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New York Times, Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Author:
Mike Buckley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
City mentioned in "Folsom Prison Blues"
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Mike Buckley

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Buckley. Wednesday freshness: 75%
Mike Buckley notes:
This will be my tenth puzzle for the New York Times, my first during the Jeff Chen Era (long may he reign). It was submitted in ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Double homonyms today, both halves of phrases (or words) transmogrified into something wacky. PLAIN WRAPPER becomes PLANE RAPPER, BAND ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times5/21/14 ( No. 23,570 )
Across
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Ottoman title : PASHA
6
Occult cards : TAROT
11
Beauty : GEM
14
Legally impede : ESTOP
15
Say "somethin'," say : ELIDE
16
Wall cover : IVY
17
Freestyling pilot? : PLANERAPPER
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Grand Canyon part : RIM
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Uncommitted? : SANE
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Boot out : OUST
22
Comeback : RALLY
24
STP logo sporter, perhaps : INDYCAR
26
Some modern cash registers : IPADS
28
Music forbidden in Germany? : BANNEDLIEDER
32
Lavished attention (on) : DOTED
35
Long, long time : AEON
36
Bonanza yield : ORE
37
Four-star review : RAVE
38
Pretentiously showy : ARTSY
40
Google co-founder Sergey : BRIN
41
Off-road ride, for short : ATV
42
___ cheese : BLEU
43
Steel giant founded in 1899 : ARMCO
44
48
Long, long stories : EPICS
49
Honeydew relatives : CASABAS
53
Put locks on? : BEWIG
55
So-so marks : CEES
57
Big brass : TUBA
58
Public house potable : ALE
59
Throaty dismissals? : HOARSESHOOS
62
Paul McCartney title : SIR
63
Sculpted trunks : TORSI
64
"Sun Valley Serenade" skater : HENIE
65
Is stricken with : HAS
66
Lamé feature : SHEEN
67
Eurasia divider : URALS
Down
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"Live for Now" soft drink : PEPSI
2
Narnia lion : ASLAN
3
Orchestra musician's prop : STAND
4
Apiary denizen : HONEYBEE
5
Galoot : APE
6
Samovar, e.g. : TEAURN
7
Albertville's locale : ALPS
8
Hazards for surfers : RIPTIDES
9
Ben Jonson wrote one to himself : ODE
10
41-Across part : TERRAIN
11
Non-coed housing : GIRLSDORM
12
Like some spirits : EVIL
13
"Land o' Goshen!" : MYMY
18
Speckled steed : ROAN
23
Commercial suffix with Power : ADE
25
Rotten egg : CAD
27
Sneaky tactic : PLOY
29
Scarf down : EATUP
30
Cantor of Congress : ERIC
31
City mentioned in "Folsom Prison Blues" : RENO
32
Stud alternative : DRAW
33
Something sworn : OATH
34
Nielsen group : TVVIEWERS
38
Baldwin of "30 Rock" : ALEC
39
McCarthy-era paranoia : REDSCARE
40
Timeout : BREATHER
42
Crop destroyers : BLIGHTS
43
Friedrich units, for short : ACS
45
Campus in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
46
Strands, as at a ski lodge : ICESIN
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Relaxation : EASE
50
"___ sera" : BUONA
51
Bubbling over : ABOIL
52
Ppd. enclosures : SASES
53
Party that might get out of hand : BASH
54
Director Kazan : ELIA
56
Language that gave us "smithereens" : ERSE
60
Response at an unveiling : OOH
61
Moo ___ beef : SHU

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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