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New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Author:
Gerry Wildenberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Big Apple thoroughfare named in Rodgers and Hart's "Manhattan"
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Gerry Wildenberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQVWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Wildenberg. Tuesday freshness: 93%
Gerry Wildenberg notes:
This puzzle was accepted in July 2013. It was my first NY Times acceptance. I looked through a list of theme types and thought that ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
To me, GPA'S is a fine entry, since the letters are spoken, and it's a common term besides. For the record, I'm less enthused about ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
At first I was underwhelmed by the S S concept. Super easy to find two-word phrases that fit this pattern, right? But I've been down ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times4/21/15 ( No. 23,905 )
Across
1
Coll. application figures : GPAS
5
Michigan's ___ Peninsula : UPPER
10
July-August sign : LEO
13
Broadcast : AIRED
15
Large-scale : MACRO
16
Not counting: Abbr. : EXC
17
Jewish observance : SATURDAYSABBATH
20
Bettor's comeback : IRAISE
21
It might pick up a big fish : SONAR
22
Hamburger bun topper : SESAMESEED
26
"Come here often?," e.g. : LINE
27
Big Apple thoroughfare named in Rodgers and Hart's "Manhattan" : MOTTST
28
Seeks atonement, maybe : REPENTS
30
Feminine one, in France : UNE
31
Lots of noise : CLAMOR
33
Nursery rhyme character "going to the fair" : SIMPLESIMON
38
Advertised bank percentage : CDRATE
39
Satyajit Ray's "The ___ Trilogy" : APU
42
Tender person? : CASHIER
45
Have superior firepower over : OUTGUN
48
Certain choir singers : ALTI
49
Voting bloc from Reconstruction to the 1960s : SOLIDSOUTH
52
Serengeti grazer : ELAND
54
Ham : EMOTER
55
Power strip part : SURGESUPPRESSOR
60
Fruity drink : ADE
61
Where works of 3-Down may be seen : MUSEE
62
Japanese camera : NIKON
63
Chianti, for one : RED
64
Entangle : SNARL
65
Nabisco's Cheese ___ : NIPS
Down
1
Fluorine or chlorine : GAS
2
Actress/singer Zadora : PIA
3
Cézanne et 4-Verticale : ARTISTES
4
Painter Georges : SEURAT
5
Amherst sch. : UMASS
6
Check recipient : PAYEE
7
Alternatives to Macs : PCS
8
Alternative to Century 21 : ERA
9
Steals from : ROBS
10
2013 best seller subtitled "Women, Work and the Will to Lead" : LEANIN
11
Surviving : EXTANT
12
Earth tones : OCHRES
14
Small amounts of liquor : DRAMS
18
___ of Worms : DIET
19
Slow Spanish dance : BOLERO
22
Texas Christian rival, for short : SMU
23
100,000,000 decades : EON
24
Clear the slate : ERASE
25
___-monde : DEMI
29
Fruit juice brand : POM
31
Mild cigar : CLARO
32
"___ me" ("I'll get it") : LET
34
Chinese divination book : ICHING
35
The year 1501 : MDI
36
Top exec. : PRES
37
N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Bronko ___ : NAGURSKI
40
Word after stay or well : PUT
41
Granite State sch. : UNH
42
"Et tu, Brute?" speaker : CAESAR
43
Indirectly refer (to) : ALLUDE
44
Gawked : STARED
45
The "O" of B.O. : ODOR
46
Hwy. cut into two parts by Lake Michigan : USTEN
47
Is out of alignment, as a car wheel : TOESIN
50
Outcast : LEPER
51
Push forward : IMPEL
53
Ones in the 49-Across voting bloc, for short : DEMS
56
Lie on the beach : SUN
57
___ Network : USA
58
Alley ___ : OOP
59
O.R. workers : RNS

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

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