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New York Times, Monday, March 14, 2016

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : "Omigosh!"
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 74 for Ms. Lempel. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Monday freshness: 67%
Lynn Lempel notes:
There are so many ways to play around with people's names. That's obviously not original as far as crossword themes go, but as long as ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Another fine offering from the early-week master. Today, Lynn takes single words and breaks them into a verb + famous person command, ... read more
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S
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C
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A
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C
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Y
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B
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R
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U
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H
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F
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P
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W
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A
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K
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S
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I
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S
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Y
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B
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E
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D
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S
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H
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A
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H
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E
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R
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R
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A
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M
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B
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L
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D
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W
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O
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L
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S
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B
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O
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K
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F
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R
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D
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G
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B
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A
V
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L
A
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© 2016, The New York Times3/14/16 ( No. 24,233 )
Across
1
"Away with you!" : SCAT
5
Snide : CATTY
10
Skier's lift : TBAR
14
"Nah!" : UHUH
15
Hawaiian hi : ALOHA
16
Southwest tribe : HOPI
17
Cheese in spinach pies : FETA
18
"Wilbur, get in the game!" : PLAYWRIGHT
20
"Elijah, press your clothes!" : IRONWOOD
22
Woman who lent her name to a business-locating "list" : ANGIE
23
Philosopher Immanuel : KANT
24
2005-08 position held by Barack Obama: Abbr. : SEN
26
Employees at the Times or Post, for short : EDS
27
Wuss : SISSY
30
Fought head to head, like bighorns : BUTTED
32
End of a univ. email address : EDU
33
"Eric, give some to us!" : SHAREHOLDER
38
McEntire at the Grand Ole Opry : REBA
40
Manage to avoid : ELUDE
41
Glutton's desire : MORE
42
"Sally, keep up the fight!" : BATTLEFIELD
45
Become the champ : WIN
46
Introduction : LEADIN
47
Possessed : OWNED
49
Ginger ___ : ALE
51
Reverse of NNW : SSE
52
Clown's name : BOZO
54
Potato treat for Hanukkah : LATKE
56
"Larry, shoot!" : FIREBIRD
60
"Emma, do that sexy dance!" : GRINDSTONE
63
The "B" of Roy G. Biv : BLUE
64
Chevy that's now called the Sonic : AVEO
65
Slow, in music : LARGO
66
Arm or leg : LIMB
67
A.L. division for the Yankees : EAST
68
"Omigosh!" : YIKES
69
Talks one's head off : YAPS
Down
1
One practicing a mystical form of Islam : SUFI
2
Sonny's old singing partner : CHER
3
Chevy, e.g. : AUTO
4
"That was so nice of you!" : THANKS
5
Rooster destined for dinner : CAPON
6
Apportion : ALLOT
7
Amphibian that doesn't really cause warts : TOAD
8
"Frailty, ___ name is woman!": Hamlet : THY
9
Deviate erratically from a course : YAW
10
Slender : THIN
11
Mired : BOGGEDDOWN
12
Crop-destroying insect : APHID
13
Bat mitzvahs and baptisms : RITES
19
Totaled, as a bill : RANTO
21
House Committee on ___ and Means : WAYS
24
Velvety leather : SUEDE
25
Merman in old musicals : ETHEL
27
Novak Djokovic, for one : SERB
28
Notion : IDEA
29
Easy-to-overlook details : SUBTLETIES
30
Boston pro on ice : BRUIN
31
Victim of a bark beetle barrage : ELM
34
Considers carefully, as advice : HEEDS
35
Title role for Michael Caine or Jude Law : ALFIE
36
Lake on Ohio's northern border : ERIE
37
Tear apart : REND
39
Chowed down : ATE
43
Cut with an intense light : LASED
44
Nod off : DOZE
48
Unsteady : WOBBLY
49
Organisms that cause red tide : ALGAE
50
Tadpole or caterpillar : LARVA
52
Spree : BINGE
53
Things to "Twist, Lick, Dunk" in a game app : OREOS
55
Tie that's hard to untie : KNOT
56
Decision point in a road : FORK
57
Largest pelvic bones : ILIA
58
Posterior : RUMP
59
Socialites having a ball : DEBS
61
Furtive : SLY
62
Mai ___ (bar order) : TAI

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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