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New York Times, Monday, April 20, 2015

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Mr. Jock, TV quiz ___, bags few lynx" (classic pangram)
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. McCoy. Grid flow: 19.4 Monday freshness: 10%
Tom McCoy notes:

I originally made this puzzle for my parents, whose names are in adjacent theme answers. (You guessed it — I am the son of Gretel and Romeo.)

Jeff Chen notes:
Fun start to the week, LADIES FIRST applied to common "(man) AND (woman)" phrases for a role reversal. Nice construction too, very ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times4/20/15 ( No. 23,904 )
Across
1
"You should know better!" : TSKTSK
7
Scheme : PLOY
11
Network with an eye logo : CBS
14
Each : APIECE
15
Submarine sandwich : HERO
16
Eliminated : OUT
17
Classic learning-to-read series (hint: 59-Across) : JANEANDDICK
19
French "a" : UNE
20
Caustic compound : LYE
21
Course that's a walk in the park : EASYA
23
Virginia university (hint: 59-Across) : MARYANDWILLIAM
29
Pie à la ___ : MODE
30
Horned ___ (certain lizard) : TOAD
31
Overnight lodgings : INNS
32
Mess up, as the hair : TOUSLE
35
Bundle up : WRAP
37
Grimm fairy tale (hint: 59-Across) : GRETELANDHANSEL
43
Gold-coated : GILT
44
Peter who played Lawrence of Arabia : OTOOLE
45
Cookie in cookies-and-cream ice cream : OREO
49
Relative of a clarinet : OBOE
51
Rounds of bullets : AMMO
52
Shakespeare play (hint: 59-Across) : JULIETANDROMEO
56
As a whole : INALL
57
Cry of frustration : GAH
58
Sandwich that's usually toasted, for short : BLT
59
Chivalrous rule obeyed in this puzzle : LADIESFIRST
67
Sorrow : WOE
68
Subject for Karl Marx, for short : ECON
69
Big name in pet food : PURINA
70
Sounds made around puppies : AWS
71
Canoodle : NECK
72
Affix with a click : SNAPON
Down
1
___ Mahal : TAJ
2
Resort with hot springs : SPA
3
Relatives : KIN
4
Golf ball support : TEE
5
Like a dragon's skin : SCALY
6
Home of Obama's father : KENYA
7
"Mr. Jock, TV quiz ___, bags few lynx" (classic pangram) : PHD
8
Hawaiian garland : LEI
9
"The Lord of the Rings" baddie : ORC
10
Bumpkin : YOKEL
11
"Kissing" relative : COUSIN
12
Tall Paul : BUNYAN
13
Prepares in a wok, as vegetables : STEAMS
18
Make an impression on? : DENT
22
___ Baba : ALI
23
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" setting : MOOR
24
Together, in music : ADUE
25
One "R" in R&R : REST
26
"___ Abbey" : DOWNTON
27
Fend (off) : WARD
28
Boise's state : IDAHO
29
Business appt., often : MTG
33
One of eight on Odin's horse : LEG
34
Writer T. S. ___ : ELIOT
36
Butter serving : PAT
38
Jessica of "Good Luck Chuck" : ALBA
39
Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
40
"___ help you are!" : SOME
41
"Tickle Me" toy : ELMO
42
DiCaprio, in tabloids : LEO
45
Tribe traditionally living around Lake Superior : OJIBWA
46
Be almost gone, as supplies : RUNLOW
47
Delights : ELATES
48
What the "O" in OPEC does not stand for, surprisingly : OIL
50
Perimeter : EDGE
53
DeGeneres of afternoon TV : ELLEN
54
Talks with a very sore throat : RASPS
55
Sarcastic comment about the task ahead : OHFUN
60
Hotshot : ACE
61
"What's up, ___?" : DOC
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What print books have that Kindles don't : INK
63
Savings plan, for short : IRA
64
Abbr. on a tombstone : RIP
65
___-cone : SNO
66
Light brown : TAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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