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New York Times, Thursday, May 18, 2017

Author:
Jacob Stulberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Studio figure
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Jacob Stulberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Stulberg. Thursday freshness: 21%
Jacob Stulberg notes:
The initial idea for today's puzzle involved intersecting theme answers: chickens for the acrosses, roads for the downs. That might ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Given my education and work as a mechanical engineer, I place a high value on efficiency. One implication is that I write incredibly ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times5/18/17 ( No. 24,663 )
Across
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Decides one way or the other : OPTS
5
Assemble in a field, say : BALE
9
Like know-it-alls : SMUG
13
"Look out!" : FORE
14
x, y or z follower : AXIS
15
Tuned in : AWARE
16
Turn over : FLIP
17
Studio figure : RENT
18
TBS show starting in 2010 : CONAN
19
StarKist competitor : CHICKENOFTHESEA
21
Mean something : COUNT
22
Lover boys : BEAUX
23
Polish target : TOENAIL
25
Egg ___ : SAC
26
Keeping elbows off the table, e.g. : MANNERS
29
Was idle : LAY
30
Utah ski town : ALTA
32
"The Simpsons" character who wears a bow tie at work : MOE
33
It's often rough: Abbr. : EST
35
Risk mutual destruction, say : PLAYCHICKEN
37
Question raised by four squares in this puzzle? : WHY
39
Coop material : CHICKENWIRE
43
Depression-___ : ERA
45
Part of a workout routine : REP
47
"Madness in great ___ must not unwatch'd go": "Hamlet" : ONES
48
Be out for a bit? : NAP
51
A bit sharp, maybe : UNTUNED
54
Show with a record 200+ Emmy noms : SNL
55
Chattahoochee River city : ATLANTA
57
Astronomers' sightings : NOVAE
59
Fabric store purchase : SKEIN
60
Person getting up there in years : NOSPRINGCHICKEN
64
Move furtively, in a way : SIDLE
65
Facts and figures : DATA
66
Stack of sheets : REAM
67
Tick off : ANGER
68
Series curtailer: Abbr. : ETAL
69
Letters on a stamp : USDA
70
___ car : USED
71
What blinks on a telephone may signify: Abbr. : MSGS
72
Choreographer's concern : STEP
Down
1
Where all-terrain vehicles go : OFFROAD
2
It's hit with a mallet : POLOBALL
3
First, second and third, exactly : TRIFECTA
4
BART : San Francisco :: ___ : Philadelphia : SEPTA
5
Legal hurdle? : BAREXAM
6
Scraps : AXES
7
"y = 2x," e.g. : LINE
8
Subject of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" : ESTATE
9
Faint : SWOON
10
Guide : MANUAL
11
Muse invoked in "Paradise Lost" : URANIA
12
How the boat goes down the stream, in a children's song : GENTLY
15
Highway adjacent to a throughway : ACCESSROAD
20
Run smoothly : HUM
24
Galena, for one : ORE
25
Deplete (of) : SAP
27
Common cue : NOW
28
___ jacket : NEHRU
31
A raised hand might indicate it : AYE
34
Derek Jeter, for the Yankees : TWO
36
Noted Warner Bros. toon : ROADRUNNER
38
Aching : YEN
40
Most nuts : INSANEST
41
Deserter of a cause : RENEGADE
42
Subj. for a diplomat, maybe : ESL
44
Aesop character : ANT
46
Some foreign correspondents : PENPALS
48
Island capital named for a European royal house : NASSAU
49
___ diet : ATKINS
50
Word : PLEDGE
52
What two people may ride in : TANDEM
53
"Le Coq ___" : DOR
56
Had a 58-Down, e.g. : AILED
58
Bug : VIRUS
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Stable stuff : OATS
62
___ party : STAG
63
Plan for achieving a long-term goal : ROADMAP

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