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New York Times, Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Author:
John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Across : TV newsman Willie
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14/1/20201
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1.59444%
John Ficarra
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551.6149348%
Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Ficarra. This is puzzle # 91 for Mr. Merrell. Wednesday freshness: 69%
Constructor notes:

John Ficarra was the long-time executive editor of Mad Magazine because "no one else would hire me."

Jeff Chen notes:
What do you mean when you say ARE YOU KIDDING ME about the historic town in in Hungary? I am not kidding, sir. It's Pápa. WHO THE ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
This puzzle reminds me of a 2004 crossword, also by Patrick Merrell, that includes my favorite NYT clue: "Extinct Namibian shrub ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times4/1/20 ( No. 25,712 )
Across
1
French Open court material : CLAY
5
One thing ... or a twosome : ITEM
9
Alfred Nobel or Anders Celsius : SWEDE
14
McDonald's arches, e.g. : LOGO
15
Model/actress Delevingne : CARA
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Ebbed : WANED
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Historic town in Veszprém county, Hungary, noted for its baroque architecture : AREYOUKIDDINGME
20
Short line at the top of a column, in typesetting : WIDOW
21
Turn out : ENDUP
22
+ or - atom : ION
23
Thigh-baring dress feature : SLIT
25
Spore-producing plant : FERN
27
Soldier clad in gray, for short : REB
30
Bisected : INHALF
33
Start of Caesar's boast : VENI
36
"It's about time!" : ATLAST
38
A Stooge : MOE
39
Fits of anger : IRES
40
Left tributary of the Vitim River in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia : WHOTHEHELLKNOWS
43
Only ape to orbit the earth (1961) : ENOS
44
___ sequitur : NON
45
Colombia's capital : BOGOTA
46
Went by taxi or train : RODE
47
From Florence or Pisa : TUSCAN
49
Like a 1960s-'70s TV "squad" : MOD
50
One-size-fits-all garment : SARI
52
Opposed to, rurally : AGIN
54
Piñata smasher : BAT
56
Board a moving vehicle : HOPON
59
Part of a suspension bridge : CABLE
63
Village between Kruszyna and Jacków in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (pop. 305) : IHAVENTGOTACLUE
66
TV newsman Willie : GEIST
67
Janis's partner in the comics : ARLO
68
Knoll : HILL
69
Retort to "Are too!" : AMNOT
70
One of the Lennons : SEAN
71
Numbered composition : OPUS
Down
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End of a hammer : CLAW
2
Greiner of "Shark Tank" : LORI
3
Like Gruyère or Grandpa : AGED
4
Idiots : YOYOS
5
R.N.'s workplace : ICU
6
What the Lord sometimes does, in a classical expression : TAKETH
7
Land o' leprechauns : ERIN
8
Sober-minded org. : MADD
9
Criticism that might be made behind someone's back : SWIPE
10
Ashen : WAN
11
Scotty's domain on the U.S.S. Enterprise : ENGINEROOM
12
Brief how-to : DEMO
13
Where fruit-picking originated? : EDEN
18
Wise-looking : OWLISH
19
Gym clothes holder : DUFFELBAG
24
Aim : INTENTION
26
Enjoying the great outdoors ... indoors : RVING
27
Less cooked : RAWER
28
Prefix with -centric : ETHNO
29
Laundry problem for Dracula? : BLOODSTAIN
31
Chorus of approval : AMENS
32
"Hahaha" : LOL
34
Unfamiliar with : NEWTO
35
Feels down : ISSAD
37
Where icebergs are found : ATSEA
41
The Rockets, on scoreboards : HOU
42
Classic camera brand : KONICA
48
Cooking oil option : CANOLA
51
Butler of fame : RHETT
53
Kind of chip : NACHO
54
Nickname for major-league baseball's Angel Stadium, with "the" : BIGA
55
"Uh ... excuse me" : AHEM
57
Some fund-raising grps. : PTAS
58
People eater : OGRE
60
Sonar signal : BLIP
61
Doozy : LULU
62
Serpentine swimmers : EELS
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Letters on a brandy bottle : VSO
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Bridge limit unit : TON

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle.

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