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New York Times, Thursday, February 14, 2013

Author:
Jules P. Markey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do?
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Jules P. Markey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Markey. Thursday freshness: 76%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/14/13 ( No. 23,109 )
Across
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Tow job, maybe : REPO
5
Saturn or Mercury : ORB
8
Best buds? : ROSES
13
Stylishness : ELAN
14
___ canto : BEL
15
A Jackson : LATOYA
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*Comfy place : FIRESIDE
18
Rick who sang "Together Forever" : ASTLEY
19
PayPal money : ECASH
20
*Alternative to a Crock-Pot : DUTCHOVEN
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Clear : RID
23
Oahu-to-Molokai dir. : ESE
25
Truly : YEA
26
Prefix with thermal : EXO
27
*Metaphor for a sharp mind : STEELTRAP
30
Make lean : DEFAT
32
Woman in a garden : EVE
33
American Heart Mo. (appropriately) : FEB
35
Pitcher Hideo ___ : NOMO
36
*Gathering spot for the upwardly mobile? : ELEVATORCAR
39
Turn about : SLUE
41
Discernment of a sort : EAR
42
Enumeration follower : ETC
43
What George lacks? : HARDG
45
*Campaign from town to town : BARNSTORM
50
Return address for many absentee ballots: Abbr. : APO
51
Wall St. insider, maybe : ARB
53
Like some stocks, for short : OTC
54
Weak ___ : TEA
55
*Where a cast may be found : BACKSTAGE
58
Skater ___ Anton Ohno : APOLO
60
Garment with buttons on the left : BLOUSE
61
Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? : OPENDOOR
63
Compounds with nitrogen : AMINES
64
Where a cast may be found : LEG
65
Jai ___ : ALAI
66
Sharp tastes : TANGS
67
Big do : FRO
68
Filibusterers, e.g.: Abbr. : SENS
Down
1
Directs : REFERS
2
Draw : ELICIT
3
Detour-causing event : PARADE
4
Some poor Olympic scores : ONES
5
Eastern wrap : OBI
6
Like Texas vis-à-vis New York, politically : REDDER
7
___ cheese : BLEU
8
Four-time Pro Bowler Ahmad : RASHAD
9
"Beetle Bailey" dog : OTTO
10
Algebra problem directive : SOLVEFOR
11
Test with letters : EYEEXAM
12
Refuse : SAYNOTO
15
Some frills : LACE
17
Put off till later : SHELVE
21
Universal donor's classification : TYPEO
24
Case who co-founded AOL : STEVE
28
Caught fish in a pot, say : EELED
29
Broadcast workers' union : AFTRA
31
Pass : ENACT
34
Gen. Scowcroft who advised Ford and Bush : BRENT
36
New mintage of 2002 : EUROCOIN
37
Limerick scheme : AABBA
38
Oncology procedure : CTSCAN
39
Day of rest : SHABBAT
40
One of the Canary Islands : LAPALMA
44
Dangerous buildup in a mine : GASSES
46
Onetime Ebert partner : ROEPER
47
Eight-time Oscar nominee who never won : OTOOLE
48
Advance again : RELOAN
49
Hunters of the now-extinct moa : MAORIS
52
Shippers' plans: Abbr. : RTES
56
___ fu : KUNG
57
"An expensive way of playing marbles," per G. K. Chesterton : GOLF
59
P.R. agents' aids : PDAS
62
Massage target, maybe : EGO

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

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