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New York Times, Thursday, April 21, 2016

Author:
Alex Bajcz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Friend of Buzz in "Toy Story"
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Alex Bajcz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Bajcz. Thursday freshness: 85%
Alex Bajcz notes:
This puzzle was the product of a moment of clarity while watching a football game: "Wow, saying FALSE START is hard!" You should try ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Sound change / letter substitution, ST going to D. Some funny results in FALSE DART and my favorite, BLUEGRASS DATE. There are a ton ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times4/21/16 ( No. 24,271 )
Across
1
Collateral, of a sort : LIEN
5
"More or less" : ISH
8
Handled the last details of, with "up" : MOPPED
14
Mark up : ANNOTATE
16
Harvest, perhaps : UPROOT
17
One rubbing you the right way? : MASSAGER
18
Is overwhelmed : DROWNS
19
Romantic night in Kentucky? : BLUEGRASSDATE
21
Vehicle in "Frozen" : SLED
22
Textbook market shorthand : ELHI
23
Savory and sage : HERBS
26
Sport-___ : UTE
28
Venison source : ELK
30
Nerd (out) : GEEK
31
Friend of Buzz in "Toy Story" : WOODY
34
"Come on, Doris"? : PLEASEDAY
36
Gold of "Entourage" : ARI
37
One you might hang with : PAL
39
Nevada county with part of Death Valley National Monument : NYE
40
Rocky subject? : ORE
41
Counterfeit Dodge? : FALSEDART
44
Blusterous : WINDY
46
Relative of -ess : ETTE
47
Frosting ingredient, often : DYE
48
Vitamin World competitor : GNC
49
Carlos y Juan Carlos : REYES
51
"I thought you had my back!" : ETTU
53
Decreases : EBBS
57
Fishing boat at summer camp? : CHILDRENSDORY
60
Pickens who's a 33-Down : TBOONE
62
Not sold on TV or online : INSTORES
63
Title figures in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera : YEOMEN
64
Alternative to Wi-Fi : ETHERNET
65
Doesn't let lapse : RENEWS
66
Tempeh base : SOY
67
Pharmacy stock, informally : MEDS
Down
1
Innocents : LAMBS
2
Completely : INALL
3
Occur subsequently : ENSUE
4
Failure to sneeze? : NOSEDUD
5
"Hear, hear!" : IAGREE
6
Take home ... in more ways than one? : STEAL
7
___ Greene, character on "The Walking Dead" : HERSHEL
8
Harvey ___ College : MUDD
9
TV personality with the best seller "What I Know for Sure" : OPRAH
10
Marco Rubio, to Jeb Bush, once : PROTEGE
11
Booted, say : POWEREDON
12
Gazillion years : EON
13
Drunk's woe : DTS
15
Graffiti mark : TAG
20
Kind of treatment : SILENT
24
Lengthening shadow? : BEARD
25
Brilliantly blue : SKYEY
27
Redheads or book lovers, maybe : TYPE
29
Big name in jewelry : KAY
31
Symbol of thinness : WAFER
32
Hold the floor : ORATE
33
David or Charles Koch : OILTYCOON
34
Taken for a fool : PLAYED
35
Wrapped (up) : SEWN
38
Contribute : ADD
42
Escort after a party : SEEHOME
43
Gives it another go : RETRIES
45
Student housing in Fairbanks? : ICEDORM
48
Nervous and apprehensive : GUNSHY
50
Muscle-bone binder : SINEW
52
Nearing the bell, maybe : TENTO
54
Carried : BORNE
55
Multiply : BREED
56
Networks: Abbr. : SYSTS
58
Word after hand or zoom : LENS
59
Geneviève, for one: Abbr. : STE
60
___ : Tuesday :: Odin : Wednesday : TYR
61
Garden worker? : BEE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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