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New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Across : Conan O'Brien or Chuck Norris, e.g.
TotalDebutLatest
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Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Parrish. Tuesday freshness: 61%
Jeff Chen notes:
Anagrams today, ANGEL to ANGLE to LANGE to NAGEL. I didn't know that last one, but some research shows that he's gridworthy, what with ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times5/19/15 ( No. 23,933 )
Across
1
Messy sorts : SLOBS
6
Lawyer's filing : BRIEF
11
HIV-treating drug : AZT
14
Group that ends "... and sometimes Y" : AEIOU
15
Gaucho's rope : RIATA
16
1990s G.M. make : GEO
17
Lucifer, notably : FALLENANGEL
19
Menacing sound from a hound : GRR
20
Night times, in classifieds : EVES
21
Inner: Prefix : ENDO
22
Garment that might say "World's Best Cook" : APRON
24
Conan O'Brien or Chuck Norris, e.g. : REDHEAD
26
Popular gin flavoring : SLOE
27
It's not right : OBLIQUEANGLE
32
What the Marx Brothers often do in their films : ADLIB
35
Big name in boots : UGG
36
1961 #1 R&B hit for Lee Dorsey : YAYA
37
One of the Three Stooges : MOE
38
One way or another : SOMEHOW
42
What can make molehills out of a mountain? : TNT
43
___ Spumante : ASTI
45
It's nothing : NIL
46
Responses to sermons : AMENS
48
Oscar-winning actress for "Blue Sky" : JESSICALANGE
52
Small freshwater fish : DACE
53
Rainy day protection : NESTEGG
57
Alternative to denim : KHAKI
59
Something no one wants to face? : ACNE
61
Popular first-person shooter video game since 2001 : HALO
62
Tandoori bread : NAN
63
Greta Garbo's "The Mysterious Lady" co-star : CONRADNAGEL
66
Not Rx : OTC
67
True (to) : LOYAL
68
7'1" Shaquille : ONEAL
69
Minute : WEE
70
Semester enders, usually : EXAMS
71
Like bathroom doorknobs : GERMY
Down
1
Less dangerous : SAFER
2
Go away : LEAVE
3
Like a smooth-running machine : OILED
4
Moscow-based ballet company : BOLSHOI
5
File a civil action against : SUE
6
Soccer's Chastain : BRANDI
7
Cantaloupe cover : RIND
8
"Otello" baritone : IAGO
9
Automne preceder : ETE
10
Part of the "Deck the Halls" refrain : FALALA
11
Pile up : AGGREGATE
12
It's nothing : ZERO
13
Unable to decide : TORN
18
Actress Patricia : NEAL
23
Ride at a kids' fair : PONY
25
Recedes : EBBS
26
State flower of Utah : SEGO
28
Bring under control : QUELL
29
"Disgusting!" : UGH
30
City between Boston and Gloucester : LYNN
31
Vittles : EATS
32
Key of Mozart's "Turkish" Concerto: Abbr. : AMAJ
33
5 milliliters of medicine, say : DOSE
34
Hit David Bowie single and album of 1983 : LETSDANCE
39
Never before, never again : ONCE
40
Soccer's Hamm : MIA
41
Jokers : WAGS
44
Dinesen who wrote "Out of Africa" : ISAK
47
Coal miner's concern : METHANE
49
Emotionally distant person, metaphorically : ICICLE
50
Yearly records : ANNALS
51
Must have : NEED
54
Not just ready : EAGER
55
Twinkle : GLEAM
56
"Well, jeepers!" : GOLLY
57
Minneapolis radio station that carries a lot of news, appropriately : KNOW
58
___ speech : HATE
59
Writer Seton : ANYA
60
Overstuff : CRAM
64
Losing tic-tac-toe row : OOX
65
Drink often served with a ladle : NOG

Answer summary:
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