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New York Times, Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Author:
Victor Barocas
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across
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Victor Barocas

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Barocas. Wednesday freshness: 10%
Victor Barocas notes:
I started with the punch line (conveniently 15 letters) and wondered whether there were good examples. MOSES quickly gave ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Amusing theme; I got a chuckle out of the TURNING A PROPHET revealer. I had no idea what was going on as I solved, so I had a nice ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times5/14/14 ( No. 23,563 )
Across
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Does damage to : HARMS
6
Little handfuls, so to speak : IMPS
10
Put the whammy on : JINX
14
Alternative to U.S.P.S. : EMAIL
15
Securely hide : BURY
16
Fig leaf wearer, in some art : ADAM
17
Words of resignation : WINSOMELOSESOME
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Son of 16-Across : SETH
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Advisers to players' associations : AGENTS
22
Actor Cariou : LEN
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"Dragnet" broadcast, for short : APB
25
Dick Tracy's girl : TESS
27
Barista-operated gadgets : ESPRESSOMAKERS
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Old televangelism org. : PTL
35
Food item in quarter-pound sticks : OLEO
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"This is looking bad!" : YIPES
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"This is looking bad!" : UHOH
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Gives kudos : LAUDS
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Like decalcified water : SOFT
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Instrument on the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" : SITAR
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Sushi bar quaff : SAKE
47
Part of many French surnames : DES
48
Governor elected in a 2003 recall vote : SCHWARZENEGGER
52
Chicken-sized flightless bird : KIWI
53
"Yay!" : WOO
54
Proof-ending letters : QED
57
Bird in the crow family : MAGPIE
60
Like poor losers : SORE
64
Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across : TURNINGAPROPHET
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"Pumping ___" (1977 docudrama featuring 48-Across) : IRON
68
"Whip It" band : DEVO
69
What a metronome regulates : TEMPO
70
Historic resignee of 2013 : POPE
71
Drinks at sidewalk stands : ADES
72
"Come on down!" announcer Johnny : OLSON
Down
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Takes an ax to : HEWS
2
Friend en français : AMIE
3
Long broadside : RANT
4
Bit of bad luck : MISHAP
5
___-mo : SLO
6
"___ to differ" : IBEG
7
Drug smuggler's courier : MULE
8
"Chop-chop!" : PRONTO
9
Bettor's strategy : SYSTEM
10
Pres. Madison or Monroe : JAS
11
Golden god, say : IDOL
12
File directory heading : NAME
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Comics foes of Magneto : XMEN
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Old phone company nickname : MABELL
19
Piece of Bacon or Lamb : ESSAY
24
Tour player : PRO
26
Biathlete's needs : SKIS
27
Set of principles : ETHIC
28
Upside-down sleeper : SLOTH
29
SpongeBob's home : SEA
30
W. C. Fields persona : SOUSE
31
Horatian work : EPODE
32
Send, as to a specialist : REFER
33
Old Air France fleet, for short : SSTS
34
Face, slangily : PUSS
38
Sharp-eyed sort : HAWK
40
Brown who wrote "The Da Vinci Code" : DAN
41
Lampoon but good : SKEWER
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"Spider-Man" director Sam : RAIMI
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___-surf (Google oneself) : EGO
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Country with a gorilla on its 5,000-franc note : RWANDA
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Did part of a slalom path : ZIGGED
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Staple Singers genre : GOSPEL
54
Commercial swab : QTIP
55
Two-tone coin : EURO
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Barely enough to wet one's whistle : DROP
58
___ the way : PAVE
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N.Y.S.E. debuts : IPOS
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Resistance units : OHMS
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Towed-away auto, maybe : REPO
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School for Prince Harry : ETON
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180 degrees from SSW : NNE
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Ear-related prefix : OTO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle.

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