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New York Times, Monday, January 4, 2016

Author:
Herre Schouwerwou
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
___ Young, singer with the #1 country hit "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young"
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Schouwerwou. Monday freshness: 49%
Herre Schouwerwou notes:
This crossword comes almost one full year after my debut yet it was accepted just two weeks after. One clue from that puzzle ("Perfect ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Six P- F- phrases today. Nice choice of themers, POPPIN' FRESH my favorite, PILLOW FIGHTS and PARTY FAVORS also colorful. I almost ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times1/4/16 ( No. 24,163 )
Across
1
Small jump : HOP
4
Burrito alternative : TAMALE
10
Lion's sound : ROAR
14
April is the only month that has one : ANI
15
Backbone-related : SPINAL
16
Border : EDGE
17
Attila or one of his followers : HUN
18
Gifts for guests : PARTYFAVORS
20
Seeks answers : ASKS
22
Caddie's bagful : TEES
23
Cap for a Special Forces member : BERET
24
Alternative to Spot or Rover : FIDO
26
"$&#@" and "%*&!" : CURSES
27
Friendly scuffles at sleepovers : PILLOWFIGHTS
32
Hoity-toity sort : SNOOT
33
Jimi Hendrix hairdo : AFRO
34
Poems featuring 39-Across : EPOS
38
Dangerous, as winter sidewalks : ICY
39
Acts of bravery : HEROICS
42
Mare : horse :: ___ : sheep : EWE
43
Actress Thompson of TV's "Family" : SADA
45
Double agent : MOLE
46
Group of eight : OCTET
48
Not good with large sums of money, in a saying : POUNDFOOLISH
51
Furnishes with new weapons : REARMS
54
Foot or yard : UNIT
55
Fire-setter's crime : ARSON
56
___ Jemima : AUNT
59
Scoffer's sound : PFFT
62
Real name of the Pillsbury Doughboy : POPPINFRESH
65
Rowboat propeller : OAR
66
Thought: Prefix : IDEO
67
Harass, as a witness in court : BADGER
68
Gun in an action film : UZI
69
TV rooms : DENS
70
Outer parts of pizzas : CRUSTS
71
Agent, for short : REP
Down
1
Response to a joke : HAHA
2
"This one's ___" ("Our treat") : ONUS
3
"The Wall" rock band : PINKFLOYD
4
Amount of cough syrup: Abbr. : TSP
5
Judd who wrote and directed "Knocked Up" : APATOW
6
Muck : MIRE
7
One or two poker chips, maybe : ANTE
8
Brand of chips : LAYS
9
Sprite : ELF
10
What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in : REVERSE
11
Scents : ODORS
12
Be of the same mind : AGREE
13
Observes the Sabbath : RESTS
19
Share a border : ABUT
21
Farm storage building : SILO
25
Performs, to Shakespeare : DOTH
26
One of the three flavors of Neapolitan ice cream, for short : CHOC
27
Letters between chis and omegas : PSIS
28
Ancient alpaca herder : INCA
29
___ Young, singer with the #1 country hit "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" : FARON
30
"Uncle," in poker : IFOLD
31
Mourning : GRIEF
35
Small frosted cake : PETITFOUR
36
Is indebted to : OWES
37
MacFarlane of "Family Guy" : SETH
40
Cousins of ostriches : EMUS
41
Any second now : SOON
44
Fittingly : APROPOS
47
Trim, as a hedge : CLIP
49
Prefix with potent : OMNI
50
Beginning : OUTSET
51
Swift : RAPID
52
Wear away, as soil : ERODE
53
Colorado ski town : ASPEN
56
At a distance : AFAR
57
Official language of Pakistan : URDU
58
Darkroom masters, for short : NEGS
60
Discombobulate : FAZE
61
Voyage : TRIP
63
Airer of the Olympics since 1988 : NBC
64
9 a.m. and 12 p.m.: Abbr. : HRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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