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New York Times, Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : Smoke and mirrors, say
TotalDebutLatest
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Cee. Wednesday freshness: 79%
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© 2013, The New York Times5/29/13 ( No. 23,213 )
Across
1
"___ dat?" : WHO
4
Twain adventurer : SAWYER
10
Calorific : RICH
14
With "in" and 2-Down, with respectful humility : HAT
15
Spicy cuisine : CREOLE
16
Biblical progenitor of the Edomites : ESAU
17
Producer of seven U2 albums : ENO
18
"Messiah" composer : HANDEL
19
With "in" and 12-Down, as a precaution : JUST
20
Son of Henry Ford : EDSEL
22
Snack with carne asada, maybe : TACO
23
Lode finds : ORES
24
With "in" and 25-Down, blue ribbon earner : BEST
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Animal with a prehensile snout : TAPIR
28
Sand in an hourglass, for time : METAPHOR
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Smoke and mirrors, say : DECEIT
35
Nashville music mecca, for short : OPRY
36
Great work : OPUS
38
Comical Bruce : LENNY
39
U.S. broadcaster in 40+ languages : VOA
40
It's solid blue, in pool : TWOBALL
42
Emanation from Babel : DIN
43
Give moral guidance : EDIFY
45
South American monkey : TITI
46
Sonic the Hedgehog's company : SEGA
47
Meat grade below "choice" : SELECT
49
Club providing lots of loft : NINEIRON
51
Coop offspring : BROOD
53
With "in" and 41-Down, heir to the throne : NEXT
54
Tel ___ : AVIV
56
Gavel wielder's word : SOLD
58
Dogs with dark tongues : CHOWS
62
With "in" and 55-Down, use without proper respect, as a name : TAKE
63
Button on an alarm clock : SNOOZE
65
Generation ___ : GAP
66
Lender's security : LIEN
67
N.F.L. team with the mascot Swoop : EAGLES
68
With "in" and 60-Down, prepare for an ambush : LIE
69
Center of learning: Abbr. : INST
70
Doesn't merely cut : STYLES
71
Yadda yadda yadda : ETC
Down
1
Cry from a thrill ride : WHEE
2
See 14-Across : HAND
3
Oklahoma tribesmen : OTOS
4
Haul (around) : SCHLEP
5
Astronomical altar : ARA
6
Deteriorated : WENTTOPOT
7
Jedi master : YODA
8
Not yet inaugurated : ELECT
9
What one might do after a firing : RELOAD
10
Celebrate : REJOICE
11
"Uncle!" : ISURRENDER
12
See 19-Across : CASE
13
Makeshift housing : HUTS
21
Site that began as AuctionWeb : EBAY
25
See 24-Across : SHOW
27
Student grant named for a senator : PELL
28
Pulls up stakes : MOVES
29
Lyric poem : EPODE
30
Off-road rides : TRAILBIKES
31
Apply, as lotion : RUBIN
33
English architect Jones : INIGO
34
Tenor Ronan ___ : TYNAN
37
Duke Ellington classic : SATINDOLL
40
Classic model train brand : TYCO
41
See 53-Across : LINE
44
Impassioned : FERVENT
46
Jedi foes : SITH
48
Deep-sixes : TOSSES
50
What a gourmand eats to : EXCESS
52
Robert who played Mr. Chips : DONAT
54
Literary Hun king : ATLI
55
See 62-Across : VAIN
57
Feeling sluggish : LOGY
59
Get an eyeful : OGLE
60
See 68-Across : WAIT
61
Architect's detail, for short : SPEC
64
Series ender : ZEE

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