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New York Times, Saturday, February 14, 2015

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Short, imaginative tales
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {Z} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Steinberg. Saturday freshness: 17%
David Steinberg notes:
I submitted the original version of this puzzle in September 2012. Will liked the grid and fill but was concerned that CATAWBA ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
72-worder from David today, the maximum number of words allowed in a themeless. Going up to the very max allows one to quasi-segment ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times2/14/15 ( No. 23,839 )
Across
1
Language introduced in 1995 : JAVASCRIPT
11
Factor in force : MASS
15
"This is a surprise!" : IHADNOIDEA
16
Torts course taker, typically : ONEL
17
Brand that supports women? : MAIDENFORM
18
Major menace : OGRE
19
Intern : ISOLATE
20
Old sitcom family name : PETRIE
22
Scratch : EKE
23
Height : APEX
25
Be a motormouth : YAP
26
Bismarck-to-Billings dir. : WSW
29
It names an annual Sexiest Woman Alive : ESQUIRE
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"Ten Days in a Mad-House" muckraker : BLY
32
Hankered : ACHED
34
Hankering : URGE
35
Trap locale : PIPE
36
Counterpart of "to" : FROM
37
Talked bull? : MOOED
38
2004 film featuring Paris : TROY
39
Gangsters' counterparts, informally : FEDS
40
Overseas alternative? : OTRO
41
Man on a mission, maybe : PADRE
42
Michele of "Glee" : LEA
43
Mother of Richard I : ELEANOR
45
Abbr. after "Rev." or before "dev." : STD
46
Head doc? : ENT
47
Cab and others : REDS
48
Sparks in old films : NED
50
Blunts, e.g. : CIGARS
52
Big name in scales : DETECTO
56
Like many works with "To" in their titles : ODIC
57
What's a big hit with the school board? : KARATECHOP
60
It's to be expected : NORM
61
Treat with pudding and graham crackers : ICEBOXCAKE
62
___ Style Awards : ELLE
63
They have an infamous gap : NIXONTAPES
Down
1
2010 New York Times best seller subtitled "Sounds Like a Rainbow" : JIMI
2
Sounds accompanying light bulbs? : AHAS
3
Big name in laptops : VAIO
4
Knock for a loop : ADDLE
5
Emulated a cat burglar : SNEAKED
6
Short, imaginative tales : CONTES
7
Chockablock : RIFE
8
Words before a major pronouncement : IDO
9
Rate word : PER
10
Fooled (with) : TAMPERED
11
Subject to dispute : MOOT
12
Top-selling app of 2010 : ANGRYBIRDS
13
Where a techie hooks up : SERIALPORT
14
About to crash, apparently : SLEEPYEYED
21
Application suffix : EXE
23
Free light shows : AURORAS
24
Con victim : PIGEON
26
Parlor product made with an iron : WAFFLECONE
27
Cary Grant or Betty Grable : SCREENIDOL
28
2011 Flo Rida hit with the lyric "She ain't no rock star, but she got groupies" : WHODATGIRL
30
Like Confucius, often : QUOTED
33
"Mamma Mia" quartet : EMS
35
Grp. with the slogan "Every child. One voice" : PTA
37
Fabric used in adhesive pads : MOLESKIN
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Excuse : PRETEXT
43
Go too far, e.g. : ERR
44
Like some pickups : ONETON
49
Classic record label that rejected the Beatles with the comment "Groups with guitars are on the way out" : DECCA
51
Height : ACME
52
Olivia who won a Razzie for "Bolero" and "Conan the Destroyer" : DABO
53
Mate : CHAP
54
Blunt hit : TOKE
55
Exposes, old-style : OPES
58
Handel's "___, Galatea e Polifemo" : ACI
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"Toy Story" dinosaur : REX

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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