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New York Times, Monday, June 13, 2016

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Engage in some horseplay ... or a hint to the words spelled out in the circles
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 75 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 31%
Lynn Lempel notes:
Maybe I've finally gotten the message about writing sufficiently easy clues, because this puzzle is hardly changed from what I ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
FOOL AROUND = synonyms for FOOL "wrapped around" phrases. CHEST BUMP is a colorful base phrase — neat that CH/UMP happens to be ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

This is the 75th NYT puzzle for Ms. Lempel.

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© 2016, The New York Times6/13/16 ( No. 24,324 )
Across
1
Spike on a cowboy boot : SPUR
5
Tweak, as text : EDIT
9
What ran away with the spoon, in "Hey Diddle Diddle" : DISH
13
As well : ALSO
14
Some passport stamps : VISAS
16
Ferber who wrote "Giant" : EDNA
17
Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, say : DOUBLEPARK
19
Cautionary words for a buyer : ASIS
20
Larch or birch : TREE
21
"___ the only one?" : AMI
22
President William Howard ___ : TAFT
23
Four Corners-area tribesman : UTE
24
Iconic U.S. cabinetmaker of the early 1800s : DUNCANPHYFE
28
Italian luxury carmaker : FERRARI
30
Jefferson Davis's govt. : CSA
31
___ Andreas Fault : SAN
32
Approximately : ORSO
33
Academic record, in brief : GPA
35
Plunders : LOOTS
37
Physical expression of victory : CHESTBUMP
41
Instant decaf brand : SANKA
44
High point of a European ski trip? : ALP
45
Simplicity : EASE
49
"Gattaca" actress Thurman : UMA
50
Kibbutz locale: Abbr. : ISR
53
Spoon or spatula : UTENSIL
55
Spinal cord cell needed for muscle contraction : MOTORNEURON
58
Query : ASK
59
Song for a diva : ARIA
60
PC connecting device : USB
61
Loser in a momentous 2000 Supreme Court case : GORE
63
Grabbed : TOOK
64
Engage in some horseplay ... or a hint to the words spelled out in the circles : FOOLAROUND
68
Letter in an Anglo-Saxon script : RUNE
69
Swing wildly, as one's arms : FLAIL
70
Devious maneuver : PLOY
71
The "A" in N.B.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
72
Suffix with luncheon or kitchen : ETTE
73
Withered : SERE
Down
1
Melancholy : SAD
2
Conspiracy member : PLOTTER
3
Loan sharks : USURERS
4
Justice's garment : ROBE
5
She loses paradise in "Paradise Lost" : EVE
6
Quick swim : DIP
7
"I, Robot" writer Asimov : ISAAC
8
Airport landing area : TARMAC
9
Sudden ___ (overtime format) : DEATH
10
"Sounds about right" : IDSAYSO
11
Regard dismissively : SNIFFAT
12
Hurries up : HASTENS
15
Animal pelts : SKINS
18
"___ and the Swan" (Yeats poem) : LEDA
23
Otherworldly craft, for short : UFO
25
Prod : URGE
26
Playful bites : NIPS
27
Coconut's place : PALM
29
Scissors topper, in a game : ROCK
34
___ snail's pace : ATA
36
Available for business : OPEN
38
Rapunzel's bounty : HAIR
39
Hazy image : BLUR
40
Until : UPTO
41
Large Indonesian island : SUMATRA
42
Romantically inclined : AMOROUS
43
Slovakia and Slovenia : NATIONS
46
Generally : ASARULE
47
"Yes sir!," south of the border : SISENOR
48
Large deer : ELK
51
Tobacco that's inhaled : SNUFF
52
Repair, as a shoe bottom : RESOLE
54
One practicing the "E" of STEM subjects: Abbr. : ENGR
56
Like an old wooden bucket of song : OAKEN
57
W.W. II German vessel : UBOAT
62
Klutz's cry : OOPS
65
Soused : LIT
66
Ginger ___ : ALE
67
Easter egg embellisher : DYE

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

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