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New York Times, Friday, March 25, 2016

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Livengood. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Friday freshness: 6%
Ian Livengood notes:
I submitted this puzzle with GREXIT [Greece exiting the Euro] in the NW corner. It was an entry I'd been saving for a few years and ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I feel like Ian and I are on the same wavelength. Just last week, I was trying to convince a co-constructor to use HATERADE in a ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times3/25/16 ( No. 24,244 )
Across
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Far and away one's favorite writer? : PENPAL
7
Mellow R&B track : SLOWJAM
14
Fly : AVIATE
15
Primitive and backward : STONEAGE
16
Items with decorative scrolls : CELLOS
17
Slice from a book? : PAPERCUT
18
Pay homage, in a way : KNEEL
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"___ off!" (phrase of homage) : HATS
20
Scratches (out) : EKES
21
French border region : ALSACE
23
One on the trail, for short : POL
24
Room in Clue : HALL
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20-20 and others : TIES
28
Bungling : INEPT
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There's one for Best New American Play : OBIE
32
Extreme : ARRANT
34
500-pound bird hunted to extinction : MOA
35
Film character who said "Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess" : HANSOLO
37
A, B or C, but not X, Y or Z : VITAMIN
39
___ caution : USE
40
Knee jerk, e.g. : REFLEX
42
Head shop buy : BONG
43
Unite : MERGE
45
Hue : TONE
46
"Woe ___ them that call evil good": Isaiah : UNTO
47
"The Lost Tapes" rapper : NAS
48
Took care of, as guests : HOUSED
50
Z's : sleep :: wavy lines : ___ : ODOR
52
___ Préval, twice-elected president of Haiti : RENE
53
Crude Halloween costume : SHEET
57
"Drink" for the overly critical : HATERADE
59
Crèche setting : STABLE
60
Schiller work set to music by Beethoven : ODETOJOY
61
Little rock : PEBBLE
62
Symbol of modern communication : HASHTAG
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Out of retirement? : ARISEN
Down
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Stuff : PACK
2
Flush : EVEN
3
Water source for 11 countries : NILE
4
Some blonds : PALEALES
5
Snorkeling mecca : ATOLL
6
___ Echos (French daily) : LES
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Pink property : STATESAVENUE
8
Cuts (off) : LOPS
9
Light air, on the Beaufort scale : ONE
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"It's our time to go!" : WEREON
11
"Glengarry Glen Ross" co-star, 1992 : JACKLEMMON
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Chill in bed? : AGUE
13
Pro team with blue-and-orange jerseys : METS
15
Orthodontic device : SPACER
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Supposed morning remedy : HAIROFTHEDOG
22
Dusty, fusty or musty : STALE
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British P.M. before and after Addington : PITT
24
Blah : HOHUM
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Lower : ABASE
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Statements for the record : LINERNOTES
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Aim : POINT
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Steps in a ballroom : TANGO
33
Puts the kibosh on : NIXES
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Underground rock bands? : ORES
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Where Etihad Airways is headquartered : ABUDHABI
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___ Tunes : LOONEY
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One of the knights of the Round Table : GARETH
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Acid/alcohol compound : ESTER
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Excited pupil's shout : OHOH
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Art genre for Man Ray : DADA
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Punjabi chief : RAJA
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Weakens : EBBS
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W competitor : ELLE
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___ Vogue magazine : TEEN
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Go to waste : ROT
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Day ___ : SPA

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