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New York Times, Thursday, July 25, 2013

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Drive-in theater draw ... with a literal hint to 4- and 21-Down
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Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 48 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Blindauer. Thursday freshness: 7%
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L
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GT
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H
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P
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B
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RH
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G
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D
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A
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Y
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MA
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OG
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T
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R
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A
PP
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R
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A
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D
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CU
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L
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E
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YA
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L
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B
EY
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A
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OR
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G
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S
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AS
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LT
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C
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H
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A
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DM
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D
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SN
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ME
M
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O
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T
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ED
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K
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LD
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C
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© 2013, The New York Times7/25/13 ( No. 23,270 )
Across
1
One of the three dimensions : LENGTH
6
Pro bono promo, for short : PSA
9
It may have many jets : SPA
12
Tight squeeze : BEARHUG
14
Pirate portrayer of film : DEPP
15
Keyboard key : TAB
16
"I was wrong ... big whoop" : SOSUEME
17
Abbr. accompanying 0 : OPER
18
"___ luck?" : ANY
19
Pound, as potatoes : MASH
20
Milk, in a way : USE
21
Nasties : OGRES
22
Captain von ___ (musical role) : TRAPP
25
Overzealous : RABID
27
Some arm exercises : CURLS
28
Something requiring little study : EASYA
29
Sick : ILL
30
Mind : OBEY
32
Mary of early Hollywood : ASTOR
33
Says, informally : GOES
35
Garden spot : OASIS
38
Wetlands birds : STILTS
40
"V" vehicle : UFO
41
Grab suddenly : SNATCH
43
Broadway's "Me ___ Girl" : ANDMY
44
Burrows, e.g. : DENS
46
Grab suddenly : SNARE
47
Note : MEMO
49
Carpenter ___ : ANT
50
Annual literary award : EDGAR
51
___ Carpenter : KAREN
54
Horny devil : SATYR
56
Psychoactive drug used in medicine : LDOPA
57
Insurance worker : AGENT
58
Mainframe brain, for short : CPU
59
Nabisco offering : OREO
61
Cooking spray : PAM
62
Diane of "Numb3rs" : FARR
63
Perk for a pool party? : HOVLANE
67
Dangerous sprayer : UZI
68
Soft cheese : BRIE
69
Outstanding : STELLAR
70
Cowboy moniker : TEX
71
Chain part: Abbr. : ISL
72
Some close-ups : INSETS
Down
1
Scale abbr. : LBS
2
Classified inits. : EEO
3
2012 rap Grammy nominee for "Life Is Good" : NAS
4
14-Down starring Jack Lemmon : GRUMPYOLDMEN/THEAPARTMENT
5
Keeps one's mouth shut? : HUMS
6
Beverage introduced as Brad's Drink : PEPSI
7
Maker of the LZR Racer suit : SPEEDO
8
Loan letters : APR
9
Football Hall-of-Famer Bart : STARR
10
Comic part : PANEL
11
Bottomless pit : ABYSS
13
Triple Crown winner of 1934 : GEHRIG
14
Drive-in theater draw ... with a literal hint to 4- and 21-Down : DOUBLEFEATURE
21
14-Down starring Frank Sinatra : OCEANSELEVEN/GUYSANDDOLLS
22
Brewed beverages : TEAS
23
Bob Marley, e.g. : RASTA
24
Sean of "The Lord of the Rings" : ASTIN
26
Viva voce : ALOUD
31
A.L. East team, on scoreboards : BOS
34
Little fella : SONNY
36
"Let's give ___" : ITAGO
37
Get rid of : SCRAP
39
Prefix with pathetic : SYM
42
Juno, to the Greeks : HERA
45
Brew whose name is an article of clothing when read backward : STROHS
48
Star-studded show, with "the" : OSCARS
51
Utterly dead : KAPUT
52
Goggling : AGAZE
53
Dance version of a record, often : REMIX
55
You may be fooled at its beginning : APRIL
60
___ de boeuf : ROTI
62
Org. whose motto is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" : FBI
64
Brewed beverage : ALE
65
Music writer Hentoff : NAT
66
R.N.'s are in them : ERS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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