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New York Times, Monday, August 1, 2016

Author:
Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Planner's aid ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across are?
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Kurt Mengel
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710/25/20048/1/20167
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1.48236%
Jan-Michele Gianette

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Mengel. This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Gianette. Monday freshness: 75%
Constructor notes:
As with many of our puzzles, we come up with a revealer first and then try to build a crossword theme around it. This idea came from a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
TO DO LIST hinting at "phrases that start with TO* and DO*." I was glad to get that revealer — as I was solving, I thought there might ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times8/1/16 ( No. 24,373 )
Across
1
Guacamole, e.g. : DIP
4
Trudge : SLOG
8
Playful animal on a stream bank : OTTER
13
Dangers for drug addicts, for short : ODS
14
Gordie ___ a.k.a. Mr. Hockey : HOWE
15
Very rich ... or drunk : LOADED
17
Barbies, e.g. : TOYDOLLS
19
Game piece with pips : DOMINO
20
Most hip : COOLEST
22
Wyoming's Grand ___ mountain : TETON
23
Dull hurt : ACHE
25
Land, as a plane : TOUCHDOWN
27
Prefix with classical : NEO
28
IV units : CCS
30
Kanye West's genre : RAP
31
Genetic carrier : RNA
32
"It's not just me?" : YOUTOO
34
The "A" in James A. Garfield : ABRAM
36
Big band trombonist : TOMMYDORSEY
39
Conical home for a Plains Indian : TEPEE
40
Canada's capital : OTTAWA
43
___-cone : SNO
46
Business card info: Abbr. : TEL
47
Chowed down : ATE
48
Driver of a black-and-white car : COP
49
The highest price : TOPDOLLAR
52
Word after pork or karate : CHOP
53
Rose oil : ATTAR
54
Removed without much effort : SLIDOUT
57
Newsman Holt : LESTER
59
Planner's aid ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across are? : TODOLIST
62
What's new, with "the" : LATEST
63
"Immediately!" : ASAP
64
"I mean ... this instant!" : NOW
65
Linzer ___ (pastry) : TORTE
66
Artist Lichtenstein and others : ROYS
67
Day-___ paint : GLO
Down
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"i" completer : DOT
2
Words exchanged at a wedding : IDO
3
Intimidate, as before a game : PSYCHOUT
4
"Away, fly!" : SHOO
5
Laze : LOLL
6
Baby nocturnal birds : OWLETS
7
Artist's base : GESSO
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Aged : OLD
9
Aim or Crest : TOOTHPASTE
10
Domesticated : TAMED
11
Masthead title : EDITOR
12
Fame : RENOWN
16
Woman's name that means "woman" in Italian : DONNA
18
Mother of a fawn : DOE
21
Certain jet engine : TURBO
23
Whatever : ANY
24
No. 1 in a company : CEO
26
Stick : punishment :: ___ : enticement : CARROT
28
Stop moving : COMETOREST
29
Make mandatory : COMPEL
33
Little one : TOT
34
Ending with orange or lemon : ADE
35
Big Apple opera lover's destination, with "the" : MET
37
Shouts : YELLS
38
America's Cup sport : YACHTING
41
Try to win, as for romance : WOO
42
Pokémon Go, e.g. : APP
43
Conk out, as an engine : STALL
44
Skip dinner, say : NOTEAT
45
Decides one will : OPTSTO
47
Melodic : ARIOSO
50
One doing carbon 14 testing : DATER
51
Where 2-Downs are exchanged : ALTAR
52
___-de-sac : CUL
55
Attack time in W.W. II : DDAY
56
"My bad!" : OOPS
58
Numbered rd. : RTE
60
Note between fa and la : SOL
61
Requirement for a tango : TWO

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

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