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New York Times, Thursday, February 5, 2015

Author:
Mike Buckley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : ___ Shepherd, former co-host of "The View"
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Mike Buckley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JXZ} Spans: 6 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Buckley. Thursday freshness: 59%
Mike Buckley notes:
I had the honor of being "Litzer of the Month" back in October 2013, probably because I had litzed a number of pre-Shortzian puzzles ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
Somehow over time, Thursday has gotten the reputation of being the "trickster" day for the Times crossword. This is when you're most ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This particular arrangement of six intersecting grid-spanners (highlighted below) is notoriously hard to execute in a 72-word grid. ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times2/5/15 ( No. 23,830 )
Across
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Some finger food : TAPAS
6
___ power : GIRL
10
Dawber and Grier : PAMS
14
Trump caller, once? : IVANA
15
"Buy it new. Buy it now" sloganeer : EBAY
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La Salle of "ER" : ERIQ
17
Sheena Easton hit from a Bond film : FORYOUREYESONLY
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Just my opinion, in a tweet : FWIW
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Crinkly vegetable : KALE
22
Flip : UPEND
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___ Shepherd, former co-host of "The View" : SHERRI
25
Some ball attendees : BELLES
26
Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy : STIEG
28
Solve, in a way : DECODE
30
End of a long biblical journey : ARARAT
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Passing through : VIA
33
Giant Jesus : ALOU
37
1958 hit by Jackie Wilson : LONELYTEARDROPS
40
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-___ : SISI
41
Goldfish cousin : KOI
42
Clinton aide Myers : DEEDEE
43
From what place : WHENCE
46
Mimics : APERS
47
Trees with beans : CACAOS
50
They're just over two feet : ANKLES
52
Paradises : EDENS
53
Reason to add salt? : SNOW
54
Milo's partner in film : OTIS
57
1964 #1 hit with a motorcycle crash sound : LEADEROFTHEPACK
60
Contrarily : ELSE
61
Internet chat status : IDLE
62
Elvis, to Spanish fans : ELREY
63
Cold draft, maybe : BEER
64
Tally on a prison wall : DAYS
65
Ken who wrote "Sometimes a Great Notion" : KESEY
Down
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Short row : TIFF
2
Frankly admit : AVOW
3
French capitalists? : PARISIANS
4
1953 hit for Julius La Rosa : ANYWHEREIWANDER
5
Part of some Portuguese place names : SAO
6
Actor Depardieu : GERARD
7
R. Kelly hit from "Space Jam" : IBELIEVEICANFLY
8
Madcap Martha : RAYE
9
Pipe cleaner : LYE
10
Depeche Mode's first U.S. hit, 1985 : PEOPLEAREPEOPLE
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Trademarked fabric name : ARNEL
12
Author who went by his first two initials : MILNE
13
Flooring measure: Abbr. : SQYDS
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Chernobyl's locale: Abbr. : UKR
19
Made a case against? : SUED
24
Like three and trois : EGAL
25
Co-op ___ : BOARD
26
Movie pizzeria where Radio Raheem ate : SALS
27
Half-Betazoid on the Enterprise : TROI
29
Org. in "Homeland" : CIA
31
Rug rats : TYKES
34
Guiding lights : LODESTARS
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Person who's a zero?: Abbr. : OPER
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Plays for a chump : USES
38
Great 39-Down : TON
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See 38-Down : DEAL
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Completely con : HOSE
45
Online provider of popular study guides and lesson plans : ENOTES
47
TMZ target : CELEB
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"Skyfall" singer : ADELE
49
Fire starter? : CEASE
51
Energy unit: Abbr. : KWH
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Many a mixer : SODA
55
Arctic Blast maker : ICEE
56
Absolut competitor : SKYY
58
Cleanse (of) : RID
59
"Mice!" : EEK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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