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New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Author:
Ori Brian
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Ori Brian

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Brian. Tuesday freshness: 62%
Jeff Chen notes:
I stared at the revealer for an embarrassing amount of time, wondering what a bon fire could be. Some sort of French term for a great ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times5/8/18 ( No. 25,018 )
Across
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Bunch of wolves : PACK
5
Book composed of 10-Across : ATLAS
10
See 5-Across : MAPS
14
Word after computer or fashion : ICON
15
Port-au-Prince's land : HAITI
16
Satan's doings : EVIL
17
"What's there to lose?" : SUREWHYNOT
19
Ankle-length dress : MAXI
20
Sleep disorder : APNEA
21
Patriotic finger-pointer : UNCLESAM
23
Way to run or ski : CROSSCOUNTRY
26
Sauce in a Bloody Mary : TABASCO
29
Radiate : EMIT
30
Tortilla sandwich : WRAP
31
Bunny action : HOP
33
Wastes time, with "off" : GOOFS
37
Not feeling well : ILL
38
Band with the 12x platinum album "Slippery When Wet" : BONJOVI
41
2016 Olympics locale : RIO
42
"I kid you not!" : NOLIE
44
Pronoun for a ship : SHE
45
Concert venue : HALL
46
Singer McEntire : REBA
49
Board game with black-and-white pieces : OTHELLO
51
Like some August sales : BACKTOSCHOOL
55
Comment made while covering someone's eyes : GUESSWHO
56
67-69, gradewise : DPLUS
60
West Coast gas brand : ARCO
61
Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? : STARTAFIRE
64
Seriously wound : MAIM
65
___ point (concise) : TOTHE
66
Sch. that plays home football games at the Rose Bowl : UCLA
67
"Legally Blonde" girl : ELLE
68
Satirical news site, with "The" : ONION
69
Minus : LESS
Down
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City with a noted tower : PISA
2
"And we'll tak' ___ o' kindness yet": Burns : ACUP
3
Ears that can't hear : CORN
4
Patella : KNEECAP
5
Sound of contentment : AHH
6
Scotland's Firth of ___ : TAY
7
"Peanuts" boy with a blanket : LINUS
8
Immediately : ATONCE
9
"Parks and Recreation," e.g. : SITCOM
10
Keepsake : MEMENTO
11
Sailor's cry : AVAST
12
Animation studio with a lamp mascot : PIXAR
13
Morally reprehensible : SLIMY
18
Hawks push them : WARS
22
Nintendo brother : LUIGI
24
Tres y cinco : OCHO
25
Procrastinator's promise : SOON
26
Certain bed size : TWIN
27
Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
28
Event for Cinderella : BALL
32
Nighttime attire, briefly : PJS
34
Kind of exam : ORAL
35
Occupy completely : FILL
36
Han who's the title role of a 2018 film : SOLO
38
Borscht ingredients : BEETS
39
"Pick me! Pick me!" : OHOH
40
Presidential prerogative : VETO
43
Irritating : IRKSOME
45
Lending a hand : HELPFUL
47
Greets respectfully : BOWSTO
48
Kutcher of "That '70s Show" : ASHTON
50
"Today" co-host Kotb : HODA
51
Not one's best effort, in sports : BGAME
52
Hearing-related : AURAL
53
The "C" of C. S. Forester : CECIL
54
Relative of a raccoon : COATI
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Canine woe : LICE
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Web addresses : URLS
59
Wet septet : SEAS
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Letter after pi : RHO
63
Full count : TEN

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

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