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New York Times, Friday, August 26, 2016

Author:
Andrew Kingsley
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Andrew Kingsley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Kingsley. Friday freshness: 37%
Andrew Kingsley notes:
I was worried when I began this puzzle that the SUPERFOOD fad was just that: a fad. Fortunately, we can't seem to get enough of ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Andrew does a nice job of using his longer and mid-length entries. In particular, so many good 7-letter ones: TED TALK, STOOGES, HAT ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times8/26/16 ( No. 24,398 )
Across
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Social app with the slogan "the world's catalog of ideas" : PINTEREST
10
City with the world's largest clock face : MECCA
15
Hypnotized : INATRANCE
16
Joan of Arc quality : VALOR
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Kale or quinoa, it's said : SUPERFOOD
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Phone charger feature : PRONG
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Father of Fear, in myth : ARES
20
Many sisters : AUNTS
22
This, in Taxco : ESTO
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A crane might hover over one : NEST
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"Good thinking!" : NEATIDEA
26
Active ingredient in marijuana, for short : THC
28
City in central Israel : LOD
29
Through : VIA
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Place for bowlers : HATTREE
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Ornamental garden installation : KOIPOND
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Quick tennis match : ONESET
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Part of a devil costume : GOATEE
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Fuming : STEAMED
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"You don't want to miss it!" : BETHERE
42
Bit of bronze : TIN
43
Statue outside Boston's TD Garden : ORR
44
Lunk : ASS
45
Watering holes : TAPROOMS
48
Eye-opening problem? : STYE
52
First name in gossip : RONA
53
Knee jerk, perhaps : SPASM
55
Political accusation : LIAR
56
Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, informally : EXGOV
58
Only highest-grossing film of the year that lost money : CLEOPATRA
60
Stocking stuff : LISLE
61
Spots that might smear : ATTACKADS
62
Pirouetting, perhaps : ONTOE
63
Bought or sold, e.g. : PASTTENSE
Down
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Fibonacci, notably : PISAN
2
Temper : INURE
3
Pickup points : NAPES
4
Statistician's tool : TTEST
5
Say irregardless? : ERR
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Nickname for a two-time Wimbledon winner : RAFA
7
State : ENOUNCE
8
Variety of quick bread : SCONE
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Multimedia think piece : TEDTALK
10
Stephen Curry was one in '15 and '16 : MVP
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Like some seals : EARED
12
Feature of the 1876 or 2000 presidential election : CLOSEVOTE
13
Cup or bowl, but not a plate : CONTAINER
14
2012 thriller with John Goodman and Alan Arkin : ARGO
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Straight men : STOOGES
25
Boobs : IDIOTS
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4.0, maybe : TREMOR
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They're straight : HETEROS
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Chick's tail? : ADEE
31
Party person : HOST
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Bacteriologist's discovery : ANTITOXIN
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What emo songs may convey : TEENANGST
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Org. doing pat-downs : TSA
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"Tommyrot!" : PAH
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Large letter in a manuscript : DROPCAP
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Hare-hunting hounds : BASSETS
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Painter Veronese : PAOLO
47
European country whose flag features a George Cross : MALTA
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Relieve, in a way : SLAKE
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Child of Uranus : TITAN
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Passing concern? : YARDS
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Off : ERASE
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Informal move : RELO
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It's water under the bridge : MOAT
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Successful campaign sign : VEE
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Cut of the pie chart: Abbr. : PCT

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