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New York Times, Monday, April 24, 2017

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : Used a lever on
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Cee. Monday freshness: 14%
Gary Cee notes:
Nothing Burger. I've been hearing it again and again, especially on cable news channels which I watch way too often. Today, Nothing ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Such meaty theme entries today … and they form a meal! Starting with a WORD SALAD (a more polite term for "word vomit"), continuing ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times4/24/17 ( No. 24,639 )
Across
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Web designer's code : HTML
5
One wearing an apron and a puffy white hat : CHEF
9
One includes "My cup runneth over" in the Bible : PSALM
14
Has debts : OWES
15
Slight amount : IOTA
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Like a wolf's howl in the dead of night : EERIE
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Gobbledygook : WORDSALAD
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Looked open-mouthed : GAPED
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Scot's cap : TAM
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"___ is me!" : WOE
22
Up in arms : IRATE
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Nebraska's capital before Lincoln : OMAHA
26
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
27
Clock-setting std. : GMT
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Big fat zero : NOTHINGBURGER
34
Like Jefferson on a list of presidents : THIRD
35
River through Paris : SEINE
36
Do laps in a pool : SWIM
39
Flower that's also a girl's name : PANSY
42
Spoonful of medicine, say : DOSE
43
Put forward, as an idea : POSIT
45
Unlocks : OPENS
47
Habitual tube watchers : COUCHPOTATOES
51
Swiss peak : ALP
52
Part in a movie : ROLE
53
Hair that hangs over the forehead : BANGS
56
Used a lever on : PRIED
58
"Golly!" : GEE
60
Promise-to-pay note : IOU
61
Capital of South Korea : SEOUL
63
What a shamed person has to "eat" : HUMBLEPIE
66
Stand on three legs? : EASEL
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Mideast native : ARAB
68
On the ___ (recuperating) : MEND
69
Lock of hair : TRESS
70
Metal canisters : TINS
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Hankering : URGE
Down
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Book consulted by a do-it-yourselfer : HOWTO
2
Time in Manhattan when it's midnight in Montana : TWOAM
3
Ethel who sang "There's No Business Like Show Business" : MERMAN
4
It was often dropped in the '60s : LSD
5
"See ya!" : CIAO
6
Woodchuck's escape route : HOLE
7
Airline app datum, for short : ETA
8
On the decline : FADING
9
Flying horse of Greek myth : PEGASUS
10
"Save me a ___!" : SEAT
11
Notes of a chord played in rapid succession : ARPEGGIO
12
Fib : LIE
13
Club ___ : MED
18
Path of mowed grass : SWATH
23
Steal from : ROB
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It might capture an embarrassing comment : HOTMIC
26
Bit of appended text : ENDNOTE
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Store department selling suits and ties : MENS
29
Obstacle for a drone : TREE
31
Modern and cool : HIP
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Plan that might include mutual funds, in brief : IRA
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Body of water that separates Africa and Asia : REDSEA
36
Pet safety org. : SPCA
37
Sheep's coat : WOOL
38
"It's certainly possible ..." : ISUPPOSE
40
Hot spring : SPA
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"The best is ___ to come" : YET
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What amusement parks provide : THRILLS
46
2016 prize for Bob Dylan : NOBEL
48
Who wrote of "sorrow for the lost Lenore" : POE
49
Out-of-date : OLDHAT
50
Marksman with an M40 : SNIPER
54
Word cried twice before "gone" : GOING
55
Napped leather : SUEDE
57
Feels remorse over : RUES
58
F.B.I. worker, informally : GMAN
59
Recedes : EBBS
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Ready : SET
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Place for a bud or a stud : EAR
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Celebrity psychic Geller : URI
65
Down Under bird : EMU

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