup chant : OLEOLE
60
Italian diminutive suffix : INO
61
Singles bar repertoire (and a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across) : PICKUPLINES
63
Make darts, say : SEW
64
Cry after "Psst!" : INHERE
65
For fear that : LEST
66
Farm brooder : HEN
67
Casually add : TOSSIN
68
Pseudocultured : ARTY
Down
1
Side story : SUBPLOT
2
Apportion, as costs : PRORATE
3
Rubs oil on : ANOINTS
4
Clicked one's tongue : TSKED
5
Ones minding the store: Abbr. : MGMT
6
Birth control option, briefly : IUD
7
Scalawag : KNAVE
8
___ Hall, Diane Keaton role : ANNIE
9
"Gracias" response : DENADA
10
Cortés's prize : ORO
11
Tall wardrobe : ARMOIRE
12
Succeeds in a big way : GOESFAR
13
Yachting event : REGATTA
18
"Happy Motoring" brand : ESSO
22
Top-notch, to a Brit : SLAPUP
24
Innocents : NAIFS
25
Suffix with buck : AROO
28
Bugs on a highway : VWS
31
Straightened (up) : TIDIED
33
"___ what?" : NOW
34
Rosetta stone language : GREEK
37
Yothers of "Family Ties" : TINA
38
Kobe cash : YEN
39
Me-first : SELFISH
40
Property recipient, in law : ALIENEE
41
Hardly a celebrity : UNKNOWN
44
Chanter : INTONER
45
Least ruffled : COOLEST
46
General pardon : AMNESTY
48
"Twelfth Night" lover : ORSINO
50
Secluded valley : DELL
53
Violists' places: Abbr. : ORCHS
54
Burger go-withs : COKES
56
Hyams of 1920s-'30s films : LEILA
59
Shop window sign : OPEN
61
Word with boss or bull : PIT
62
New England state sch. : URI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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