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New York Times, Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Author:
Tracy Gray
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Classic roadside logo name with red lettering in a blue oval
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Tracy Gray

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Gray. Wednesday freshness: 60%
Tracy Gray notes:
Surfing through the tv channels one summer 2013 night, I passed by an old rerun of the soap opera "AS THE WORLD TURNS" and a crossword ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Curious that this wasn't run on a Thursday! Given how hard it is to come up with new gimmicks, methinks this would have slotted in ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times6/10/15 ( No. 23,955 )
Across
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Newswoman Curry : ANN
4
Un-debugged software version, perhaps : BETA
8
Words on a check : PAYTO
13
Some Eurasian deer : ROES
15
Set in place : LAID
16
Cookies in "Wonderfilled" ads : OREOS
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Ride on which to try for a brass ring : MERRYGOROUND
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Reminders of a lashing : WELTS
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Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary : YARROW
21
Bone-related : OSTEAL
23
Decompose, as a stump : ROTOUT
25
The Bruins' Bobby : ORR
26
Glaswegian "Gee!" : OCH
29
Textile machinery of old : SPINNINGWHEELS
32
Siesta times: Abbr. : AFTS
36
Rue ___-Catherine (main commercial street of Montréal) : STE
37
Williams of "Game of Thrones" : MAISIE
38
Dendrologists' concerns : TREES
40
Words of surprise : OHS
42
Shampoo introduced by Procter & Gamble in 1947 : PRELL
43
Precisely : TOATEE
45
Coastal inlet : RIA
47
Head table's place : DAIS
48
Once-popular TV serial set in Oakdale, Ill. : ASTHEWORLDTURNS
51
P, on campus : RHO
52
To God, in hymns : DEO
53
"Hogan's Heroes" setting : STALAG
57
Tusker in a Beatles title : WALRUS
60
The "I" in E. I. du Pont : IRENEE
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Academy newbie : PLEBE
64
"Gimme Shelter" band : ROLLINGSTONES
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Checks out, in a way : OGLES
67
Classic roadside logo name with red lettering in a blue oval : ESSO
68
Referential words : ASTO
69
Histories : PASTS
70
Flutie of football : DOUG
71
Important number on Downing Street : TEN
Down
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Ant horde : ARMY
2
Lack of musical ability : NOEAR
3
Rio ___ (Amazon feeder) : NEGRO
4
Angry outbursts : BLOWUPS
5
Île surrounder : EAU
6
Martinez of the 1996-2001 Yankees : TINO
7
Builds a wing, say : ADDSON
8
Revitalizing snooze : POWERNAP
9
___ rug : AREA
10
Waters off the Korean Peninsula : YELLOWSEA
11
Onesie wearer : TOT
12
Covert W.W. II org. : OSS
14
Word processing command : SORT
18
Bipedal Aussies, informally : ROOS
22
Skirt embellishment : TRIM
24
One of the Jackson 5 : TITO
27
Dish in many a cook-off : CHILI
28
Footwear sometimes carried to work : HEELS
30
Faddish 1960s jacket style : NEHRU
31
Encircle with a belt : GIRD
32
Oil from rose petals : ATTAR
33
Campus newbies : FROSH
34
Dish-drying cloths : TEATOWELS
35
Rogen of "The Interview" : SETH
39
Like some rye : SEEDLESS
41
McCartney and Jagger, for two : SIRS
44
Washstand vessel : EWER
46
Scientific calculator function : ANTILOG
49
Promoted a new CD, say : TOURED
50
Bollywood garment : SARI
54
Dunham of "Girls" : LENA
55
Unease, Woody Allen-style : ANGST
56
"Beau ___" : GESTE
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Aid in a scam, e.g. : ABET
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Not that great : SOSO
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Regatta foe of Radley : ETON
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A lot of Top 40 music : POP
63
Queens airport inits. : LGA
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Sch. whose sports fans shout "Geaux Tigers!" : LSU

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

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