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New York Times, Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Author:
Ron and Nancy Byron
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
14-Across : Janowitz who wrote "Slaves of New York"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
66/16/20082/16/20166
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0231000
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.601422%
Ron Byron
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
66/16/20082/16/20166
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0231000
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.601422%
Nancy Byron

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Byron. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Byron. Wednesday freshness: 44%
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© 2011, The New York Times12/21/11 ( No. 22,688 )
Across
1
Hold back : STEM
5
Egg pouches : SACS
9
Bus. cards in commercial mailings, e.g. : ENCLS
14
Janowitz who wrote "Slaves of New York" : TAMA
15
Dept. of Labor agency : OSHA
16
"M*A*S*H" setting : KOREA
17
"Little Caesar" gangster : RICO
18
Movie about La Brea Tar Pits' formation? : THEBIGSEEP
20
Sharp-tongued : ACERB
22
Does a post-meal chore : RINSES
23
Movie about a Nobel-winning chemist? : THEIONKING
26
Our sun : SOL
29
Word after Farm or Live : AID
30
Craving : YEN
31
Humble oneself : EATDIRT
34
Curtain material : SCRIM
36
Surfer wannabe : HODAD
37
Movie about Wall Streeters' excesses? : CASHOFTHETITANS
42
So far : ASYET
43
Bridge bid, briefly : ONENO
44
Wild West badge : TINSTAR
47
William Tell's canton : URI
48
Brit. military honor : DSO
51
___ Tomé : SAO
52
Movie about the early life of Lassie? : PUPFICTION
55
___ Creed of A.D. 325 : NICENE
58
Nonsense word said while pointing a finger : EENIE
59
Movie about the memoirs of the Duke? : WAYNESWORD
63
Saint Philip ___ : NERI
64
Packing heat : ARMED
65
The "a" in a.m. : ANTE
66
Baseball analyst Hershiser : OREL
67
"Siddhartha" author : HESSE
68
River through Belgium : YSER
69
Seasonal song ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 23-, 37-, 52- and 59-Across : NOEL
Down
1
Geologic layers : STRATA
2
Meditative exercises : TAICHI
3
Acted the host : EMCEED
4
New Zealand native : MAORI
5
Boozehound : SOT
6
Bat wood : ASH
7
"S.N.L." alum Oteri : CHERI
8
Texas/Louisiana border river : SABINE
9
Ticker tests, for short : EKGS
10
Snoop (around) : NOSE
11
Bygone Toyota sedan : CRESSIDA
12
Jeans brand : LEE
13
Syrup base : SAP
19
"Young Frankenstein" woman : INGA
21
Certain protest : BOYCOTT
24
Soft ball brand : NERF
25
Put in stitches : KNIT
27
"The Plague" setting : ORAN
28
Bygone Fords : LTDS
32
Precarious place, metaphorically : THINICE
33
___ death (overwork) : DOTO
34
Dams and does : SHES
35
Unit now known as a siemens : MHO
37
Musical with Mungojerrie and Jennyanydots : CATS
38
Home to billions : ASIA
39
Prim and proper, e.g. : SYNONYMS
40
Plenty, informally : ENUF
41
Garr who played 19-Down : TERI
45
Knuckle draggers : APES
46
Takeoff site : RUNWAY
48
Do-re-mi : DINERO
49
Evening affair : SOIREE
50
"The Iceman Cometh" playwright : ONEILL
53
Lowly laborers : PEONS
54
Mortise's mate : TENON
56
Supermodel Sastre : INES
57
Hand over : CEDE
59
Cartoon baby's cry : WAH
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"Chances ___," 1957 #1 hit : ARE
61
Address abbr. : RTE
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___ Spiegel : DER

Answer summary:
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