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New York Times, Thursday, January 31, 2019

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Commercial lead-in to film
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 34 Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 106 for Mr. Collins. Thursday freshness: 44%
Peter A. Collins notes:
Well, that was a surprise. The last I knew, this puzzle was going to run on February 12 of next year (a Wednesday). Anyway, here it is. The ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I have to admire how kooky this idea is. I'd never have thought to ask myself what the digits 2 1 2 could represent. Boiling point of water (in ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

In print, the clue for 57-Down looks like this: Catalogs rebus

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© 2019, The New York Times1/31/19 ( No. 25,286 )
Across
1
Intelligible : COHERENT
9
Ticker test, for short : EKG
12
Leaves after dinner? : TEA
15
Formal defense : APOLOGIA
16
Homing (in on) : ZEROING
18
20
Tropical black bird : ANI
21
Number between cinque and sette : SEI
22
Economic crisis : PANIC
23
Exploit : DEED
25
Sporty auto feature : TTOP
27
Commercial lead-in to film : LUCAS
31
Let in or let on : ADMIT
33
Novelty singer/songwriter ___ Sherman : ALLAN
36
Symbol in the logo of the Democratic Socialists of America : ROSE
37
Starting : ASOF
39
Pile for a record company exec : DEMOS
41
Cancel : NIX
42
68-Down with a slash inside it : LINCOLNSBIRTHDAY
46
Like 2001 : ODD
47
Relative whose name sounds like a city in France : NIECE
48
"Didn't you get the ___?" : MEMO
49
Capital on the Dnieper : KIEV
51
Giggly outburst : TEHEE
53
Development sites : WOMBS
56
One loitering : IDLER
58
Suffix with psych- : OSIS
60
Term of address in "The Wizard of Id" : SIRE
61
Right-hand page : RECTO
64
Palindromic relative : SIS
66
Carpet quality : NAP
67
68-Down with a degree sign after it : H2OSBOILINGPOINT
72
Steak accompanier : A1SAUCE
73
Like many classical statues : SEMINUDE
74
Some I.R.S. forms : W2S
75
Dispirited : SAD
76
Send : TRANSMIT
Down
1
Powerhouse in curling : CANADA
2
Went on first : OPENED
3
Game show host with a shaved head : HOWIEMANDEL
4
Cambridgeshire cathedral city : ELY
5
Bush critters : ROOS
6
Old plume source : EGRET
7
1986 Elton John love song : NIKITA
8
Lab instructors, often : TAS
9
Book after II Chronicles : EZRA
10
Sharp : KEEN
11
Holy ___ : GRAIL
12
Quinceañera attendee, perhaps : TIO
13
Expire : END
14
At least 35, for a U.S. president : AGE
17
Transpire : OCCUR
19
Alternative to TGI Fridays : APPLEBEES
24
CD part : DISC
26
Traditional : OLDSCHOOL
28
Timeshare unit, often : CONDOMINIUM
29
Section of The Economist : ASIA
30
Fetching : SEXY
32
Bugs Bunny or Jessica Rabbit : TOON
34
Self-reflective question : AMI
35
Standard : NORM
38
Move like a moth : FLIT
40
Mishmash : STEW
42
Aesir trickster : LOKI
43
Terse admission : IDID
44
Once named : NEE
45
Med. insurance groups : HMOS
50
Vice ___ : VERSA
52
Former Disney exec Michael : EISNER
54
Soccer star Chastain : BRANDI
55
Snow White's housemates, for instance : SEPTET
57
Teaser that may include pluses and minuses : REBUS
59
Summation symbol, in math : SIGMA
62
Part of a white script on a red can : COCA
63
Not up or down : TIED
65
Short drive : SPIN
67
Hem's partner : HAW
68
Palindromic number : 212
69
Predecessor of the C.I.A. : OSS
70
German 101 verb : IST
71
Carry-___ (some luggage) : ONS

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

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