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New York Times, Thursday, February 6, 2014

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Down : Eases
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Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 67 for Mr. Krozel. Thursday freshness: 98%
Joe Krozel notes:
Just some standard puzzle-making techniques today; placing the revealer (57-A) as the final theme entry and stretching the grid to 16 columns ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Any time I see Joe Krozel's byline, I set aside extra time to solve (and go grab a beer). Perhaps more than any other constructor, Joe pushes ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times2/6/14 ( No. 23,466 )
Across
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Report of a shooting : BANG
5
Brunch offerings, for short : OJS
8
Affected to a greater extent : ARTIER
14
Home of ancient Greek scholars : ELEA
15
Google result : HIT
16
Civic alternatives : SENTRAS
18
*Blubbered? : WASSOBBY
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What a nod may mean : CONSENT
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"Wouldn't miss it!" : IMTHERE
22
Cone origin : FIR
23
Heartbreak, e.g. : ACHE
24
Home of El Greco : TOLEDO
25
*What happened after Mr. Onassis contacted A.A.A.? : ARIGOTTOW
27
Reputation, on the street : CRED
28
Kind of sum : TIDY
30
Aero- completer : DROME
31
Washington ___ (N.Y.C. neighborhood) : HTS
32
"That can't be good!" : UHOH
33
Maligned : SMEARED
35
*Imaginary overthrow of the government? : PSEUDOCOUP
37
Robin Hood and others : ARCHERS
40
"Mad Men" star Jon : HAMM
41
Jim Bakker's ___ Club : PTL
44
Place to get clean : REHAB
45
Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" : EMMA
46
Not at all chipper : BLUE
47
*Give a Dust Bowl migrant a ride? : CARRYOKIE
50
Director Christopher and actor Lloyd : NOLANS
52
1998 Sarah McLachlan song : ADIA
53
First name in ice cream : BEN
54
Bank numbers : CDRATES
55
Not mind : DISOBEY
57
Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues : JAPANESE
58
Motivate : ENTHUSE
59
Back : AGO
60
Third person : CAIN
61
Prepared for a long drive, with "up" : GASSED
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Part of a gym set : REP
63
Roman foes : HUNS
Down
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Enchant : BEWITCH
2
Gravely ill: Fr. : ALAMORT
3
Gets snug : NESTLES
4
Ripped with a knife : GASHED
5
"Here we go again!" : OHBROTHER
6
Agree : JIBE
7
Messy spot : STY
8
PC data format : ASCII
9
Major alteration of a business structure, for short : REORG
10
Old cable inits. : TNN
11
Warning to the unwary : ITSATRAP
12
Kind of set : ERECTOR
13
Quickly sought safety, in a way : RANHOME
17
Fretted : STEWED
19
Multivolume set, for short : OED
22
Get too much sun, colloquially : FRY
25
Condition treated with Adderall, in brief : ADHD
26
Theater : ODEUM
29
Red state handouts? : IOUS
32
Words always preceding a date : USEBY
33
Source of ill-gotten gains : SCAM
34
Kind of shop : MOMANDPOP
35
Exodus figures : PHARAOHS
36
"Alas!" : OHME
37
Business establishment where customers can make a killing? : ARCADE
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Something taken from a meter : READING
39
Teacher/astronaut McAuliffe : CHRISTA
41
Level off : PLATEAU
42
Catches on the radio : TUNESIN
43
Eases : LESSENS
45
One from Berlin : EIN
46
Boil for a short time : BLANCH
48
Extra-large : OBESE
49
Typed (in) : KEYED
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"... ___ close second" : ORA
54
Zoo keeper? : CAGE
56
Clear tables : BUS
57
Shock : JAR

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

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