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New York Times, Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Author:
Paula Gamache and Ed Stein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Big tournaments for university teams, informally
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Paula Gamache
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Ed Stein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQZ} Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 61 for Ms. Gamache. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Stein.
Jim Horne notes:

In this very clever construction, identical words cross five times, symmetrically distributed: ADDRESS, CONSOLE, EXPLOIT, INCENSE, and PRESENT. Each word is two syllables. In each case, the Across definition requires the first syllable to be accented, and the Down definition needs the second.

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© 2010, The New York Times8/31/10 ( No. 22,211 )
Across
1
Nosh : BITE
5
Only O.T. book that never mentions God: Abbr. : ESTH
9
Jack who could eat no fat : SPRAT
14
Certain charge card, informally : AMEX
15
Aria, typically : SOLO
16
Ragú rival : PREGO
17
Tiffany creation : LAMP
18
Ones ranking below cpls. : PFCS
19
Conger catcher : EELER
20
Bit of derring-do : EXPLOIT
22
Here and now : PRESENT
24
Alpha's opposite : OMEGA
26
"Swan Lake" swan : ODETTE
27
Put the tape back to the start : REWIND
30
French actor Alain : DELON
32
Cremona craftsman : AMATI
33
Pastoral poem : IDYL
34
Big mouth, slangily : TRAP
38
___ Pinafore : HMS
39
Lincoln's famous one was just 272 words : ADDRESS
42
Photo blowup: Abbr. : ENL
43
When doubled, a food fish : MAHI
45
Oboe or clarinet : REED
46
Less than 90 degrees : ACUTE
48
Big tournaments for university teams, informally : NCAAS
50
Fled to wed : ELOPED
51
Nickelodeon's parent company : VIACOM
54
Anglo-___ : SAXON
56
Aromatic sticks : INCENSE
58
Home entertainment centerpiece : CONSOLE
62
Producer of sweat and tears, but not blood : GLAND
63
"Go ahead!" : DOIT
65
Done : OVER
66
Painting surface : GESSO
67
Auto on the autobahn : AUDI
68
In the cellar : LAST
69
Web-footed mammal : OTTER
70
Catchall abbreviation : MISC
71
"What ___?" : ELSE
Down
1
Unit of cotton : BALE
2
Supersized movie screen format : IMAX
3
Short-term worker, for short : TEMP
4
Take advantage of : EXPLOIT
5
Spotted : ESPIED
6
Start of either syllable in "ginger" : SOFTG
7
An attentive doc gives it to a patient : TLC
8
Doctor's place: Abbr. : HOSP
9
Swimwear brand : SPEEDO
10
Show, in a show-and-tell : PRESENT
11
Lease to a new tenant : RELET
12
15-percenter : AGENT
13
Rich cake : TORTE
21
___ vincit amor : OMNIA
23
Status symbol car, familiarly : ROLLS
25
Prepare to drive, as a golf ball : ADDRESS
27
Obama adviser Emanuel : RAHM
28
Austen novel : EMMA
29
Get the grime off : WASH
31
Gave the once-over : EYED
33
Invention starter : IDEA
35
Sign on for another tour : REUP
36
A chip or two to start with : ANTE
37
Said "Not guilty!," e.g. : PLED
40
Small amounts : DRAMS
41
Permanent provider : SALON
44
Make boiling mad : INCENSE
47
Say "There, there" to, say : CONSOLE
49
Flier with a 10-foot wingspan : CONDOR
50
Wonderfully foreign : EXOTIC
51
"The Road" star Mortensen : VIGGO
52
Fjord, e.g. : INLET
53
"With ___ of thousands!" (movie ad boast) : ACAST
55
They turn litmus paper red : ACIDS
57
Cheese with a red coat : EDAM
59
Ellipsoid : OVAL
60
Minus : LESS
61
Art Deco artist : ERTE
64
Non's opposite : OUI

Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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