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New York Times, Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Author:
Jacob McDermott
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
59-Down : Poet's dedication
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Jacob McDermott

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. McDermott. Grid flow: 23.4 Tuesday freshness: 66%
Jeff Chen notes:
"Both words can precede X" type theme today. Will spaces these out since they've become a bit overused, but today's has a neat ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times11/18/14 ( No. 23,751 )
Across
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___-retentive : ANAL
5
Plane, on a radar screen : BLIP
9
Sarcasm : SNARK
14
"Swans Reflecting Elephants" painter : DALI
15
___ Club (pilot's group) : AERO
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Kind of butter : COCOA
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Luminary among luminaries : SUPERSTAR
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Like many rural roads : RUTTY
20
Cigarette residue : ASH
21
Whom "unto us" is given, in Isaiah : ASON
22
What dogs' tails do : WAG
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Hear about : LEARNOF
25
Competent : CAPABLE
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Stand an artist might take : EASEL
30
Flat out : FULLSTEAM
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Champagne opening sound : POP
34
Novelist Anaïs : NIN
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Half of an umlaut : DOT
36
Beyoncé and Jay Z, e.g. ... or a hint to 17-, 30-, 44- and 61-Across : POWERCOUPLE
40
Partner of shock : AWE
42
Hawaii's Mauna ___ : LOA
43
Link : TIE
44
Snooty attitude : HIGHHORSE
48
Low pair? : SOCKS
52
"Piece of cake!" : ITSEASY
53
Accidentally say : LETSLIP
55
CBS forensic series : CSI
56
There's one in this cleu : TYPO
57
___ Khan : AGA
58
Wackos : KOOKS
61
Bodybuilder, for one : MUSCLEMAN
63
Pastoral composition : IDYLL
64
___ cheesecake (black-and-white dessert) : OREO
65
Show petulance : SULK
66
Brawl : MELEE
67
PBS station behind "Live From Lincoln Center" : WNET
68
Certain Protestant: Abbr. : EPIS
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Magazine agent's success : ADSALE
2
Feeling after a roller coaster ride : NAUSEA
3
Top dogs : ALPHAS
4
Perjurious statement : LIE
5
Voice in the role of Mefistofele, e.g. : BASSO
6
Excuse from responsibility : LETOFF
7
Country bordering three "-stans" : IRAN
8
"___ favor" (Spanish "please") : POR
9
Leftovers : SCRAPS
10
Candy bar filling : NOUGAT
11
One may be hard to follow : ACT
12
"Hogwash!" : ROT
13
___ Jewelers : KAY
18
Became depleted : RANLOW
22
Waldorf salad morsel : WALNUT
24
Seized car, for short : REPO
25
Muse sometimes pictured with a book or scroll : CLIO
26
"Venerable" scholar of old England : BEDE
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Vientiane native : LAO
28
First responder, for short : EMT
31
Last of the Mohicans in "The Last of the Mohicans" : UNCAS
33
First female speaker of the House : PELOSI
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Cribbage score keepers : PEGS
37
Actor Calhoun : RORY
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Energetic sort : PISTOL
39
Many August births : LEOS
40
Yellowfin tuna : AHI
41
Tina Fey display : WIT
45
Shout "Ref, are you blind?!," e.g. : HECKLE
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Pain in the neck : HASSLE
47
Parisian palace : ELYSEE
49
Stop talking : CLAMUP
50
Capital of Rwanda : KIGALI
51
Hits bottom? : SPANKS
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Florida tourist attraction : EPCOT
56
Spin of the dial or roll of the dice : TURN
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Most common Korean surname : KIM
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Poet's dedication : ODE
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Olive of the comics : OYL
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Cut (down) : MOW
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Ending for Nepal : ESE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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