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New York Times, Friday, February 5, 2016

Author:
Mary Lou Guizzo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Down : Collectors of DNA, prints, etc.
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Mary Lou Guizzo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 6 This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Guizzo. Friday freshness: 17%
Mary Lou Guizzo notes:
The third try was a charm with this grid. I received an encouraging response from Joel on my original version, submitted in June 2014. ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I loved WHAT MORE CAN I SAY and GO AT A SNAILS PACE, answers that felt like they could hit a broad audience with strong effect. And ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times2/5/16 ( No. 24,195 )
Across
1
Stare in astonishment : GAWP
5
Horatian or Keatsian : ODIC
9
Clean freak of sitcomdom : UNGER
14
Long : ACHE
15
Dance that might give you a lift? : HORA
16
Campbell on a catwalk : NAOMI
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Setting for fans : GRANDSTANDSEATS
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Fortune 100 company whose name starts with a silent letter : AETNA
21
Part of le Parlement français : SENAT
22
Judgmental sound : TSK
23
Chicago exchange, in brief : MERC
25
First name on a B-29 : ENOLA
27
Jonathan Swift satire : AMODESTPROPOSAL
33
Dent or crack : MAR
34
Frank narrative : DIARY
35
Balloon-carried probe : SONDE
36
Prior: Abbr. : PREV
38
Circumvent : SKIRT
40
Zip : NADA
41
System in which 33 and 63 are "!" and "?" : ASCII
43
Southern alma mater of Newt Gingrich : EMORY
45
Category : ILK
46
Actress who starred in "The Fault in Our Stars," 2014 : SHAILENEWOODLEY
49
Snack brand since 1967 : NILLA
50
Luau staples, for short : UKES
51
Threepio's first master : ANI
53
Some cat sounds? : BEBOP
56
Certain absentee voter, for short : EXPAT
59
2012 Best Actress nominee for "Zero Dark Thirty" : JESSICACHASTAIN
62
Opposite of afore : ABAFT
63
With 67-Across, attachment to a string instrument : CHIN
64
Shade similar to camel : ECRU
65
Classic car company co-founder : ROYCE
66
City on der Rhein : KOLN
67
See 63-Across : REST
Down
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Mad : GAGA
2
Plot piece : ACRE
3
Question upon completing an argument : WHATMORECANISAY
4
Like many farm animals : PENNED
5
Sister brand of Alpha-Bits : OHS
6
Sleuths connect them : DOTS
7
"Of wrath," in a hymn title : IRAE
8
John Steinbeck novel : CANNERYROW
9
De-clogs : UNSTOPS
10
Shetlands turndown : NAE
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They might work at a revival, for short : EMTS
13
Chance : RISK
18
Took a 13-Down : DARED
19
"Hawaii Five-O" nickname : DANO
24
Collectors of DNA, prints, etc. : CSIS
26
Avian symbol of Ontario : LOON
27
Grp. behind the Oscars : AMPAS
28
Reed section? : MARSH
29
Nonplussed : TAKENABACK
30
Amazon offering : PRIME
31
Nonplus : ADDLE
32
Unsafe, as a boat : LEAKY
37
Number on a grandfather clock : VIII
39
Drop ___ : TROU
42
"It's probably a trick, but tell me" : ILLBITE
44
They join teams : YOKES
47
Wire transfer?: Abbr. : ELEC
48
Role for which Michael C. Hall got five straight Emmy nominations : DEXTER
51
Cracked : AJAR
52
Mount near the Dead Sea : NEBO
54
37-Down, to Diego : OCHO
55
Doctor seen by millions : PHIL
57
Hauteur : AIRS
58
Hardware bit : TNUT
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U.S. Army E-7 : SFC
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"___ Vickers," Sinclair Lewis novel : ANN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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