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New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 2014

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : Negotiator's refusal
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 31Missing: {BJXZ}
Jeff Chen notes:
It wouldn't be Thursday without a twist in our crossword! Alan brings us "literal" interpretations of X BACK Y phrases, with X being ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times7/17/14 ( No. 23,627 )
Across
1
Stars : SUNS
5
Blood group? : CLAN
9
Oscar nominee for "Affliction" : NOLTE
14
Draft status for someone in the Public Health Service : ONEC
15
Inspect the figures? : OGLE
16
Huge, in verse : ENORM
17
Singer in the sea, literally : HUMPBACKWHALE
19
Wrap up : RECAP
20
"Smack" : HEROIN
21
B's tail? : CDEF
23
Long-distance inits. : ATT
24
Something slipped under the counter? : STOOL
25
Feel one's ___ (be frisky) : OATS
26
Fiction's Atticus Finch, e.g.: Abbr. : ATTY
27
Plan B, literally : FALLBACKPOSITION
30
Place with a waiting room: Abbr. : STN
33
Some intellectual property, for short : TMS
34
Literary Leonard : ELMORE
35
One side of a hot-button social issue : PROLIFE
38
Ticked off : INASNIT
39
Skylights? : AURORA
40
A.C.C. school : UNC
41
Multinational carrier : SAS
42
Gridiron maneuver, literally : QUARTERBACKSNEAK
46
Comprehensive, in edspeak : ELHI
47
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Aparicio : LUIS
48
Dime novels and such : PULPS
52
Stocking stuffer : TOE
53
Ollie's partner in comedy : STAN
54
Negotiator's refusal : NODEAL
55
One of Donald's exes : IVANA
57
Little kid's lift, literally : PIGGYBACKRIDE
59
Frankincense or myrrh : RESIN
60
Read but not comment, in Internet lingo : LURK
61
Unlikely mate for a princess : OGRE
62
Big name in cosmetics : ESTEE
63
Summer Olympics event : EPEE
64
Stimulate : WHET
Down
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10 students, for short? : SOPHS
2
Like overly optimistic goals, typically : UNMET
3
Intro to biology? : NEURO
4
Teach : SCHOOL
5
Singer Marc with the 1991 hit "Walking in Memphis" : COHN
6
JFK alternative : LGA
7
Indicator of stress : ALLCAPS
8
Must : NEEDTO
9
Hasbro brand : NERF
10
In dire need of gas, say : ONE
11
Spots : LOCATIONS
12
Vino spot : TRATTORIA
13
Fisherman's bane and hockey player's boon : EMPTYNETS
18
Plans to : WILL
22
Core : ESSENCE
25
"All ___" (Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin comedy) : OFME
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Bread producers : ATMS
28
Guilty : ATFAULT
29
Pier grp. : ILA
30
Gut : SPARETIRE
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Soul mates : TRUELOVES
32
45 degrees : NORTHEAST
36
Petty around Hollywood : LORI
37
Grp. in a 1919-21 war of independence : IRA
38
Tolkien's Prancing Pony and others : INNS
40
Exhausting : USINGUP
43
Bush successor : QUAYLE
44
How individual firecrackers are priced? : APOP
45
"Friends" co-star : KUDROW
49
O'Hara portrayer : LEIGH
50
Tony Gwynn, notably : PADRE
51
Hard fall : SLEET
53
Ready to stand trial, in a way : SANE
54
Sponsor of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods : NIKE
56
Never: Ger. : NIE
58
M.A. hopeful's hurdle : GRE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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