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New York Times, Thursday, May 5, 2016

Author:
David Poole
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Period when dinosaurs became extinct
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David Poole

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Poole. Thursday freshness: 82%
David Poole notes:
The inspiration for this puzzle came from another puzzle I was constructing that included the entry ACE IN THE HOLE. It struck me that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
ACEs hidden IN THE HOLEs (see below for a visual representation). I like that David separated the four "holes" from any other black ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times5/5/16 ( No. 24,285 )
Across
1
Cel material : ACETATE
5
Things often seen near lobsters : BIBS
9
Where to find the Capitol and the Library of Cong. : INDC
13
Former TV partner of Barbara, Joy and Elisabeth : ROSIE
14
Israeli port : ACRE
15
A few bucks? : DEER
16
Family outcast : BLACKSHEEP
18
Break : TAME
19
"... and ___ my cap" (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas") : IIN
20
Trite : STALE
21
Holder of The Sun and The World : TAROT
22
Nonstick pan brand : TFAL
24
Spiritual that lent its name to a 2015 Broadway musical : AMAZINGGRACE
26
Approvals : YESES
28
Fluoride, e.g. : ANION
29
Julio is in the middle of it : ANO
31
With 32-Down, pilot's place : GAS
33
TV spot, often : DEN
34
Color of der Ozean : BLAU
35
Short piece at La Scala : ARIETTA
39
Classic Sunday newspaper feature that spawned multiple museums, informally : RIPLEYS
41
Charlie Chan's creator Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
42
Dated : OLD
44
Michael Bloomberg or Jeff Bezos, for short : CEO
45
'01 album that knocked the Beatles' "1" off the #1 spot : JLO
46
Professes : AVERS
48
Line on a receipt : TOTAL
52
Hidden advantage that this puzzle employs four times? : ACEINTHEHOLE
55
Starting half? : DEMI
56
Banister post : NEWEL
57
Soap ___ : OPERA
59
Needle : RIB
60
Bolshevik's target : TSAR
61
Whom Unesco lists as the world's second most translated author, after Agatha Christie : JULESVERNE
63
Rent : TORN
64
Play ___ (perform with the band) : ASET
65
"A Mighty Fortress ___ God" (hymn) : ISOUR
66
White Monopoly bills : ONES
67
N.L. East team : METS
68
Big name in Italian fashion : VERSACE
Down
1
"L'chaim!" : TOLIFE
2
Yoga positions : ASANAS
3
Part of XXX : TIC
4
Cartoonish cries : EEKS
5
"Grand" place near Florida : BAHAMA
6
European country whose telephone directories list people alphabetically by first name : ICELAND
7
More carefree : BREEZIER
8
Mo. with Talk Like a Pirate Day : SEP
9
Collar attachment : IDTAG
10
7 on the Beaufort scale : NEARGALE
11
Cruise's "Risky Business" co-star : DEMORNAY
12
Period when dinosaurs became extinct : CRETACEOUS
13
Sourness : ACERBITY
17
Stop: Abbr. : STA
21
Spike TV, formerly : TNN
23
Cubist Fernand : LEGER
25
Like some Greek columns : IONIC
27
Didn't go anywhere, say : SAT
32
See 31-Across : STOVE
34
Relations : BLOOD
35
Neighboring : ADJACENTTO
36
Trusts in : RELIESON
37
Some pots and pans : IRONWARE
38
Tavern : ALEHOUSE
40
Stroke : PET
43
Bit of dew : DROPLET
46
Sports org. with the Calder Cup : AHL
47
Precipitates in a bad way? : SLEETS
49
ISIS activity : TERROR
50
Not perfect, but close to excellent : AMINUS
51
Longtime Vegas performer : LIBERACE
53
Coastal fliers : TERNS
54
Places to get the lead out? : ERS
58
Tel ___ : AVIV
61
Showy basket : JAM
62
Boulder-to-Little Rock dir. : ESE

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

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