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New York Times, Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : It makes gray go away
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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CircleScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
91.611220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 64 for Ms. Lempel. Tuesday freshness: 17%
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© 2013, The New York Times8/6/13 ( No. 23,282 )
Across
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Aesop animal : ASS
4
Frisbee, e.g. : DISC
8
Notable watchmakers : SWISS
13
Abbr. in two state names : DAK
14
Mattress giant : SERTA
15
Ship of 1492 : PINTA
16
It makes gray go away : DYE
17
Make off with some raffle tickets? : TAKECHANCES
19
Loosen, as a knot : UNTIE
21
"Give ___ whirl" : ITA
22
Lake creators : DAMS
23
Make off with some kitchenware? : POCKETKNIVES
27
"Great blue" wader : HERON
28
Washes away : ERODES
32
Italian exile island : ELBA
34
Shredded : TORE
37
Scene of gladiatorial combat : ARENA
38
"That stinks!" : BOO
39
Make off with some vehicles? : COPCARS
41
Sports V.I.P. : MVP
42
Luau greeting : ALOHA
44
Lot in life : FATE
45
Word repeated in "___ will be ___" : BOYS
46
Washington city in apple-growing country : YAKIMA
48
Confederacy foe : UNION
50
Make off with some cash? : PINCHPENNIES
55
Attraction for a butterfly : IRIS
58
Big guns in D.C. lobbying? : NRA
59
Open, as a jacket : UNZIP
60
Make off with some gym equipment? : LIFTWEIGHTS
64
Actress Lupino : IDA
65
Also-ran : LOSER
66
First lady between Bess and Jackie : MAMIE
67
Circus safety precaution : NET
68
O. Henry work : STORY
69
Cauldron or sword in "Macbeth," say : PROP
70
Test for an M.A. applicant : GRE
Down
1
Make sense : ADDUP
2
Decline : SAYNO
3
Pad of drawing paper : SKETCHBOOK
4
Fed. overseer of the Controlled Substances Act : DEA
5
Vex : IRK
6
Container for a draft of ale : STEIN
7
Desert bloomers : CACTI
8
Fitness facility : SPA
9
British royal name since 1917 : WINDSOR
10
Llama herder of old : INCA
11
Winder on a watch : STEM
12
Wise off to : SASS
14
Rodeo wrestling target : STEER
18
Possess : HAVE
20
Big retailer of home accessories : IKEA
24
Dog in Oz : TOTO
25
Book publisher Alfred A. ___ : KNOPF
26
Pitching stats : ERAS
29
Doing the job of an attack ad : DEMONIZING
30
A deadly sin : ENVY
31
Gullible ones : SAPS
32
Shopping venue with the options "Books" and "Toys & Hobbies" : EBAY
33
She gets whatever she wants in "Damn Yankees" : LOLA
35
Color TV pioneer : RCA
36
Devour eagerly : EATUP
39
Woman's sleeveless undergarment, informally : CAMI
40
Actress Russo : RENE
43
Type who wears tight-fitting jeans and thick-rimmed glasses, maybe : HIPSTER
45
Cold war capital : BONN
47
One of two of Henry VIII's six : ANNE
49
Not idle : INUSE
51
Form tight curls in : CRIMP
52
"Horrible" Viking, in the comics : HAGAR
53
Downy duck : EIDER
54
Sudden outpouring : SPATE
55
Woes : ILLS
56
Mob gone wild : RIOT
57
"Assuming that's true ..." : IFSO
61
Ironically humorous : WRY
62
Payer of many dr. bills : HMO
63
Helpful hint : TIP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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