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New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Art house film, often
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Cee. Tuesday freshness: 37%
Gary Cee notes:
You don't usually see a repeated word in theme answers. Lucky for me, Will accepted this one. I hope solvers sing along. 25-Across is one of my ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I have to admit, I was a bit worried, knowing about Gary's musical bent. Today he gives us five songs that start with DON'T, all clued as a ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times7/1/14 ( No. 23,611 )
Across
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Dead as a doornail : KAPUT
6
Listings in a daily planner: Abbr. : APPTS
11
Marble ___ (London landmark) : ARCH
15
Justice Kagan : ELENA
16
Book leaf : FOLIO
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Oscar winner Sorvino : MIRA
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Appeal from Elvis, 1956 : DONTBECRUEL
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Burden of proof : ONUS
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Prom attendee, typically : SENIOR
22
Mine vehicle : TRAM
24
Clock-setting std. : GMT
25
Reassurance from the Beach Boys, 1964 : DONTWORRYBABY
29
"If you haven't seen ___, you haven't seen New York" (old ad slogan) : MACYS
32
Tennis star Mandlikova : HANA
33
Rapper ___ Wayne : LIL
34
Financial adviser's recommendation, in brief : IRA
35
___ Paul (classic guitar) : LES
36
Start liking : TAKETO
39
Encouragement from Journey, 1981 : DONTSTOPBELIEVIN
44
Impoverished : INNEED
45
"Modern Family" network : ABC
46
Business monthly : INC
47
Bob Marley's "___ Love" : ONE
48
Movie that introduced the line "Bond, James Bond" : DRNO
50
Went up : AROSE
52
Plea from the Human League, 1982 : DONTYOUWANTME
56
Decline : EBB
57
___ mater : ALMA
58
Young travelers' crash site : HOSTEL
62
Ray of light : BEAM
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Reproach from the Buckinghams, 1967 : DONTYOUCARE
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Capri or Wight : ISLE
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Art house film, often : INDIE
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Ward attendant : NURSE
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Relate : TELL
71
Divisions politiques : ETATS
72
Quizzes : TESTS
Down
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Sneaker brand : KEDS
2
Sunburn relief : ALOE
3
School founded by Ben Franklin : PENN
4
Not neat : UNTIDY
5
Iconoclasts break them : TABOOS
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Jaguars' grp. : AFC
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___ favor : POR
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Mass of crystallized magma : PLUTON
9
___ del Fuego : TIERRA
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Certain renewable : SOLAR
11
"I love," in Latin : AMO
12
Game similar to hide-and-seek : RINGALEVIO
13
Part of a path left by Hansel and Gretel : CRUMB
14
Done in a rush : HASTY
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Seaside eagle : ERN
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Vietnam War locale : MYLAI
26
Kojak's first name : THEO
27
Insect with a stinger : WASP
28
Ten-speed, e.g. : BIKE
29
Skirt hemmed at the calf : MIDI
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Elvis's middle name : ARON
31
Dive done with the arms around the knees : CANNONBALL
35
Classic Ford : LTD
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Doting affection, briefly : TLC
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Quaint food containers : TINS
38
Formerly : ONCE
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Collapsible shelter : TENT
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"It's been real!" : SEEYA
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Eric who played Nero in 2009's "Star Trek" : BANA
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Black, to poets : EBON
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Groucho foil Margaret ___ : DUMONT
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African country known as the Land of a Thousand Hills : RWANDA
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Bill line : AMOUNT
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Save from danger : RESCUE
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___ card : DEBIT
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Very heavy : OBESE
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Almost any doo-wop song : OLDIE
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However, for short : THO
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Sailors : TARS
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Formerly, in the past : ERST
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Some jeans : LEES
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Brooks who has won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony : MEL
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Small bird : TIT
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"I'm game" : YES

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