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New York Times, Monday, May 18, 2015

Author:
Gene Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
51-Across : Lowly, as labor
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Gene Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQVZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Newman. Monday freshness: 48%
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I created my first puzzle while house-sitting for my daughter in San Francisco in 1996. I thought it would be a fun time-filler. I had ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times5/18/15 ( No. 23,932 )
Across
1
Ostrichlike bird : EMU
4
Alternative to rock and scissors : PAPER
9
T-bone, for one : STEAK
14
Sought office : RAN
15
Girl who was a guest at the Mad Hatter's tea party : ALICE
16
Bird on the back of a quarter : EAGLE
17
Column's opposite : ROW
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"You forgot to water the plants," Tom said ___ : WITHERINGLY
20
Hunter constellation : ORION
22
Poems whose titles often start "To a ..." : ODES
23
Playwright Hellman : LILLIAN
26
Savory filled pastries : SAMOSAS
31
Delivered, as a punch : LANDED
33
Pop-up or foul : MISHIT
34
Prefix with cycle or color : TRI
36
Stared stupidly : GAPED
38
Doorbell sound : CHIME
39
Get the ___ of : HANG
41
Reaction to the Beatles in 1964 or Justin Bieber in 2010 : MANIA
43
Not many : AFEW
44
Former F.B.I. director J. ___ Hoover : EDGAR
46
Lawful : LICIT
48
Gridiron scores, for short : TDS
49
Salmon serving : FILLET
51
Lowly, as labor : MENIAL
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North Pole workplace : TOYSHOP
55
Sound systems : STEREOS
58
Pitcher : EWER
60
"Saturday Night Fever" music genre : DISCO
61
"Oh, I just fed the alligator," Tom said ___ : OFFHANDEDLY
67
What crosswalks cross: Abbr. : STS
68
The "P" of R.S.V.P. : PLAIT
69
Hit 1977 musical with the song "It's the Hard-Knock Life" : ANNIE
70
Meadow : LEA
71
Prom duds for guys : TUXES
72
Fills, as a washer : LOADS
73
Since Jan. 1 : YTD
Down
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Swashbuckling Flynn : ERROL
2
Native New Zealander : MAORI
3
"As much as I'd like, you're not getting any of my estate," Tom said ___ : UNWILLINGLY
4
Hocking : PAWNING
5
"___ Baba and the 40 Thieves" : ALI
6
Poe's "The ___ and the Pendulum" : PIT
7
Sound effect in a long hallway : ECHO
8
Baby Moses was found among them : REEDS
9
Earth-shaking : SEISMIC
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Light brown : TAN
11
What might be cooked once over easy : EGG
12
Everybody : ALL
13
Item often kept on a chain : KEY
19
500 sheets of paper : REAM
21
Suffix with schnozz : OLA
24
Eve's man : ADAM
25
2015 earthquake locale : NEPAL
27
Dept. of Labor arm : OSHA
28
"Being a bit lazy, I prefer automatic," Tom said ___ : SHIFTLESSLY
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Directed (at) : AIMED
30
Worries : STEWS
32
Jeans material : DENIM
34
Piracy, e.g. : THEFT
35
SiriusXM medium : RADIO
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Cuts into cubes : DICES
40
Guys' partners : GALS
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Fats Waller's "___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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Microwaves, say : REHEATS
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Colors, as hippies' shirts : TIEDYES
50
Village : TOWN
52
___ Ben Canaan of "Exodus" : ARI
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Part of a piano or bike : PEDAL
56
Duo quadrupled : OCTET
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"It pains me to hear that" : SOSAD
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So-called "Biggest Little City in the World" : RENO
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Choose (to) : OPT
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Annual winter outbreak : FLU
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Obsolescent means of communication : FAX
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Hasten : HIE
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Genetic stuff : DNA
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Cornea cover : LID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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