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New York Times, Monday, October 1, 2018

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Across : Better aligned
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Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Deodene. Monday freshness: 98%
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© 2018, The New York Times10/1/18 ( No. 25,164 )
Across
1
West Coast law force, for short : LAPD
5
Insurer whose name rhymes with "quack" : AFLAC
10
Q-tip, e.g. : SWAB
14
Regions : AREAS
16
Where the Dolphins play : MIAMI
17
Prey for cats : MICE
18
Characters in a play, formally : DRAMATISPERSONAE
21
Unit of corn : EAR
22
Loopy from drugs : HIGH
23
Some herding dogs : CORGIS
24
Monarch renowned for his wealth : SULTANOFBRUNEI
28
N.Y.C. subway inits. : IRT
29
Down Under hoppers, informally : ROOS
30
Overlook rudely : SNUB
33
Ice cream treat : SUNDAE
36
Veer, as a ship : YAW
37
Miracle-___ (garden brand) : GRO
38
With 39-Across, doomsayer's assertion ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across : THEEND
39
See 38-Across : ISNIGH
42
Santa ___ winds : ANA
43
"How stupid of me!" : DOH
46
More tidy : NEATER
47
Trail mix : GORP
49
Japanese noodle : SOBA
50
61, in old Rome : LXI
51
College team from the land of Lincoln : FIGHTINGILLINI
57
How TV series DVDs may be sold : ASASET
59
DNA sequence : GENE
60
Gen ___ (millennial forerunner) : XER
61
Yom Kippur War clash : BATTLEOFTHESINAI
65
Response from a greatly amused texter : LMAO
66
Better aligned : TRUER
67
Goes way, way up : SOARS
68
Bellow : YELL
69
Comic Bruce with a foul mouth : LENNY
70
Big Board inits. : NYSE
Down
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Stows, as cargo : LADES
2
Pianist Claudio : ARRAU
3
Gem strung on a necklace : PEARL
4
Beaver's construction : DAM
5
Mexican friend : AMIGO
6
Popular Friday feast : FISHFRY
7
Once around the track : LAP
8
Soul: Fr. : AME
9
Ringling Brothers offering, once : CIRCUS
10
Round-the-campfire treats : SMORES
11
Going off script : WINGINGIT
12
Smoothie "superfruit" : ACAI
13
"Subjects" of a queen, not a king : BEES
15
Like the climate of the African desert : SAHARAN
19
Like some auto windows : TINTED
20
"Like father, like ___" : SON
25
Beach washer : TIDE
26
Breath-taking snake : BOA
27
Specification on an airline ticket : ROW
31
Desire : URGE
32
Physics Nobelist Niels : BOHR
33
Without a date : STAG
34
"You might think so, but ..." : UHNO
35
Grave, as injuries : NEARFATAL
39
Queued : INLINE
40
Strictly platonic : SEXLESS
41
Hammer's target : NAIL
43
Bit of an ellipsis : DOT
44
Japanese sash : OBI
45
Do a surfing maneuver : HANGTEN
48
Glock, for one : PISTOL
49
Jewish village of old : SHTETL
52
Dr. Scholl's padding : GEL
53
Architect Frank : GEHRY
54
No, in pig Latin : IXNAY
55
Comes closer : NEARS
56
"And Still ___" (Angelou volume) : IRISE
57
With competence : ABLY
58
Uncreative bar order, with "the" : SAME
62
Metal before refinement : ORE
63
When said three times, a Beach Boys hit : FUN
64
Charged particle : ION

Answer summary:
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