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New York Times, Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Author:
Jeffrey Wechsler
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Maneuver for slot car racers or stunt pilots, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters
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Jeffrey Wechsler

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Wechsler. Tuesday freshness: 99%
Jeffrey Wechsler notes:
For some reason the phrase "LOOP DE LOOP" came to mind, and I thought it might become a valid puzzle theme by means of setting the letters of ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
As soon as I uncovered the first set of L O O P circles, I raced to the center to fill in LOOPS THE LOOPS. Well, that didn't fit. LOOPING THE ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times12/30/14 ( No. 23,793 )
Across
1
Feature of a royal event : POMP
5
What bulldogs' jowls do : SAG
8
Food for Fido, perhaps : SCRAPS
14
"Hasta luego!" : ADIOS
16
Houlihan : Maj. :: Klinger : ___ : CPL
17
"House" star Hugh : LAURIE
18
Xerox competitor : RICOH
19
Friend of Pooh : ROO
20
Not forgotten : INMIND
21
Green who was on four seasons of "The Voice" : CEELO
22
U.N. grp. monitoring workers' rights : ILO
23
Brown v. Board of Education city : TOPEKA
24
Cheerleaders' handfuls : POMPOMS
27
Announcer Johnny famous for crying "Come on down!" : OLSON
28
Point the finger at : ACCUSE
31
Our planet, to Germans : ERDE
33
Be impending : LOOM
34
North Carolinian : TARHEEL
38
Chem., e.g. : SCI
41
Maneuver for slot car racers or stunt pilots, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters : LOOPDELOOPDELOOP
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Yodeler's locale : ALP
45
Jonathan Swift, notably : IRONIST
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Food for Fido : ALPO
47
Zairean president Mobutu ___ Seko : SESE
48
Goes around : ORBITS
50
Sound in a lamasery : CHANT
53
Had a good day on the links, say : SHOTPAR
57
Transcribe again : RECOPY
59
Expert : ACE
60
Shakes, as in a car chase : LOSES
64
Iris ring : AREOLE
65
Toon chihuahua : REN
66
Film producer Carlo : PONTI
67
Like Greece or Serbia : BALKAN
68
Oslo Accords grp. : PLO
69
Ethnic group of Southeast Asia : HMONG
70
Dry cleaning targets : STAINS
71
Punch-in-the-stomach sound : OOF
72
Bird in a Hans Christian Andersen tale : SWAN
Down
1
Setting for Seurat's "La Grande Jatte" : PARC
2
Toon beagle : ODIE
3
Victims of the farmer's wife : MICE
4
Certain water circulator : POOLPUMP
5
Gift vouchers, arcade tickets and such : SCRIP
6
Olympic gold medalist Ohno : APOLO
7
Atmosphere of many a Poe story : GLOOM
8
Sexy skirt feature : SLIT
9
Kiss and cuddle : CANOODLE
10
Dishevel, as bed linen : RUMPLE
11
Zodiac opener : ARIES
12
Socialist, disparagingly : PINKO
13
Alternative to an S.U.V. : SEDAN
15
Waves away : SHOOS
25
Olympic lengths : METERS
26
Permeates, with "through" : SEEPS
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Penne ___ vodka : ALLA
29
Composure : COOL
30
Farm enclosure ... or a farmers' group : COOP
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Common grass variety named for its color : REDTOP
35
Lily family plants : ALOES
36
A Reagan : RON
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___ polloi : HOI
38
Arias, usually : SOLI
39
Egyptian Christian : COPT
40
Wall St. debuts : IPOS
42
Schedule for take-off? : DIETPLAN
43
Parts of chemistry buildings : LABROOMS
47
"Jersey Shore" housemate : SNOOKI
49
"The Honeymooners" husband : RALPH
50
Chesapeake Bay feast : CRABS
51
Western Afghan city : HERAT
52
Amtrak option : ACELA
54
___ Productions (Oprah Winfrey company) : HARPO
55
Big name in kitchen sponges : OCELO
56
:50 : TENOF
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Itches : YENS
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The white of a whiteout : SNOW
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European smoker : ETNA
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11-Down, for one : SIGN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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