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New York Times, Monday, November 2, 2015

Author:
Loren Muse Smith and Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
63-Across : Abominable
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Loren Muse Smith
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241.6430623%
Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Smith. This is puzzle # 51 for Ms. Michaels. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Monday freshness: 61%
Constructor notes:
LOREN: A couple of years ago, Andrea emailed me, telling me I should consider trying to construct. We started working on various ideas ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
As I solved, I picked up the theme pretty quickly from PADDED and MIRACLE, and I confirmed it upon hitting PUSH UP. I was expecting a ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times11/2/15 ( No. 24,100 )
Across
1
Place to swim : POOL
5
From County Clare, e.g. : IRISH
10
Poses questions : ASKS
14
Auto pioneer Ransom E. ___ : OLDS
15
Finnish tech giant : NOKIA
16
Unwanted mail : SPAM
17
Place to put someone who might hurt himself : PADDEDCELL
19
Schlep : TOTE
20
The "S" in CBS: Abbr. : SYS
21
2016 Olympics city, informally : RIO
22
Sharapova of tennis : MARIA
23
1962 film about Helen Keller, with "The" : MIRACLEWORKER
28
Stock unit : SHARE
30
"Plan 9 From ___ Space" : OUTER
31
Like oxen pulling a plow : YOKED
32
Bopping on the head : CONKING
36
Big name in faucets : MOEN
37
Eastwood of Hollywood : CLINT
39
"Little" heroine of Dickens's "The Old Curiosity Shop" : NELL
41
Add more to, as someone's drink : FRESHEN
43
Perfectly timed : ONCUE
44
Maker of the Accord and CR-V : HONDA
46
Cuts down on calories : DIETS
47
Be dead and buried, in slang : PUSHUPDAISIES
52
Facts collected by spies, informally : INTEL
53
"Treasure Island" author's inits. : RLS
54
Maple syrup source : SAP
57
Mideast's Gulf of ___ : ADEN
58
Dangers for the unwary ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23- and 47-Across? : BOOBYTRAPS
62
In the neighborhood : NEAR
63
Abominable : AWFUL
64
Neighborhood : AREA
65
Paris airport : ORLY
66
On pins and needles : ANTSY
67
Classic computer game set on an island : MYST
Down
1
Daddy-o : POPS
2
Skin care brand : OLAY
3
Betting parlor V.I.P. : ODDSMAKER
4
'60s trip inducer : LSD
5
Where rajahs once ruled : INDIA
6
Overly ornate : ROCOCO
7
"I Like ___" (1950s campaign button) : IKE
8
The "S" in R.S.V.P. : SIL
9
Computer in "2001" : HAL
10
"When you wish upon ___ ..." : ASTAR
11
Two-in-one eating implement : SPORK
12
Actress Holmes : KATIE
13
Bad-mouth : SMEAR
18
Screwed up : ERRED
22
Robin Williams role that was out of this world? : MORK
24
"Goodnight" girl of song : IRENE
25
Country singer Williams : LUCINDA
26
Prep school for some English princes : ETON
27
Departed : WENT
28
Prefix with pathetic : SYM
29
Clip-clop sound producer : HOOF
33
Belly button type : INNIE
34
Essential : NECESSARY
35
Stuff to the gills : GLUT
37
Karate move : CHOP
38
Furnish temporarily : LEND
40
___ États-Unis : LES
42
Jewish temple : SHUL
43
Shelley or Keats, poetically speaking : ODIST
45
Alternative to a 747 : AIRBUS
47
Baby grand, e.g. : PIANO
48
Word before "the gun" or "the circumstances" : UNDER
49
Run to second while the pitcher isn't looking, say : STEAL
50
One of two Tudor kings : HENRY
51
In a foxy way : SLYLY
55
Gorillas : APES
56
11th grader's exam, for short : PSAT
58
Sheep's cry : BAA
59
The "O" in M.Y.O.B. : OWN
60
Frequently, to poets : OFT
61
Symbol for Aries : RAM

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

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