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New York Times, Monday, February 22, 2016

Author:
Ed Sessa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : 747s, e.g.
TotalDebutLatest
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Edward Sessa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Sessa. Monday freshness: 79%
Jeff Chen notes:
I like these types of themes, where a revealer describes a few examples in very different ways — it's a great way for a constructor to ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times2/22/16 ( No. 24,212 )
Across
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Indian in many an old western : APACHE
7
Prix ___ (restaurant offering) : FIXE
11
"Who cares" : MEH
14
More ritzy : POSHER
15
The Almighty : LORD
16
"___ Baba and the 40 Thieves" : ALI
17
Teasing : POKINGFUNAT
19
Decide not to join, with "out" : OPT
20
Put-ons : SHAMS
21
The first "R" of R&R : REST
22
1/8 fluid ounce : DRAM
23
Things "counted" when taking attendance : NOSES
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Fictional Plaza Hotel girl : ELOISE
27
The "R" of I.R.S. : REVENUE
30
Former "Family Feud" host Richard : DAWSON
31
Like a game that's played on the road : AWAY
32
155, in ancient Rome : CLV
34
When Presidents' Day is always celebrated: Abbr. : MON
35
747s, e.g. : JETS
36
Japan's so-called "City of Ten Thousand Shrines" : KYOTO
38
Immediately, on an order : ASAP
42
Like Willie Winkie : WEE
44
Las Vegas's home: Abbr. : NEV
45
"Uh-uh" : NOPE
46
Come into view : APPEAR
49
State of thinking : MINDSET
51
Fabricated : MADEUP
52
Miles per hour, e.g. : SPEED
53
Fall over one's feet : TRIP
54
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
56
Bone below the knee : TIBIA
60
"Cool, man!" : RAD
61
Coalition with no infighting : UNITEDFRONT
63
Interject : ADD
64
Start of a play : ACTI
65
Power failure : OUTAGE
66
C minor, for Beethoven's Fifth : KEY
67
Word following "If not now" : WHEN
68
Presidential palace in Paris : ELYSEE
Down
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iTunes Store purchases : APPS
2
Winnie-the-___ : POOH
3
"___ silly question ..." : ASKA
4
*One "as lucky as lucky can be," in "Mary Poppins" : CHIMNEYSWEEP
5
Kermit creator Jim : HENSON
6
Unit of work : ERG
7
Fireplace smoke escapes through them : FLUES
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+ and - particles : IONS
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*Showing at an adult film theater : XRATEDMOVIE
10
Summer hours in N.Y.C. : EDT
11
Native New Zealanders : MAORIS
12
Texas city on the Mexican border : ELPASO
13
Ones used by the Mafia : HITMEN
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Without restraint : FREELY
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Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? : DOWNANDDIRTY
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*Sudden, unprovoked slug : SUCKERPUNCH
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Mekong native : LAO
27
Period of British rule in India : RAJ
28
Mother sheep : EWE
29
Winery container : VAT
33
___ Trapp family ("The Sound of Music" group) : VON
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The Parthenon, for one : TEMPLE
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Emergency transmission : SOS
40
Gorilla : APE
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Animal with a collar : PET
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Water: Fr. : EAU
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Northeast Corridor service : AMTRAK
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Veterans Day event : PARADE
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Onetime stage name for Sean Combs : PDIDDY
50
Shrimper's catch : NETFUL
52
Smooth sheet material : SATIN
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Bar mitzvah or communion : RITE
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Constrictors : BOAS
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Playwright William : INGE
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Suit to ___ : ATEE
61
Detroit labor org. : UAW
62
Buck's mate : DOE

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