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New York Times, Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : Marsh plants
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKQVXYZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Burnikel. Wednesday freshness: 26%
Zhouqin Burnikel notes:
This puzzle was accepted in June 2013. I was not fond of having a 8-letter entry as a reveal. They force stacked 6's immediately (in ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
It's a trap, indeed! TRAP gets appropriately hidden in four theme answers. As a bonus, three answers are starred as types of TRAPs: ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times4/8/15 ( No. 23,892 )
Across
1
Chicago paper, briefly, with "the" : TRIB
5
Subj. for a citizenship applicant : ESL
8
Largo, for one : TEMPO
13
Monotonous learning : ROTE
14
Country music's ___ Young Band : ELI
15
Coiner of the term "doublethink" : ORWELL
17
Gillette razor brand : ATRAPLUS
19
Country that's south of South Sudan : UGANDA
20
City near the only remaining wonder of the ancient world : CAIRO
21
Bryn ___ College : MAWR
23
Captain's post : HELM
24
Hot time on the Riviera : ETE
25
Mo. with Patriot Day : SEP
27
Frozen Wasser : EIS
29
Dweller along the Mekong : LAO
30
Marsh plants : SEDGES
32
Jack or jenny : ASS
33
First National Leaguer with 500 homers : OTT
34
Conductor's place : ORCHESTRAPIT
38
The "A" of BART : AREA
41
Tram's cargo : ORE
42
Dunham of "Girls" : LENA
43
Grammy category won five times by Eminem : BESTRAPALBUM
48
Org. featured in "Outbreak" : CDC
49
Carrier units, briefly : ACS
50
Alley-oop pass, maybe : ASSIST
54
U.S. counterpart to Britain's GCHQ : NSA
55
Cable co. acquired by AT&T in 1999 : TCI
56
J.F.K. posting: Abbr. : ARR
57
Miler Sebastian : COE
58
French 101 verb : ETRE
60
Calls off : ENDS
62
Royal bride of 1981 : DIANA
64
Showed some puppy love? : WAGGED
66
Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across : ITSATRAP
68
Cheap smoke : STOGIE
69
Poop out : DIE
70
Camera setting : AUTO
71
Some British jackets : ETONS
72
"Good ___!" : ONE
73
Aspiring atty.'s exam : LSAT
Down
1
Tiny amounts : TRACES
2
Reposition, as tires : ROTATE
3
"Gave it my all" : ITRIED
4
*Tough test, slangily : BEAR
5
___ roll (sushi item) : EEL
6
Batter's nightmare : SLUMP
7
Bart's toon sister : LISA
8
*Fodor's guide buyer : TOURIST
9
Tiny bit of work : ERG
10
Sound of an air kiss : MWAH
11
Cruz with a 2008 Oscar : PENELOPE
12
Cato the Elder's language : OLDLATIN
16
Boxer Jake a.k.a. Raging Bull : LAMOTTA
18
Head-scratcher : POSER
22
Underhanded sort : WEASEL
26
"Exit full screen" key : ESC
28
One of a geog. 15, once : SSR
31
Year of the ___ (most of 2015) : GOAT
35
Joins for a ride : HOPSIN
36
Steroid ___ (1990s-early 2000s, in baseball) : ERA
37
Poor box contents : ALMS
38
Stephanopoulos's employer : ABCNEWS
39
Republican stronghold : REDSTATE
40
Mollusk on la carte : ESCARGOT
44
*Mob hit victim : RAT
45
Gives in : ACCEDES
46
Happy hour spot : BAR
47
Old nutritional fig. : USRDA
51
Wax-winged flier of myth : ICARUS
52
"Moonlight ___" : SONATA
53
Darjeeling server : TEAPOT
56
Sean of the "Lord of the Rings" movies : ASTIN
59
Toaster waffle brand : EGGO
61
First queen of Carthage : DIDO
63
Stressed type: Abbr. : ITAL
65
A, in Aachen : EIN
67
"Get it?" : SEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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