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New York Times, Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Author:
Pawel Fludzinski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Central Park's "Alice in Wonderland," for one
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Pawel Fludzinski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Fludzinski. Wednesday freshness: 81%
Pawel Fludzinski notes:
Last fall while at an art fair, I ran across these Shakespeare, Socrates, Sartre and Sinatra "quotes" twice in one day. By the second ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Singing, strangers in the night … doo be doo be doo … wait. DOO BY DOO BY DOO? It took me a long time to figure out that it's DOOBY ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times5/11/16 ( No. 24,291 )
Across
1
Parks who sparked a boycott : ROSA
5
City of central Iowa : AMES
9
Install, as a bulb, with "in" : SCREW
14
___'acte : ENTR
15
In perfect condition : MINT
16
Prom queen's wear : TIARA
17
Start of a seasonal letter : DEARSANTA
19
N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Bird : LARRY
20
Words from Shakespeare : TOBEORNOTTOBE
22
Airing after midnight, say : ONLATE
23
Closemouthed : MUM
24
In the sack : ABED
27
___ pressure : PEER
28
Words from Socrates : TOBEISTODO
31
Convenience store conveniences : ATMS
32
Showing no emotion : STOIC
33
Major employers on reservations : CASINOS
37
Directors' do-overs : RETAKES
39
Crème de la crème : ALIST
40
All Harrow students : BOYS
41
Words from Sartre : TODOISTOBE
44
A cygnet is a baby one : SWAN
48
[Ignore prior marks] : STET
49
Particle in a salt solution : ION
50
Possible response to "Gonna win?" : HOPETO
52
Words from Sinatra : DOOBYDOOBYDOO
55
Veal cuts : CHOPS
57
They all start with "K" and "W" in the U.S. : CALLSIGNS
58
Reed section : OBOES
59
James with a posthumous Pulitzer : AGEE
60
"I'm impressed!" : NICE
61
Sculpted body part : TORSO
62
Speedsters of old autodom : REOS
63
Turns right on a horse : GEES
Down
1
Variety of pasture grass : REDTOP
2
Common soccer draw : ONEONE
3
Horse house : STABLE
4
Overdue debt : ARREAR
5
Almond-flavored liqueur : AMARETTO
6
Sen. Al Franken's state: Abbr. : MINN
7
Lays to rest : ENTOMBS
8
Central Park's "Alice in Wonderland," for one : STATUE
9
Normandy battle site : STLO
10
Panini bread : CIABATTA
11
Bibliophile's prize : RAREBOOK
12
Flub : ERR
13
Very, informally : WAY
18
W. C. Fields persona : SOT
21
Texter's "Didn't need to hear that!" : TMI
25
Actress Falco : EDIE
26
Nonfiction films, for short : DOCS
29
Meditation sounds : OMS
30
Fliers until '03 : SSTS
31
Start to freeze? : ANTI
33
Musical with Rum Tum Tugger : CATS
34
Scads : ALOT
35
Delivery entrance, perhaps : SIDEDOOR
36
Deuterium and tritium : ISOTOPES
37
Stick up : ROB
38
Halloween mask features : EYEHOLES
40
Slavery : BONDAGE
42
Sis, for example : SIB
43
Hot Wheels product : TOYCAR
44
Mole's work : SPYING
45
Prank involving underwear : WEDGIE
46
P.D.Q. : ATONCE
47
Executioners' devices : NOOSES
51
No longer used, in a dict. : OBS
53
___ buco : OSSO
54
Prefix with resin : OLEO
55
Jail cell sight : COT
56
"Game of Thrones" network : HBO

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