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New York Times, Monday, December 30, 2013

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
59-Across : Gridiron runback
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Steinberg. Monday freshness: 96%
David Steinberg notes:
I constructed this puzzle, my 100th New York Times submission, in June 2012. I'd seen several vowel progressions from around that time ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
While vowel progression themes have become fairly common (and warning: I have several more in inventory!), this is the first one I can ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Meaty start to the week, a vowel progression from David with an unusual grid pattern (not the first four-letter progression though!). ... read more
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© 2013, The New York Times12/30/13 ( No. 23,428 )
Across
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Bird's "arm" : WING
5
Pasta often baked with tomato sauce : ZITI
9
Place to live : ABODE
14
Birthright seller in the Bible : ESAU
15
Mimicked : APED
16
U.C.L.A. athlete : BRUIN
17
___ of one's existence : BANE
18
In some common women's office attire : PANTSUITED
20
Embarrass : ABASH
22
Lexicographer Webster : NOAH
23
Good name for a garage mechanic? : OTTO
24
What may lead to an emotional explosion : PENTUPANGER
27
Command opposite to "gee" : HAW
28
Blood component : PLASMA
29
News, Post, Tribune, etc. : PAPERS
31
Basketball officials, informally : REFS
35
NW Indiana city : GARY
36
Half-quart container : PINTMEASURE
40
Sit for a painting, say : POSE
41
L. Frank Baum princess : OZMA
42
"Like I care!" : SOWHAT
44
Gentlemen: Abbr. : MESSRS
50
Unlock, in poetry : OPE
51
Creamy French cheese : PONTLEVEQUE
55
Trac II successor : ATRA
57
___ Bora (former Taliban stronghold) : TORA
58
Dutch-speaking isle in the Caribbean : ARUBA
59
Gridiron runback : PUNTRETURN
62
Lab container : VIAL
63
Pass, as a law : ENACT
64
"Green-eyed monster" : ENVY
65
Villa d'___ : ESTE
66
Seized vehicles : REPOS
67
Card game played without twos through sixes : SKAT
68
Protected, as horses' hooves : SHOD
Down
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Google Calendar, e.g., informally : WEBAPP
2
Novelist Allende : ISABEL
3
Refrain syllables : NANANA
4
Whom hosts host : GUESTS
5
Electrocute : ZAP
6
Classic toothpaste brand : IPANA
7
Carpentry piece inserted into a mortise : TENON
8
Dog collar add-on : IDTAG
9
___ Dhabi : ABU
10
Verve : BRIO
11
Highly unconventional : OUTTHERE
12
Related to food intake : DIETARY
13
Provides money for, as a scholarship : ENDOWS
19
Generic collie name : SHEP
21
Beehive sound : HUM
25
Role : PART
26
Pasta sauce brand : RAGU
30
Score between a birdie and a bogey : PAR
32
Comedian Philips : EMO
33
Hat with a tassel : FEZ
34
"Uncle ___ wants you" : SAM
36
Afternoon office pick-me-up : POWERNAP
37
Ending like -like : ISH
38
___ tide : NEAP
39
Identical : SAME
40
Candidate for the Top 40 : POPTUNE
42
Daytime drama, informally : SOAPER
43
Schlep : TOTE
45
Actress Mendes : EVA
46
Starts of tennis rallies : SERVES
47
Step on, as a bug : SQUISH
48
Fluctuation of musical tempo : RUBATO
49
Like an envelope that's ready to be mailed : SEALED
52
Memoranda : NOTES
53
Front of an elephant or back of a car : TRUNK
54
Caterpillar stage, for example : LARVA
56
Classic record label : ATCO
60
N.F.L. linemen: Abbr. : RTS
61
W.S.J. rival : NYT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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