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New York Times, Friday, July 18, 2014

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Across : Crank
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Livengood. Friday freshness: 73%
Ian Livengood notes:
Not my cleanest themeless construction ever, but certainly one of my favorites. Bronze my statue with that NW corner, please. I should ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Hard to tell that Ian's a sports nut , yeah? There's only COSTAS, THE REBELS, TERRELL Davis... and TEAM SPORTS, of course. Thankfully ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times7/18/14 ( No. 23,628 )
Across
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"Know what I'm sayin'?," in hip-hop slang : YAHEARD
8
"Yep, alas" : FRAIDSO
15
Feature of many a reception : OPENBAR
16
1998 N.F.L. M.V.P. Davis : TERRELL
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Tablet alternatives : GELCAPS
18
Laughed menacingly : CACKLED
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Any of the Baleares : ISLA
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Political leader? : GEO
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Bob of play-by-play : COSTAS
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Squeeze : SCRUNCH
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Kind of dye : AZO
27
Things that wind up on trucks : FIREHOSES
30
Sounded wowed : AAHED
32
Days ___ : AGO
33
Villainous organization in the 007 film "GoldenEye" : RUSSIANMOB
35
Sleep around : BEDHOP
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Like many Plains Indians : SIOUAN
39
Football and basketball : TEAMSPORTS
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Like innuendo : SLY
44
Electronics component : DIODE
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Ole Miss, athletically : THEREBELS
47
What you might arrive two hrs. early for : ETD
48
Central American capital : SANJOSE
49
Blue-flowered Mediterranean herb : BORAGE
52
Buff finish? : OON
53
Nuzzling spot, maybe : NAPE
57
Leader referred to as "His Imperial Majesty" : AKIHITO
59
1994 memoir with a chapter on "New Robot Novels" : IASIMOV
61
Oscar-nominated Greek-American actor : SAVALAS
62
Crank : NUTCASE
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Certain solution holder : EYEBATH
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Figure in many a New Yorker cartoon : STPETER
Down
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Meditative sort : YOGI
2
Big tree climbers : APES
3
Something to catch from scolding parents : HELL
4
Box : ENCASE
5
Org. the Utah Stars belonged to : ABA
6
Public Enemy and others : RAPGROUPS
7
Who wrote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" : DRSEUSS
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U.S. fraud watchdog : FTC
9
Breadth : REACH
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___ Arena (past Kings home) : ARCO
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Needles : IRKS
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Campus spot for Bluto, Otter and Boon : DELTAHOUSE
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Scuzz : SLEAZEBALL
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Motherland : OLDSOD
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Tender with Washington : ONES
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Google browser : CHROME
25
Ted Danson hit series : CSI
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"Groovy!" : FAB
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"All right already!" : IGETITOKAY
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Walk of Style locale : RODEODRIVE
30
Flavorings in some root beers : ANISES
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Member of a loving trio? : AMO
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Person on a mission? : ASTRONAUT
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Ordered : HAD
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George Clinton was its first gov. (for 21 years) : NYS
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K-12 grp. : PTA
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"Whoops!" : OHNO
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Answers : REJOINS
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Lower : DEBASE
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"Quit your squabbling" : BENICE
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Switched to, as on a thermostat : SETAT
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Fictional boss of Stubb and Flask : AHAB
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River to the Colorado : GILA
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Member of a loving trio? : AMAT
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Work for an artist, maybe : POSE
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"Would I ___!" : EVER
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Start of a kids' clothing line name : OSH
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Letters on a track : STP

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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