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New York Times, Monday, July 13, 2015

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : 140-character messages
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Burnikel. Monday freshness: 6%
Jeff Chen notes:
FACEBOOK BUTTONS hidden today, with LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE in disguise. I particularly liked COMMENT CA VA? ("comment" is French for ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times7/13/15 ( No. 23,988 )
Across
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Folk legend Guthrie : ARLO
5
"Moby-Dick" captain : AHAB
9
Between-meals bite : SNACK
14
Jacket : COAT
15
"I bet you won't dive off the high board with your eyes closed," e.g. : DARE
16
Supermodel Kate : UPTON
17
As close as close can be : LIKEWHITEONRICE
20
Log-in info : USERID
21
LG and RCA products : TVS
22
Shoe's end : TOE
23
Manager Hodges of the Amazin' Mets : GIL
24
Actress Brennan of "Private Benjamin" : EILEEN
27
Goalie's jersey number, often : ONE
29
"How's it going?," in Paris : COMMENTCAVA
34
Mafia V.I.P. : DON
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Dog in "Garfield" : ODIE
36
Place to get a perm : SALON
37
Underground metals : ORES
39
Comedy's counterpart : DRAMA
42
In the center of : AMID
43
Baltimore footballer : RAVEN
45
California wine valley : NAPA
47
World Cup cry : OLE
48
Stock quotes : SHAREPRICES
51
Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop fellowship named in his honor : NAS
52
140-character messages : TWEETS
53
Part of E.S.T.: Abbr. : STD
55
"Thar ___ blows!" : SHE
58
Bygone cross-Atlantic jet, for short : SST
59
"Will it play in ___?" : PEORIA
62
What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are : FACEBOOKBUTTONS
66
Instagram posting : PHOTO
67
Derrière : REAR
68
It follows a curtain-opening : ACTI
69
Hunky-dory : DANDY
70
Domesticated : TAME
71
Where Vientiane is the capital : LAOS
Down
1
Grp. that heralded Edward Snowden as a patriot : ACLU
2
French kings : ROIS
3
Body of water on the French/Swiss border : LAKEGENEVA
4
Former "S.N.L." regular Cheri : OTERI
5
Adderall target, for short : ADHD
6
Japanese for "yes" : HAI
7
Paintings, e.g. : ART
8
Classic VW : BEETLE
9
Beautiful sights at dusk : SUNSETS
10
Broadcaster that relies on listener contributions : NPR
11
Going ___ (fighting) : ATIT
12
Designer Chanel : COCO
13
Banjo's place in "Oh! Susanna" : KNEE
18
"Consider it done" : WILCO
19
Pizzeria fixture : OVEN
24
Kuwaiti leader : EMIR
25
"Seriously!" : IMEANIT
26
Sports org. with divisions I, II and III : NCAA
27
Nose wrinklers : ODORS
28
TV journalist O'Donnell : NORAH
30
Strange : ODD
31
Popular chocolate-covered toffee : ALMONDROCA
32
Exclamation often following "Et" : VOILA
33
Range through Chile : ANDES
38
"American Progress" muralist : SERT
40
Alternatives to PCs : MACS
41
Gibbon, e.g. : APE
44
Old-time crier of "Extra! Extra!" : NEWSBOY
46
Something positive on the balance sheet : ASSET
49
Mexican money : PESO
50
Comeback : RETORT
54
Sum : TOTAL
55
Bay Area law force inits. : SFPD
56
Audible "LOL" : HAHA
57
Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
59
Unsullied : PURE
60
Wild about : INTO
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Yard sale caveat : ASIS
63
When a plane is due to take off, for short : ETD
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Hawaii's Mauna ___ volcano : KEA
65
Crash sound : BAM

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