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New York Times, Monday, November 30, 2015

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
65-Down : 2,000 pounds
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Livengood. Grid flow: 28.5 Monday freshness: 44%
Ian Livengood notes:
I almost submitted this puzzle with stacked themed 10s in the 2/3 and 13/14 rows. I actually got pretty good fill with 'em, but ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
MIDAS TOUCH interpreted as "mid As touch." Seeing all the *AA* phrases made it pretty obvious that those letters were integral to the ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times11/30/15 ( No. 24,128 )
Across
1
Add alcohol to, as punch : SPIKE
6
Caesar dressing? : TOGA
10
Letters on a Soviet rocket : CCCP
14
One traveling with a backpack : HIKER
15
Stately hardwoods : ELMS
16
___ vera : ALOE
17
Songs for divas : OPERAARIAS
19
Read the ___ act : RIOT
20
Withdraw gradually from a mother's milk : WEAN
21
1997 Grammy-winning artist whose last name is a fruit : FIONAAPPLE
23
Dine : EAT
25
Dull-colored : DRAB
26
Pods of cotton : BOLLS
29
Nurse, as a drink : SIP
32
Union man? : GROOM
35
Tibetan watchdogs : LHASAAPSOS
38
Orson Welles's "Citizen ___" : KANE
39
Acorn producer : OAK
40
Elvis who was "all shook up" : PRESLEY
42
40-Across's record label : RCA
43
Bauxite and magnetite : ORES
45
Former "American Idol" judge : PAULAABDUL
47
Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. : MAGIC
49
C minor, for Beethoven's Fifth : KEY
50
Gets the booby prize : LOSES
51
Lit sign in a theater : EXIT
53
Writer ___ Du Bois : WEB
54
Noted California horse-racing venue : SANTAANITA
59
"Fiddlesticks!" : DRAT
63
39-Across, e.g. : TREE
64
Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three words, what happens in 17-, 21-, 35-, 45- and 54-Across : MIDASTOUCH
66
Icicle's place : EAVE
67
___ out a living (gets by) : EKES
68
Song from way back : OLDIE
69
Strategize : PLAN
70
Library carrel, basically : DESK
71
Impoverished : NEEDY
Down
1
"24" or "48 Hours" : SHOW
2
Accessory for a snowman : PIPE
3
Furniture giant with a blue and yellow logo : IKEA
4
Corn seeds : KERNELS
5
Period in history : ERA
6
Actress Hatcher : TERI
7
Mishmash : OLIO
8
Gangster catcher, informally : GMAN
9
Longtime Syrian strongman : ASSAD
10
Place to leave an auto, in Britain : CARPARK
11
Ones providing backing for writers? : CLIPBOARDS
12
Air-condition : COOL
13
Tennis's Sampras : PETE
18
Toward a ship's rear : AFT
22
Buenos Aires's land: Abbr. : ARG
24
"Now!" : ASAP
26
Begin to flower : BLOOM
27
Scarlett of Tara : OHARA
28
Body of water between France and Switzerland : LAKEGENEVA
29
Order to a dog to bark : SPEAK
30
Immigration or the economy, in a presidential election : ISSUE
31
Stereotypical parrot's name : POLLY
33
With perfect timing : ONCUE
34
Breakfast and lunch : MEALS
36
Dadaist Jean : ARP
37
See 55-Down : SEA
41
Harvard rival : YALE
44
"Sweet" age : SIXTEEN
46
War-hero candidate of 1996 : BOBDOLE
48
Hush-hush org. : CIA
52
Domesticated : TAMED
53
"Now where ___ I?" : WAS
54
Stairs unit : STEP
55
With 37-Down, shrunken body of water in Asia : ARAL
56
Company with a swoosh logo : NIKE
57
___ of March : IDES
58
Something on a to-do list : TASK
60
Like cutting in line : RUDE
61
Low-pH substance : ACID
62
Rock's ___ Might Be Giants : THEY
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2,000 pounds : TON

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