Author: | Gail Grabowski |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 S | 2 T | 3 E | 4 T | 5 H | 6 A | 7 S | 8 P | 9 P | 10 S | 11 H | 12 A | 13 W |
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14 L | I | V | E | 15 O | M | A | R | 16 R | E | A | C | H |
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17 A | R | E | A | 18 T | O | G | O | 19 A | T | R | I | A |
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20 P | E | N | C | 21 I | L | C | A | D | 22 D | Y | 23 D | D | T |
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24 S | T | U | D | I | O | 25 Y | E | 26 A | R | |||||
27 P | E | P | 28 S | 29 T | A | R | T | O | 30 F | 31 F |
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32 P | 33 F | 34 C | 35 A | S | 36 H | C | A | N | 37 O | L | E | O |
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38 S | E | R | 39 B | 40 T | A | R | 41 P | L | A | N |
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42 S | T | Y | E | 43 S | T | R | A | 44 W | 45 S | 46 S | T | D |
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47 T | A | I | L | 48 P | I | P | E | 49 A | A | 50 A | ||||
51 N | A | I | L | 52 N | I | K | I | 53 T | 54 A | |||||
55 E | 56 R | G | 57 C | O | 58 M | 59 P | U | T | E | R | B | U | 60 G |
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61 D | I | J | 62 O | N | 63 E | A | R | S | 64 M | O | T | E |
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65 A | T | A | R | I | 66 A | L | S | O | 67 A | N | O | N |
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68 M | A | G | I | C | 69 T | E | E | N | 70 N | E | S | T |
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1. Proofer's mark : STET 5. Hinged fastener : HASP 9. "Fiddlesticks!" : PSHAW 14. In person : LIVE 15. Gen. Bradley : OMAR 16. Get in touch with : REACH 17. Flooring measure : AREA 18. Like some pizza orders : TOGO 19. Skylit lobbies : ATRIA 20. Desktop container : PENCILCADDY 23. Banned insecticide : DDT 24. Place to rehearse : STUDIO 25. Wine bottle datum : YEAR 27. Get-up-and-go : PEP 28. Take step one : STARTOFF 32. Army one-striper: Abbr. : PFC 35. Trash receptacle : ASHCAN 37. Dairy case buy : OLEO 38. Belgrade native : SERB 40. Subject of a cigarette rating : TAR 41. Think ahead : PLAN 42. Ocular woe : STYE 43. Fast-food dispenser items : STRAWS 46. Norm: Abbr. : STD 47. Exhaust tube : TAILPIPE 49. Small battery size : AAA 51. It may be filed : NAIL 52. Premier Khrushchev : NIKITA 55. Unit of work : ERG 57. Software flaw : COMPUTERBUG 61. Mustard choice : DIJON 63. Sites for studs : EARS 64. Bit of dust : MOTE 65. Pong maker : ATARI 66. What's more : ALSO 67. In a bit, to bards : ANON 68. Mandrake's forte : MAGIC 69. New driver, typically : TEEN 70. Hatchling's home : NEST |
1. Prelude to a duel : SLAP 2. Runs out of steam : TIRES 3. Media attraction : EVENT 4. It sits in a saucer : TEACUP 5. Nickname on "M*A*S*H" : HOTLIPS 6. Oil company that merged with BP : AMOCO 7. It's a long story : SAGA 8. Cowherd's tool : PROD 9. Bedtime appeal : PRAYER 10. Good to go : SET 11. Crusty bakery buys : HARDROLLS 12. Battery fluid : ACID 13. "Come again?" : WHAT 21. Think tank nugget : IDEA 22. Cannon of Hollywood : DYAN 26. On the peak of : ATOP 28. Close call : SCARE 29. The O'Hara estate : TARA 30. Heroic deed : FEAT 31. Sweet on, with "of" : FOND 32. Low-key "Hey!" : PSST 33. Cheese in salads : FETA 34. Blubberer's binge : CRYINGJAG 36. Letters before ://www : HTTP 39. Composer Bartók : BELA 43. Feed holder : SILO 44. Serves at a restaurant : WAITSON 45. Sushi go-with : SAKE 48. Ant attractor : PICNIC 50. Barnstormer, e.g. : AIRMAN 52. Clara Barton, for one : NURSE 53. Steakhouse selection : TBONE 54. Ends of 20- and 57-Across and 11- and 34-Down : AUTOS 55. Cheese in a ball : EDAM 56. Meter maid of song : RITA 58. Spam, e.g. : MEAT 59. Hardly tanned : PALE 60. Mannerly sort : GENT 62. "… ___ quit!" : ORI |
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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