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New York Times, Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Others, in Oaxaca
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 42 for Ms. Burnikel. Tuesday freshness: 69%
Zhouqin Burnikel notes:
I wish I could remove the black squares between 24A & 26A and its symmetrical spot (REMO / LEN & EME / AIWA). I tried to give the grid ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Neat idea, C.C. giving us intersecting items that usually come in PAIRS. I uncovered SOCK / SOCK first, and that gave me a smile — ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times5/23/17 ( No. 24,668 )
Across
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Make a pass at : HITON
6
Cousin of lager : ALE
9
Deposited soil : SILT
13
Dig deeply : ADORE
14
Baldwin known for his presidential impersonation : ALEC
15
Village Voice award : OBIE
16
Dress down : TONGUELASH
18
TD Garden athlete, informally : CELT
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Gorge oneself, with "out" : PIG
20
Smidgen : TAD
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Salmon type : SOCKEYE
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Wash. neighbor : IDA
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San ___, Italy : REMO
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"Live Free or Die Hard" director Wiseman : LEN
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Potentially offensive : NONPC
30
Bread that's often brushed with ghee : NAN
31
Early anesthetic : ETHER
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Main line from the heart : AORTA
36
Aquafina competitor : DASANI
37
"Wow, unbelievable!" : IMINAWE
40
Cause of yawns : BOREDOM
41
Kitchen cabinet : PANTRY
42
Rainbow ___ : TROUT
43
Others, in Oaxaca : OTROS
44
"A Dream Within a Dream" writer : POE
45
Big college major, informally : PSYCH
49
Suffix with morph- : EME
50
Onetime giant in consumer electronics : AIWA
52
Fair-hiring letters : EOE
53
Audited, as a class : SATINON
56
"Be quiet!" : SHH
58
X-ray alternative : MRI
59
Coveted, as a position : PLUM
60
Throws a fit : HASKITTENS
63
Fairy tale meanie : OGRE
64
Marriott competitor : OMNI
65
Core belief : TENET
66
Lies by the pool, say : TANS
67
Penn of "Harold & Kumar" films : KAL
68
Figure skating event ... or what the circled items always come in : PAIRS
Down
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Quaint fashion accessory : HATPIN
2
Enthusiastic assent : IDOIDO
3
Friendly Islands native : TONGAN
4
www.wikipedia.___ : ORG
5
Neither fem. nor masc. : NEUT
6
Pie ___ mode : ALA
7
Future perfect tense in grammar class, e.g. : LESSON
8
Bounce back : ECHO
9
Some mechanics' tool collections : SOCKETSETS
10
Informal cry from someone who is duped : IBEENHAD
11
Bloom on a pad : LILY
12
Part lopped off by la guillotine : TETE
14
How pasta may be prepared : ALDENTE
17
Talent for music : EAR
22
Fully explain : CLEARUP
25
Nanny goat's cry : MAA
28
Plays charades : PANTOMIMES
29
Make rough : COARSEN
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Brian who composed "Discreet Music" : ENO
33
What an air ball misses : RIM
35
Train system: Abbr. : RWY
36
Scooby-___ : DOO
37
Big step for a young company, for short : IPO
38
Silent "Welcome" giver : MAT
39
Reciprocally : INRETURN
40
Cold one : BREWSKI
42
You, in Tours : TOI
44
Isthmus land : PANAMA
46
Native of Mocha : YEMENI
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Drugstore location, often : CORNER
48
Bank jobs : HEISTS
51
Sashimi staple : AHI
53
Dalmatian feature : SPOT
54
Pond organism : ALGA
55
"Well, all right then" : OHOK
57
Start of a web address : HTTP
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TV show that comes on at 11:29 (not 11:30) p.m. : SNL
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Pekoe, for one : TEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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