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New York Times, Monday, May 23, 2016

Author:
Ori Brian
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Futuristic mode of transportation in the "Back to the Future" films
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Ori Brian

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Brian. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Monday freshness: 29%
Ori Brian notes:
I'm excited to be making my New York Times Crossword debut! I just want to throw in a quick shout-out to my good friend Zachary ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
What a great debut! Theme is fun and consistent — all zippy phrases in the form of (part of the body) + OF THE + (noun). Some might ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times5/23/16 ( No. 24,303 )
Across
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___ browns (breakfast order) : HASH
5
Golf target : HOLE
9
Where "they tried to make me go," in an Amy Winehouse hit : REHAB
14
Red Muppet on "Sesame Street" : ELMO
15
Last word of grace : AMEN
16
Wear away, as soil : ERODE
17
Defeat decisively : ROUT
18
___ Payne, One Direction heartthrob : LIAM
19
Turn on one foot, in basketball : PIVOT
20
One being laughed at : BUTTOFTHEJOKE
23
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" : ELM
24
"Help!," at sea : SOS
25
Cheese-loving pest : RAT
28
Where Mom or Dad sits at dinner : HEADOFTHETABLE
33
"___ sells" (advertising maxim) : SEX
34
Take to the skies : SOAR
35
Not walk completely upright : STOOP
36
Mama's mate : PAPA
38
Org. co-founded by W. E. B. Du Bois : NAACP
41
When doubled, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
42
Each and ___ : EVERY
44
Place after win and place : SHOW
46
Totally cool : RAD
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51
Building blaster, for short : TNT
52
R&B's ___ Hill : DRU
53
Cub Scout unit : DEN
54
Where it's calmest in a hurricane : EYEOFTHESTORM
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Part of a bicycle or loom : PEDAL
63
An hour before office closing time, maybe : FOUR
64
Cookie in cookies-and-cream ice cream : OREO
65
Actress Berry : HALLE
66
Brink : EDGE
67
Space race competitor, for short : USSR
68
Clothesline alternative : DRYER
69
Word that follows steel, open or pigeon : TOED
70
Boring way to learn : ROTE
Down
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Oregano, for one : HERB
2
Baseball's Felipe : ALOU
3
Filth : SMUT
4
Good drink for a sore throat : HOTTEA
5
First or last quarter in the lunar cycle : HALFMOON
6
Exclude : OMIT
7
Jacob's wife : LEAH
8
Catch in a net : ENMESH
9
Shares on Facebook, maybe : REPOSTS
10
"The Phantom of the Opera" lead role : ERIK
11
Futuristic mode of transportation in the "Back to the Future" films : HOVERBOARD
12
Big fuss : ADO
13
Wager : BET
21
Early automaker Ransom E. ___ : OLDS
22
"Average" guy : JOE
26
Greetings in Honolulu : ALOHAS
27
Lukewarm : TEPID
28
What's beyond the Pearly Gates : HEAVEN
29
As predicted : EXPECTEDLY
30
Flight watchdog org. : FAA
31
Get rid of : TRASH
32
Cash dispenser, briefly : ATM
33
Exhausted : SPENT
37
Animal house? : ARK
39
Guerrilla Guevara : CHE
40
Like some doughnuts and wigs : POWDERED
43
One calling from a Swiss mountaintop : YODELER
45
Troubles : WOES
48
Questlove's hairdo, for short : FRO
49
Nursery rhyme seat : TUFFET
50
Doing concerts here and there : ONTOUR
55
Connecticut Ivy : YALE
56
Kind of list : TODO
57
Ginormous : HUGE
58
Approximately : ORSO
59
Slumber : REST
60
"Encore!" : MORE
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Prof's degree : PHD
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Corn unit : EAR

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

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