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New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Across : Massenet opera
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 13%
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© 2012, The New York Times2/15/12 ( No. 22,744 )
Across
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They may be kept on you : TABS
5
Massenet opera : THAIS
10
Memo subject header : INRE
14
Stationery shade : ECRU
15
"Care to?" : WANNA
16
"Way cool!" : NEAT
17
Capping : ATOP
18
Herr Schindler with a list : OSKAR
19
Start of some carrier names : AERO
20
Manufacturers : MAKERS
22
Dangerous place : LIONSDEN
24
Tide competitor : ERA
25
"Apollo and Daphne" sculptor : BERNINI
26
___ Marino : SAN
28
Three-way joint : TEE
30
Research aids : GRANTS
33
Beehive State player : UTE
34
Was out : SLEPT
37
Choir accompaniment : ORGAN
38
___ fides (bad faith) : MALA
40
___ water : INHOT
42
Mother of Apollo : LETO
43
Chariot race site : ARENA
45
One of the Munsters : EDDIE
47
Gen ___ : XER
48
Study of government : CIVICS
50
New England's Cape ___ : ANN
51
Poetic preposition : ERE
52
Place to see a flick? : ASHTRAY
55
Bruins legend : ORR
57
Kind of well : ARTESIAN
59
Mythological figure being kissed in a statue at the Louvre : PSYCHE
62
Old geezer : COOT
63
Spark producer : FLINT
65
Parliament : DIET
66
Suffix in many store names : MART
67
Botanist's concern : FLORA
68
Salinger title girl : ESME
69
Scottish Gaelic : ERSE
70
Aligns, briefly : SYNCS
71
Gym count : REPS
Down
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___ U.S.A. : TEAM
2
___ fool (be silly) : ACTA
3
Possible reason for [see shaded letters] : BROKENELEVATORS
4
Apartment 1A resident, perhaps : SUPER
5
Infrequently seen bills : TWOS
6
Suffers from : HAS
7
Place for an electronic tether : ANKLE
8
Where there are "bombs bursting," to an anthem singer : INAIR
9
Polynesian wrap : SARONG
10
All tangled up : INASNARL
11
Possible reason for [see shaded letters] : NEEDINGEXERCISE
12
Like a blue lobster : RARE
13
School attended by King's Scholars : ETON
21
"Peanuts" expletive : RATS
23
Robert De ___ : NIRO
25
Geoffrey of fashion : BEENE
26
"Poison" shrub : SUMAC
27
Producer of the 2600 game console : ATARI
29
Musician/record producer Bobby : ELI
31
Stereotypical K.P. item : TATER
32
[So boring!] : SNORE
35
High degree : PHD
36
"Hurry up!" : TODAY
39
Liqueur served with coffee beans : ANISETTE
41
Pewter component : TIN
44
Essen expletives : ACHS
46
Son of Seth : ENOS
49
Leaves a 0% tip : STIFFS
53
Ninth-inning excitement, maybe : RALLY
54
OH- or Cl-, chemically : ANION
56
Truck rental company : RYDER
57
Climber's goal : ACME
58
Zoo sound : ROAR
59
H.S. supporters : PTAS
60
Rope material : HEMP
61
Verb with "vous" : ETES
64
Reactor-overseeing org. : NRC

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