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New York Times, Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Author:
Roland Huget
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year
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Roland Huget

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Huget. Tuesday freshness: 74%
Roland Huget notes:
This puzzle is a milestone for me, in that it is my first themed puzzle in The New York Times. It was constructed in August of 2015 ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Neat idea, two-word themers with a chemical element as the first word, and the second word starting with the appropriate CHEMICAL ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times8/30/16 ( No. 24,402 )
Across
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Android purchases : APPS
5
Campfire treat : SMORE
10
Ones coming out : DEBS
14
Lady of the Haus : FRAU
15
Forty ___ and a mule (post-Civil War allotment) : ACRES
16
Like only one prime number : EVEN
17
Flowering plants from Australia : COPPERCUPS
19
End of a movement : CODA
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Director Kazan : ELIA
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FICA tax payer : EARNER
23
Sounds from a happy kitty : PURRS
26
What hath the gardener wrought? : IRONFENCE
29
Fake : SHAM
30
Reason for school cancellation : SNOW
31
Makes a big stink : REEKS
32
Region affected by Brexit : EUROPE
34
Sun and Sky org. : WNBA
36
This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them : CHEMICALSYMBOLS
42
Bell town in a Longfellow poem : ATRI
43
Bring under control : REININ
44
Buddy who played Jed Clampett in 1960s TV : EBSEN
48
How M.L.B. games are often broadcast : INHD
50
Part of a family inheritance : GENE
51
Second-greatest period in something's history : SILVERAGE
53
Subside : ABATE
54
Invent : CREATE
55
Contact lens care brand : RENU
57
Had too much, briefly : ODED
58
Antiquated office duplicate : CARBONCOPY
64
Tear apart : RIVE
65
___ sprawl : URBAN
66
Toy with a tail : KITE
67
Ticked (off) : TEED
68
Train track parts : RAILS
69
Barbecue side dish : SLAW
Down
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Patriots' org. : AFC
2
Old hand : PRO
3
Soft food for babies : PAP
4
Family multitasker : SUPERMOM
5
Bollywood costume : SARI
6
Palin was his running mate : MCCAIN
7
Tulsa sch. named for an evangelist : ORU
8
Gym unit : REP
9
Ruhr Valley city : ESSEN
10
Court order : DECREE
11
Goolagong of tennis : EVONNE
12
Festoon : BEDECK
13
Some drums : SNARES
18
Old Third Ave. trains in New York City : ELS
22
Ski lodge, often : AFRAME
23
Tiny fraction of a min. : PSEC
24
"No way!" : UHUH
25
Steak specification : RARE
27
Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year : ROWLING
28
Completely dominates : OWNS
30
Splinter group : SECT
33
Electric keyboard heard on "I Am the Walrus" : PIANET
35
Admiral who explored the Antarctic : BYRD
37
Vegas resort with a musical name : ARIA
38
Considerable salary to pull down : BIGBUCKS
39
Fit for service : ONEA
40
Dryer screen buildup : LINT
41
Old blade : SNEE
44
Go along with : ESCORT
45
One over an eagle : BIRDIE
46
Something a tank top lacks : SLEEVE
47
Got around : EVADED
49
Kind of supplement : HERBAL
52
Come around again : RECUR
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Massachusetts' Cape ___ : ANN
56
Stars exist over them : EONS
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Notre Dame's Parseghian : ARA
60
Ballpark fig. : RBI
61
Tin Man's need : OIL
62
Sch. group : PTA
63
Tree used in bow-making : YEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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