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New York Times, Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Across : Stereotypically "blind" official, for short
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 81 for Mr. Chen. Wednesday freshness: 80%
Jeff Chen notes:
It's kind of ironic that I made this puzzle, given that my idea of cooking MARINARA is: Buy jar of Ragu Open said jar Find ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I so badly wanted the mixed-up ingredients to go vertically, each one intersecting MARINARA SAUCE (which would run horizontally across ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times3/14/18 ( No. 24,963 )
Across
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Early maker of color TVs : RCA
4
Stereotypically "blind" official, for short : UMP
7
Like a cigar bar's atmosphere : SMOKY
12
"___ we there yet?" : ARE
13
Pioneering text adventure game : ZORK
15
Impervious to hackers : SECURE
16
Take dead aim at : ZEROINON
18
Kutcher who played Steve Jobs in "Jobs" : ASHTON
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Locker room emanation : ODOR
20
CBS series that starred Gary Sinise : CSINY
22
Colloquial contraction : AINT
23
"Friends" character ___ Geller : ROSS
24
Breakfast order often containing cinnamon : HOTOATMEAL
26
Made a cattle call : MOOED
28
"Kapow!" : WHAM
29
Result of a successful squeeze bunt, for short : RBI
31
Jenner of reality TV : KRIS
33
Storytelling uncle of fiction : REMUS
37
Indoor stadium surface : ARTIFICIALGRASS
41
First in a line of 23 popes : JOHNI
42
Ancestry.com diagram : TREE
43
Jennings who wrote "Brainiac" : KEN
44
Garden hose annoyance : KNOT
47
"Hell if I know" : GOTME
49
A cappella genre : BARBERSHOP
53
Hieroglyphics snakes : ASPS
56
Fanzine favorite : IDOL
57
Spa amenity that originated in Finland : SAUNA
58
"Su-u-u-ure it is" : IBET
59
"Mr. ___" (1983 Styx hit) : ROBOTO
61
Sauce made from ingredients mixed up in 16-, 24-, 37- and 49-Across : MARINARA
63
Simpleton, disparagingly : CRETIN
64
Brewski : SUDS
65
Pres. advisory group : NSC
66
German state with Wiesbaden : HESSE
67
Recipe meas. : TSP
68
C major, for one : KEY
Down
1
Whisker whacker : RAZOR
2
Words to live by : CREDO
3
Rock band fronted by Steven Tyler : AEROSMITH
4
Submachine gun designer ___ Gal : UZI
5
"My darling," in France : MONCHERI
6
Pertaining to the rhythm of speech : PROSODIC
7
French possessive : SES
8
"U Can't Touch This" rapper : MCHAMMER
9
Less common of two belly buttons : OUTIE
10
Icelandic money : KRONA
11
Cross-dressing role for Streisand : YENTL
14
Like a cardigan : KNIT
15
Request by someone with a tongue depressor : SAYAH
17
Words akin to "-ish" : ORSO
21
E.R.A.-backing grp. : NOW
25
Chain whose mascot is named Bullseye : TARGET
27
"All right, you win" : OKFINE
29
Indian-born character on "The Big Bang Theory" : RAJ
30
Dude : BRO
32
Plop down : SIT
34
Rakes in the dough : MAKESBANK
35
Put into play : USE
36
123-45-6789, on a sample doc. : SSN
38
Symmetrical images in psychological tests : INKBLOTS
39
One of Jason's crew : ARGONAUT
40
Preyers on antelopes : LEOPARDS
45
Game show regular ___ Bean : ORSON
46
Org. with millimeter wave scanners : TSA
48
Major water line : MAIN
49
Source of bark for canoes : BIRCH
50
Be all googly-eyed over : ADORE
51
Choir attire : ROBES
52
Plays a kazoo : HUMS
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In itself : PERSE
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Keach of TV's "Man With a Plan" : STACY
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Impossible Super Bowl outcome : TIE
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AOL or MSN : ISP

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

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