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New York Times, Monday, August 28, 2017

Author:
Dan Margolis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Down : Orville or Wilbur
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Dan Margolis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Margolis. Monday freshness: 62%
Dan Margolis notes:
Very pleased to have my 3rd puzzle published in the NY Times! My daughter Anna is an avid equestrian, so I thought in her honor I ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Four lines of equines, featuring MULE, PONY, ASS, HORSE. If my horse-loving niece only did crosswords … Two great phrases in ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

There was a longer version of the Dickens quote in this 1990 puzzle.

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C
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D
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A
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B
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K
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M
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X
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© 2017, The New York Times8/28/17 ( No. 24,765 )
Across
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Battery fluid : ACID
5
Wide keyboard key : ENTER
10
Loch ___ monster : NESS
14
Variety of wrestling : SUMO
15
Overcharge : GOUGE
16
Loads and loads : ALOT
17
Extremely obstinate : STUBBORNASAMULE
20
Kathmandu's land : NEPAL
21
Little League coach, often : DAD
22
Ushered : LEDIN
23
Rikki-tikki-___ (Kipling mongoose) : TAVI
25
City in Spain or Ohio : TOLEDO
26
Person who's talented but not versatile : ONETRICKPONY
31
"To be, or not to be" speaker : HAMLET
32
Sleep like ___ : ALOG
33
To the ___ (fully) : MAX
36
Charades player, essentially : MIME
37
Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
39
Road shoulder : BERM
40
Foxy : SLY
41
Negligible : SLIM
42
Rest of the afternoon : SIESTA
44
Notable (and grammatically incorrect) declaration by Mr. Bumble in "Oliver Twist" : THELAWISAASS
46
Top dogs : ALPHAS
49
Curb, with "in" : REIN
50
Urban's opposite : RURAL
51
Staple of sci-fi filmmaking, for short : CGI
53
Web site? : ATTIC
57
Acting haughtily and pompously : ONONESHIGHHORSE
60
Fell to the seabed : SANK
61
Figure made by a figure skater : EIGHT
62
Document with the line "I hereby bequeath ..." : WILL
63
Work units, in physics : ERGS
64
Chooses actors for : CASTS
65
London's ___ Coward Theater : NOEL
Down
1
The first "A" of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. : ASSN
2
Like puppies and kittens : CUTE
3
"No need to wake me" : IMUP
4
Fight (with) : DOBATTLE
5
"I" problem? : EGO
6
Light-skinned and blond, say : NORDIC
7
Fish that's a sushi staple : TUNA
8
"Holy mackerel!" : EGAD
9
Hi-___ monitor : RES
10
To wit : NAMELY
11
Escape capture by : ELUDE
12
Not liquid or gaseous : SOLID
13
___ pad (reporter's notebook) : STENO
18
Trumpet : BLARE
19
"Moving right ___ ..." : ALONG
24
Food, informally : VITTLES
25
1982 comedy for which Jessica Lange won Best Supporting Actress : TOOTSIE
26
Units of resistance : OHMS
27
Execute perfectly, as a routine : NAIL
28
TV award : EMMY
29
Destiny : KARMA
30
West Bank inits. : PLO
33
Big butte : MESA
34
___ and crafts : ARTS
35
Big workday for Saint Nick : XMAS
38
Not feel 100% : AIL
39
Boston, informally : BEANTOWN
41
Oil-producing rock : SHALE
43
___ Thomas, N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer : ISIAH
44
"Appreciate it!" : THANKS
45
Orville or Wilbur : WRIGHT
46
Came up : AROSE
47
Like some eclipses : LUNAR
48
Point on antlers : PRONG
51
"Pet" that's a plant : CHIA
52
Play dates? : GIGS
54
The Supremes, e.g. : TRIO
55
___ of Man : ISLE
56
Prison compartment : CELL
58
Instant, for short : SEC
59
Elevations: Abbr. : HTS

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