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New York Times, Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Author:
Ethan Cooper
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Contingency arrangement
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Ethan Cooper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Cooper. Tuesday freshness: 71%
Ethan Cooper notes:
I have a really hard time coming up with themes, which is why I don't construct too often. Much of the time, I try to think of an ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
I'm very impressed with Ethan's clues. Most of these are his. Lots of good ones, but my favorites are 10D, 12D (I did not know that!), ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Today's puzzle takes us back to school, with TEXTBOOK, ROOM and BOARD being types of COLLEGE EXPENSES. Of course, no BEER is drunk by ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times9/2/14 ( No. 23,674 )
Across
1
"Oh, hell!" : DAMN
5
Blood component : PLASM
10
Bandmate of Crosby, Stills and Young : NASH
14
Dog bullied by Garfield : ODIE
15
Snoop Dogg, for one, since 2012 : RASTA
16
"Let me think ... yeah, that's stupid" : UMNO
17
Perfect illustration : TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE
20
Fishhook attachment : SNELL
21
Utterly wear out, in slang : WIPE
22
Unfulfilled potential : ROOMTOIMPROVE
29
Do one's best : STRIVE
30
Record company : LABEL
31
Something horrible, with "the" : PITS
34
Battlefield food, for short : MRE
35
Honeydews, e.g. : MELONS
36
Big Apple airport code : LGA
37
Pub tidbit : BEERNUT
39
Letters in a help wanted ad : EOE
40
With the concession that : ALBEIT
42
Palais ___ Sports (Paris arena) : DES
43
Belief systems : ISMS
44
Christopher who directed three Batman films : NOLAN
45
John who directed "The Maltese Falcon" : HUSTON
47
Gatherings in which C.E.O.'s are chosen : BOARDMEETINGS
50
With 24-Down, blowout result : FLAT
51
Stop : CEASE
54
What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are : COLLEGEEXPENSES
60
Length x width, for a rectangle : AREA
61
Got the goat of : IRKED
62
Functions : USES
63
Slightest of complaints : PEEP
64
Female students, condescendingly : COEDS
65
Literary Jane : EYRE
Down
1
Parts of an ellipsis : DOTS
2
Yemeni port : ADEN
3
First-week-of-school social event : MIXER
4
Unfortunate bottom line on an earnings report : NETLOSS
5
Old hand : PRO
6
China's ___-tzu : LAO
7
Invite : ASK
8
"Family Guy" baby : STEWIE
9
"It takes money to make money," e.g. : MAXIM
10
What's required in some passwords : NUMERAL
11
Bit of sound equipment : AMP
12
Show on which Lennon and McCartney considered reuniting, for short : SNL
13
Hard row to ___ : HOE
18
Rorschach test image : BLOT
19
Small computer program : APPLET
23
Citi Field mascot : MRMET
24
See 50-Across : TIRE
25
Late, as a video store rental : OVERDUE
26
Wind instruments : OBOES
27
Snake poison : VENOM
28
Someone ___ (not mine or yours) : ELSES
31
Contingency arrangement : PLANB
32
Place where one can come home and chill? : IGLOO
33
Indian drum : TABLA
35
"Can you give me any alternative?" : MUSTI
37
Hobo's accessory : BINDLE
38
Home located in the sticks? : NEST
41
Batting helmet feature : EARFLAP
43
Naive young woman : INGENUE
45
Not homo- : HETERO
46
"___ upon a time ..." : ONCE
48
Card tricks, e.g. : MAGIC
49
Smart-alecky : SASSY
52
Fortuneteller : SEER
53
"To be," in Latin : ESSE
54
Headgear often worn backward : CAP
55
Miner's find : ORE
56
Appomattox surrenderer : LEE
57
Barely manage, with "out" : EKE
58
Crossed (out) : XED
59
Groups of cops: Abbr. : PDS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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