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New York Times, Monday, March 26, 2018

Author:
Andy Kravis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Across : Military forays
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Andy Kravis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Kravis. Monday freshness: 58%
Andy Kravis notes:
I know that some longtime solvers are disenchanted with the vowel progression theme type, but I like seeing it every so often on ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The five long vowel sounds represented in LANE, LEAN, LINE, LOAN, LUNE. CLAIR DE LUNE might not be an immediately recognizable title ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times3/26/18 ( No. 24,975 )
Across
1
Sassy : PERT
5
"Ooky" TV family name : ADDAMS
11
"___ the Force, Luke" : USE
14
Bell-ringing cosmetics company : AVON
15
Cash alternative : CREDIT
16
Pester no end : NAG
17
Site of a postrace celebration : VICTORYLANE
19
Yank (on) : TUG
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Caribou kin : ELK
21
Without ice, at the bar : NEAT
22
___ acid (protein component) : AMINO
24
Snarling dog : CUR
26
Director of "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago" : DAVIDLEAN
29
Snoopy's comic strip : PEANUTS
32
Neighbor of Ben & Jerry's in the freezer section : EDYS
33
Tolkien language : ELVISH
34
Corporate boss, briefly : CEO
35
Salem or Marlboro, slangily : CIG
38
Follow one's political group : TOETHEPARTYLINE
42
Bro's sibling : SIS
43
Still in the shrink-wrap : NEW
44
Body of work : OEUVRE
45
Does in, in mob slang : OFFS
47
Military forays : SORTIES
48
Helping hand for a low-income entrepreneur : MICROLOAN
52
Investigator, in old film noir : TEC
53
Common last option on a questionnaire : OTHER
54
One-third of a hat trick : GOAL
56
Lightly apply : DAB
59
Popularizer of the Chinese tunic suit : MAO
60
Classic Debussy work that translates as "Light of the Moon" : CLAIRDELUNE
64
"I have a dream" orator, for short : MLK
65
Shot two under par on : EAGLED
66
Tallest active volcano in Europe : ETNA
67
"Yes, captain!" : AYE
68
Does 50 in a school zone, say : SPEEDS
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Like Easter eggs : DYED
Down
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Finish a drive? : PAVE
2
Fiendish : EVIL
3
Things spelunkers explore : ROCKCAVES
4
Detonation producer, for short : TNT
5
Field measurement : ACRE
6
Wood nymphs, in myth : DRYADS
7
"Keep climbing" sloganeer : DELTA
8
Abbr. on toothpaste tubes : ADA
9
Max's opposite : MIN
10
Like a good surgeon's hands : STEADY
11
Loosen, as shoelaces : UNTIE
12
Finnish bath : SAUNA
13
Goad : EGGON
18
Deluge : ONRUSH
23
Seattle Sounders' org. : MLS
25
Syllabus section : UNIT
27
Zig or zag : VEER
28
"Same here!" : IDOTOO
29
Dogs, cats and gerbils : PETS
30
"The Time Machine" race : ELOI
31
Org. featured in 2015's "Concussion" : THENFL
34
Crow's call : CAW
35
Voting or jury service, e.g. : CIVICDUTY
36
About, at the start of a memo : INRE
37
Bee ___ ("Night Fever" group) : GEES
39
Cuban currency : PESO
40
Turtle in a Dr. Seuss title : YERTLE
41
Renaissance stringed instrument : LUTE
45
Shipment to a smeltery : ORE
46
Troops : FORCES
47
Sawed logs : SNORED
48
"Throw ___ From the Train" (1987 Danny DeVito comedy) : MOMMA
49
Where the Renaissance began : ITALY
50
Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory : CHOKE
51
Nimble : AGILE
55
Puts two and two together, say : ADDS
57
Name shared by two of Henry VIII's wives : ANNE
58
Droplet of sweat : BEAD
61
One of 200 in the Indy 500 : LAP
62
What the number of birthday candles represents : AGE
63
Went first : LED

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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