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New York Times, Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Author:
Dan Schoenholz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : Reddish-brown
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Dan Schoenholz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Schoenholz. Tuesday freshness: 59%
Dan Schoenholz notes:
I submitted this puzzle to the Times in October 2014; in January 2015, before I 'd heard back on the submission, the Times published a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Neat find, PAIR OF JOKERS describing how each of the themers is made up of two comedians, i.e. CRYSTAL BALL = Billy CRYSTAL and ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times4/5/16 ( No. 24,255 )
Across
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Like the best kind of vacation : PAID
5
Look over : EYE
8
Olympian's achievement : MEDAL
13
First James Bond film : DRNO
14
Crew chief : COX
15
"You think I won't try that?!" : DAREME
16
Pagoda placement consideration, often : FENGSHUI
18
Reddish-brown : RUSSET
19
Climate features of equatorial countries : SHORTWINTERS
21
What a mute button affects : AUDIO
24
Radon regulators, in brief : EPA
25
___ Tin Tin : RIN
26
Savior, in popular parlance : WHITEHOPE
30
Release : LETGO
32
Fluffy trio? : EFS
33
Big name in bandages and hardware : ACE
34
Baked or stoned : ONPOT
35
Prognostication tool : CRYSTALBALL
40
First female Nobelist, 1903 : CURIE
42
LinkedIn profile, e.g. : BIO
43
Band-___ : AID
46
Onetime center of Los Angeles : ONEAL
47
Clumps of sugar on a stick : ROCKCANDY
50
Kind of school : MED
51
Anaheim nine, on scoreboards : LAA
53
Loosen, as a knot : UNTIE
54
Cards #53 and #54 in a deck ... or a hint to the answers to 19-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across : PAIROFJOKERS
59
Home of the National Gallery of Canada : OTTAWA
60
Partied like it was 1999 : WENTWILD
64
Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" : SEEGER
65
Home of the Burning Man festival: Abbr. : NEV
66
Rim : EDGE
67
Broke off : ENDED
68
James Bond, e.g. : SPY
69
Speckled steed : ROAN
Down
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JPEG alternative : PDF
2
"___ we done here?" : ARE
3
It might have a bed icon on a highway sign : INN
4
Doesn't give one's full effort : DOGSIT
5
Reverberate : ECHO
6
B.Y.O.B. part : YOUR
7
Freeway sign : EXIT
8
It last erupted in 1984 : MAUNALOA
9
Once, once : ERST
10
Cactus, for one : DESERTPLANT
11
Explorer Vespucci : AMERIGO
12
Turndown to the suggestion "We should ..." : LETSNOT
15
Sound that can prevent sleeping at night : DRIP
17
Loafer, e.g. : SHOE
20
Itsy-bitsy : WEE
21
Knock the socks off : AWE
22
TV band above channel 13, in brief : UHF
23
Damaged the reputation of : DISCREDITED
27
Dines on : HAS
28
Mo. when the Supreme Court reconvenes : OCT
29
Two-time Grammy winner Bryson : PEABO
31
Photo blowup: Abbr. : ENL
36
Inlet : RIA
37
Like old newspaper clippings : YELLOWED
38
D.M.V. issuance: Abbr. : LIC
39
___ choy : BOK
40
Write music : COMPOSE
41
Like leftovers : UNEATEN
44
Dictator Amin : IDI
45
Bottleful at a salon : DYE
47
Rule Gandhi opposed : RAJ
48
Terse : CURT
49
R.S.V.P. : ANSWER
52
Many miles away : AFAR
55
Road hazard? : RAGE
56
Dominates, informally : OWNS
57
Stay good : KEEP
58
Go green? : ENVY
61
Engagement-ending words : IDO
62
Airport alternative to JFK : LGA
63
___ of iniquity : DEN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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