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New York Times, Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Across : Tends to
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 87 for Ms. Gamache. Wednesday freshness: 87%
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© 2013, The New York Times5/1/13 ( No. 23,185 )
Across
1
Trek ending in Mecca : HADJ
5
Boat with a flat bottom : SCOW
9
Word heard on 39-/41-Across : ALOHA
14
Et ___ : ALIA
15
"Well, I don't think so" : UHNO
16
Metallic veins : LODES
17
Bath, e.g. : ROOM
18
Jessica of "Hitchcock" : BIEL
19
Hand game choice : EVENS
20
Hand sanitizer brand : PURELL
22
Halves of sawbucks : FIVERS
24
Tends to : SEESAFTER
27
Made sacred : ANOINTED
30
Treater's declaration : ILLPAY
34
Member of the cat family : FELID
35
Coat color : ROAN
37
"Egad!" : YIPE
38
Gray head? : LEE
39
With 41-Across, annual May 1 celebration : LEI
41
See 39-Across : DAY
43
"Do Ya" grp. : ELO
44
1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
46
Appear : SEEM
48
Running, poetically : AFLOW
50
Bikes : CYCLES
52
Pragmatic sorts : REALISTS
54
Behave perfectly : BEANANGEL
56
Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands : AMALIE
58
Clodhopper : LUMMOX
62
Public spat : SCENE
63
"Star Wars" sister : LEIA
66
Frat house alternative : DORM
67
Debussy's "___ de Lune" : CLAIR
68
Look like a creep : LEER
69
Chekhovian sister of Masha and Irina : OLGA
70
Performances on 39-/41-Across : HULAS
71
Long ago : YORE
72
Fool (with) : MESS
Down
1
Plucked instrument : HARP
2
Baseball family name : ALOU
3
J'adore fragrance maker : DIOR
4
King replaced by William and Mary : JAMESII
5
Temporary residence, maybe : SUBLET
6
Feng shui "energy" : CHI
7
Only partner? : ONE
8
Author Tobias : WOLFF
9
British academic exam : ALEVEL
10
"Wouldn't It Be ___?" ("My Fair Lady" song) : LOVERLY
11
River to the Baltic : ODER
12
Female fowl : HENS
13
Blockhead : ASS
21
Tennis great Ivan : LENDL
23
Turner autobiography : ITINA
25
Something watched on télévision : SERIE
26
Hoopla : ADO
27
Company with a duck in its logo : AFLAC
28
Poor : NEEDY
29
Kind of acid used in making soap : OLEIC
31
Beer brand owned by Pabst : PIELS
32
Hatch ___ (conspire) : APLOT
33
Shrieks of pain : YEOWS
36
Pitching professionals : ADMEN
40
Montaigne work : ESSAI
42
Bulldog's place, in brief : YALEU
45
Land on the Adriatic : ALBANIA
47
Pitching stat : ERA
49
The cinema : FILMDOM
51
Fishers with pots : EELERS
53
Shining : AGLARE
55
Nice ___ (prude) : NELLY
56
Free speech supporter: Abbr. : ACLU
57
Coarse powder : MEAL
59
Subversive one : MOLE
60
56-Down and others: Abbr. : ORGS
61
Short winter holiday? : XMAS
62
Institute, e.g.: Abbr. : SCH
64
Want ad inits. : EEO
65
Suffix with hotel : IER

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

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