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New York Times, Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Author:
James Tuttle
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : Group you can rely on when it counts
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James Tuttle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Tuttle. Tuesday freshness: 20%
James Tuttle notes:
I'm pretty sure that my inspiration for this puzzle was the 11/12/2012 offering by Randall J. Hartman. If you see him around, could ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Row, row, row (row, row) your themers today, row rhymers all with different spellings. Finding five of them must have been quite the ... read more
1
F
2
O
3
R
4
M
5
A
6
L
7
D
8
U
9
M
10
B
11
C
12
H
13
I
14
A
V
I
A
T
E
15
O
V
A
L
16
H
O
N
17
K
I
L
I
M
A
18
N
J
A
R
O
19
O
W
L
20
E
D
E
N
21
R
O
O
22
N
23
O
I
S
E
24
D
25
E
N
I
S
26
D
27
I
D
E
R
O
T
28
M
29
E
30
R
I
T
S
31
E
M
E
R
32
E
L
I
S
A
33
C
34
L
I
P
35
B
36
C
37
E
38
S
U
C
H
S
39
W
E
E
T
S
40
O
41
R
R
O
W
42
A
L
E
43
O
L
A
Y
44
L
E
A
V
E
45
S
46
P
E
E
47
S
E
T
T
E
R
48
C
49
E
50
N
S
U
S
B
51
U
52
R
E
A
U
53
A
L
I
E
N
54
S
U
R
55
R
56
A
57
S
58
H
59
B
I
N
60
J
61
A
62
M
E
S
M
63
O
N
R
O
E
64
L
O
T
65
A
G
A
R
66
O
N
E
I
L
L
67
E
T
H
68
B
E
D
S
69
N
O
D
D
E
D
© 2015, The New York Times1/27/15 ( No. 23,821 )
Across
1
White-tie event : FORMAL
7
Half-baked : DUMB
11
Home of the Bulls, informally : CHI
14
Lead zeppelins? : AVIATE
15
Track shape : OVAL
16
Darling : HON
17
Africa's highest peak : KILIMANJARO
19
One who gives a hoot? : OWL
20
Starting point? : EDEN
21
Son of Kanga : ROO
22
Reason to wear earplugs : NOISE
24
Noted French encyclopedist : DENISDIDEROT
28
Scouts earn them : MERITS
31
Like a 911 call: Abbr. : EMER
32
Girl in a "Paint Your Wagon" song : ELISA
33
Part of a televised movie review : CLIP
35
Letters after old dates : BCE
38
Parting, to Juliet : SUCHSWEETSORROW
42
Hoppy brew : ALE
43
Maker of the face cream Regenerist : OLAY
44
"Begone!" : LEAVE
45
German W.W. I admiral : SPEE
47
Hunting dog : SETTER
48
Group you can rely on when it counts : CENSUSBUREAU
53
Unearthly : ALIEN
54
California's Big ___ : SUR
55
Not thought through : RASH
59
Recyclables container : BIN
60
President who lived at Oak Hill : JAMESMONROE
64
Polish airline : LOT
65
Food thickener : AGAR
66
Playwright Eugene : ONEILL
67
Ordinal suffix : ETH
68
Hospital capacity : BEDS
69
Silently assented : NODDED
Down
1
Like knockoff goods : FAKE
2
Golden Age poet : OVID
3
Tick off : RILE
4
Entree : MAINDISH
5
Cash cache : ATM
6
Gets the hang of : LEARNS
7
Karate schools : DOJOS
8
Cavaliers of the N.C.A.A. : UVA
9
Vandalize, e.g. : MAR
10
Mae West or Cheryl Tiegs : BLONDE
11
Preaching to the ___ : CHOIR
12
"In what way?" : HOWSO
13
Puget Sound, e.g. : INLET
18
"___ didn't!" : NOI
23
Anthem contraction : OER
25
O'Hare info, for short : ETAS
26
Saturn or Mercury : DEITY
27
Babysitters' challenges : IMPS
28
Arizona's third-largest city : MESA
29
Hebrew month : ELUL
30
It might be wild or dirty : RICE
33
A-lister : CELEB
34
Open field : LEA
35
Babysitter's challenge : BRAT
36
Place to moor a boat : COVE
37
Fancy pitcher : EWER
39
Trials and tribulations : WOES
40
Olive genus : OLEA
41
Like a bad check : RETURNED
45
Opposite of NNW : SSE
46
Indian state whose name means "five rivers" : PUNJAB
47
Church address : SERMON
48
Not broadcast : CABLE
49
Poet who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" : ELIOT
50
Inning for closers : NINTH
51
Consumers : USERS
52
St. Petersburg's home: Abbr. : RUS
56
Like Death Valley : ARID
57
One and only : SOLE
58
Detained : HELD
61
Digital ___ : AGE
62
Magazine written by "the usual gang of idiots" : MAD
63
John Lennon's middle name : ONO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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