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New York Times, Monday, May 13, 2019

Author:
Gary Larson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across
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Gary Larson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Larson. Monday freshness: 32%
Gary Larson notes:
Fun Google facts: Homer Simpson was "inducted" into The Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010. One of Mitt Romney's relatives, L.C. ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Cool finds, five guys whose first names are baseball terms. I'm a big "Simpsons" fan, so it was a head-slap moment to realize that ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times5/13/19 ( No. 25,388 )
Across
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Drink, as water from a dish : LAP
4
Bits of broken glass : SHARDS
10
Locks in a barn? : MANE
14
Top card : ACE
15
How café may be served : AULAIT
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___ out (barely manages) : EKES
17
"Lady Chatterley's Lover" novelist : DHLAWRENCE
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"Nervous" reactions : TICS
20
Goes down, as the sun : SETS
21
Change from the norm : DEVIANCE
23
Bart and Lisa's dad : HOMERSIMPSON
27
King Arthur's home : CAMELOT
30
Cigar residue : ASH
31
Flamenco cheer : OLE
32
Blow, as a volcano : ERUPT
35
Newspaper opinion piece : OPED
39
Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across : DIAMONDJIMBRADY
43
James of jazz : ETTA
44
Lauder of cosmetics : ESTEE
45
18 or so, for a typical first-year college student : AGE
46
"You don't mean me?!" : MOI
49
Made certain : ENSURED
51
Real-life lawman who lent his name to a 1950s-'60s TV western : BATMASTERSON
56
Pilots : AVIATORS
57
___ car salesman : USED
61
Appear : SEEM
62
Utah senator who once ran for president : MITTROMNEY
66
"Star Trek: T.N.G." counselor : TROI
67
Captivate : ENAMOR
68
Noah's vessel : ARK
69
Europe's highest volcano : ETNA
70
Getting up : RISING
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"The Bells" poet : POE
Down
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Young chaps : LADS
2
Pain in a tooth or the heart : ACHE
3
Hit repeatedly, as with snowballs : PELT
4
Viewed : SAW
5
Ben-___ (Charlton Heston role) : HUR
6
Pub offering : ALE
7
Time off, informally : RANDR
8
Cuts into small cubes : DICES
9
Sugar substitute : STEVIA
10
Nerves of steel, e.g. : METAPHOR
11
Actor Claude of old TV : AKINS
12
Classic brand of candy wafers : NECCO
13
German industrial city : ESSEN
18
Arthur of tennis fame : ASHE
22
Gchats, e.g. : IMS
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Bread spread : OLEO
25
Time starting at dawn, to poets : MORN
26
Practice piece for a pianist : ETUDE
27
Secret message : CODE
28
Came down to earth : ALIT
29
Vegetarian's no-no : MEAT
33
Bedwear, briefly : PJS
34
Solution strength : TITER
36
Early talk show host Jack : PAAR
37
Precipice : EDGE
38
Like Easter eggs, colorwise : DYED
40
Abba song or musical : MAMMAMIA
41
Department store department with shirts and slacks : MENS
42
Kiss: Sp. : BESO
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Grain in Cheerios : OAT
48
Chemical cousin : ISOMER
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"E pluribus ___" : UNUM
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Moisten, as a turkey : BASTE
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Deflect : AVERT
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Attach with a string, say : TIEON
54
Singer Lopez : TRINI
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Form of the Spanish for "to be" : ESTAS
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Become unhinged : SNAP
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Comic actor Dick Van ___ : DYKE
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"That's overly explicit," in textspeak : TMI
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"Dianetics" author L. ___ Hubbard : RON
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Alternative to .com or .net : ORG

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