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New York Times, Thursday, August 14, 2014

Author:
Jason Flinn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
64-Across : "___-haw!"
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 43 Missing: {FJKQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Flinn. Thursday freshness: 80%
Jason Flinn notes:
This is my 2nd published puzzle. I'm glad to be back! How are crossword construction and crossword solving similar? First, they ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
As Jason noted, when I first accepted this puzzle last spring, the answer at 16A was PEROG/ATIVE. Perhaps I didn't notice the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Fantastic idea. There have been many puzzles where words jump from one place to the next, or go off the edge and "warp" back to the ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times8/14/14 ( No. 23,655 )
Across
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Former Ford full-sizes : LTDS
5
Divide by zero in a computer program, maybe : ERR
8
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, e.g. : PALS
12
One who gets a charge out of charging? : SHOPAHOLIC
14
Grassy expanse : LEA
16
Calculated : DELIBERATE
17
Commercial start for Pen : EPI
19
Lovable 650-pound TV character : GENTLEBEN
20
___-de-Marne (French department) : VAL
22
New Mexico county or its seat : TAOS
23
Service station sign : AIR
24
Display one's guts : DARE
25
Big bird : EMU
26
First mass-production auto company outside the U.S. : CITROEN
30
Mess up : MAR
31
"Just leave!" : LETMEBE
33
Outlier : ANOMALY
35
Epitome of thinness : REED
36
Start of a massive renovation, for short : DEMO
37
Biblical betrayer : DELILAH
40
37-Across, e.g. : TRAITOR
44
___ pop (music genre) : EMO
45
Head of Olympus? : OMICRON
47
Open kimono preventer : OBI
48
"I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning" speaker : LEAR
50
It has an analytical writing component, for short : GRE
51
Dug up some dirt? : HOED
52
One of two engineering features depicted in this puzzle : UNDERPASS
54
Czech reformer Jan : HUS
56
Reflexive response to an accusation : IDIDNTDOIT
57
Wordplay, e.g. : WIT
60
Writes briefly : SENDSANOTE
61
One way to see a talk, for short? : ASL
63
Avant-garde : EDGY
64
"___-haw!" : YEE
65
Material used in many high-end chess sets : ONYX
Down
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Flashback cause, maybe : LSD
2
Rapper whose 2006 album "Doctor's Advocate" was #1 : THEGAME
3
Apportion : DOLEOUT
4
Short drives : SPINS
5
One reason for a 52-Across : ELEVATEDHIGHWAY
6
Withdraw (to) : REPAIR
7
Another reason for a 52-Across : RAILROADTRESTLE
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Went carefully (over) : PORED
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One side in college football's Iron Bowl : ALABAMA
10
Like some interpretations : LITERAL
11
Trees, hills and streams, e.g. : SCENERY
13
N.Y.C.-based dance group : ABT
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Daughter of Loki : HEL
22
Business card abbr. : TEL
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Green formerly of "The Voice" : CEELO
27
Building component with two flanges : IBEAM
28
Summer time in Buenos Aires : ENERO
29
Another name for Odysseus : NOMAN
32
Hosp. procedure : MRI
34
Reply of mock indignation : MOI
37
Co-star of "The Cannonball Run," 1981 : DELUISE
38
Changed : EMENDED
39
Kind of dock : LOADING
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"We're not joking about that yet" : TOOSOON
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Michelle Obama campaign target : OBESITY
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Relieve : RID
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Compete without a struggle : CRUISE
49
"I Am Woman" singer : REDDY
51
"I ___ idea" : HADNO
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Urgent care workers, for short : RNS
55
Org. concerned with pupils : PTA
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Big ___ (Dallas fair icon) : TEX

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

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