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New York Times, Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Far sides of ranges
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 This is puzzle # 75 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 98%
Peter A. Collins notes:
It's an honor to have the first puzzle of the new year. It's perhaps a bit unusual to have a rebus puzzle on a Wednesday, but here it ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
I've been saving this puzzle since June. The theme is slight — just one answer (37A) and its four numerical crossings. But it's fun ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Happy 2014 indeed! Good way to kick off the new year. Pete uses the digits 2 0 1 4 in the horizontal direction, and homonyms of them ... read more
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B
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C
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N
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C
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W
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© 2014, The New York Times1/1/14 ( No. 23,430 )
Across
1
Frank's partner in the funnies : ERNEST
7
Old ___ (London theater) : VIC
10
À la mode : CHIC
14
Asian entertainer : GEISHA
15
Have a mortgage, say : OWE
16
___ O'Neill : OONA
17
Tree with extra-large acorns : BUROAK
18
___ Cob, Conn. : COS
19
NASA component: Abbr. : NATL
20
Card holder: Abbr. : ENV
21
Eponymous sitcom star of the 2000s : REBA
23
After-dinner wine : SHERRY
25
Narrow inlet : RIA
26
Model Porizkova : PAULINA
28
Dine : SUP
29
Ad nauseam : TONOEND
31
Far sides of ranges : TARGETS
33
___ King Cole : NAT
34
Actor McKellen and others : IANS
36
Hawaiian singer with many 1960s-'70s TV guest appearances : DONHO
37
New Year's greeting : HAPPY2014
40
Spelunker : CAVER
43
Sleek swimmers : EELS
44
N.Y.C. line : IRT
47
Teresa Heinz or Christina Onassis : HEIRESS
49
Spartan : AUSTERE
52
Roth ___ : IRA
53
People of Rwanda and Burundi : WATUTSI
55
K.G.B. rival : CIA
56
2000s TV drama set in the 1960s : MADMEN
58
Smile : BEAM
59
Like some sale goods: Abbr. : IRR
60
Tailor's case : ETUI
61
The White Stripes or OutKast : DUO
63
Declutter : NEATEN
65
The White Stripes' genre : ROCK
66
Rap sheet letters : AKA
67
Little-known : NONAME
68
Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
69
Permit : LET
70
Aslant : ANGLED
Down
1
First king of the English : EGBERT
2
After-school activity? : REUNION
3
Band with the 10x platinum album "Nevermind" : NIRVANA
4
That, in Toledo : ESO
5
Economics Nobelist William F. ___ : SHARPE
6
Sample the hooch : TAKEANIP
7
Not shy about expressing opinions : VOCAL
8
___ Jima : IWO
9
Business jet maker : CESSNA
10
Dunce cap shape : CONE
11
Make rough : HOARSEN
12
"Actually ..." : INTRUTH
13
Afro-Caribbean music : CALYPSO
22
Capital spanning the Danube : BUDAPEST
24
Achieved through difficulty : HARDWON
27
1971 #1 hit for Carole King : ITSTOOLATE
30
Alternative : OTHER
32
"Try!" : GOFORIT
35
Bill ___, the Science Guy : NYE
38
"___ there yet?" : AREWE
39
Classic Stephen Foster song : OHSUSANNA
40
Fire-breathing creature of myth : CHIMERA
41
Faucet attachment : AERATOR
42
Span across a gorge, say : VIADUCT
45
Soloist's performance : RECITAL
46
Persian Wars vessel : TRIREME
48
Bit of beachwear : SANDAL
50
San ___, Calif. : SIMEON
51
Took home : EARNED
54
W.W. II menace : UBOAT
57
Love from the Beach Boys? : MIKE
62
Instrument for 36-Across, informally : UKE
64
"Life of Pi" director Lee : ANG

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

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