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New York Times, Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Author:
David Poole
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
63-Across : Spanish "others"
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David Poole

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Poole. Wednesday freshness: 94%
David Poole notes:
Not surprisingly, the seed entry was the revealer at 56-Across. CHUCK BERRY just struck me as a directive — the other theme entries ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
I don't usually run puzzles in which the mutilated theme answers don't themselves make sense. But the reveal to this one was so ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
CHUCK BERRY stars in today's grid, both as an entry and an instruction, to chuck BERRY out of four theme answers. These types of ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times10/15/14 ( No. 23,717 )
Across
1
Attempt : STAB
5
Places longshoremen work : DOCKS
10
Pickle flavoring : DILL
14
Mozart's "___ Fan Tutte" : COSI
15
Internet giant that purchased Flickr in 2005 : YAHOO
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"The Time Machine" vegetarians : ELOI
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*Drifter of literature : HUCKLEFINN
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Flow stopper : CLOT
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Sorrowful 1954 Patti Page hit : ICRIED
21
Pragmatic person : REALIST
23
Swiss/Austrian border river : RHINE
24
Degree for many a 58-Down : MBA
26
One-third of a triptych : PANEL
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Cube creator : RUBIK
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*Potent potable in "Arsenic and Old Lace" : ELDERWINE
30
Parrot : APE
31
It can take your breath away : BOA
32
Big ___ (hallux) : TOE
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*Nicole Kidman, hairwise : STRAWBLONDE
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Brynner of "The King and I" : YUL
39
___ Savage, player of the boy on "Boy Meets World" : BEN
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Dr. J's league, once, for short : ABA
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*1985 Prince hit : RASPBERET
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Screenwriter Sorkin : AARON
49
Pop singer Mann : AIMEE
50
Story assigners, in brief : EDS
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"You had me at ___" ("Jerry Maguire" line) : HELLO
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Like preserved flowers and writers under deadline : PRESSED
54
Surrendered to gravity : SAGGED
55
Man or Mull : ISLE
56
One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues : CHUCKBERRY
59
Shoulder muscle, to a gym rat : DELT
60
Cornball : HOKEY
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Forever and a day : AEON
62
Comes out with : SAYS
63
Spanish "others" : OTROS
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Where Citigroup is C, for short : NYSE
Down
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Astronaut Wally, the first person to go into space three times : SCHIRRA
2
Airbrush, e.g. : TOUCHUP
3
Attributes : ASCRIBES
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Two-piece suit : BIKINI
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Brunette no more, say : DYED
6
Bumbler : OAF
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Tai ___ : CHI
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German chancellor Adenauer : KONRAD
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Unit of loudness : SONE
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Rendered harmless, in a way : DECLAWED
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"Fighting" Big Ten team : ILLINI
12
Relax : LOOSEN
13
Lilliputian : LITTLE
18
Vichyssoise vegetable : LEEK
22
Plane's parking place : APRON
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Request for milk, maybe : MEOW
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Spilled the beans : BLABBED
29
View from Windsor Castle : ETON
31
Christian in Hollywood : BALE
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Prepares for proofing : TYPESETS
35
Hayseeds : RUBES
36
Court replays : LETS
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Tea choice for TV's Frasier Crane : EARLGREY
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Short jackets worn open in front : BOLEROS
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Pain reliever : ANODYNE
43
Canoeist's challenge : RAPIDS
44
Like some rescues : AIRSEA
45
Ripe : SMELLY
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Flying off the shelves : REDHOT
47
Starbuck's superior : AHAB
48
Greece/Turkey separator, with "the" : AEGEAN
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Bounce back : ECHO
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"The ___ the limit!" : SKYS
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Kiev's land: Abbr. : UKR
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Many a Fortune profilee, for short : CEO

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