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New York Times, Thursday, May 19, 2011

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
19-Across : Three-time Tour de France winner
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 This is puzzle # 69 for Ms. Gamache. Thursday freshness: 86%
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© 2011, The New York Times5/19/11 ( No. 22,472 )
Across
1
Wall St. deal : LBO
4
Departure announcement? : OBIT
8
___ City, Fla. : PANAMA
14
Two-time Art Ross Trophy winner : ORR
15
One who's left holding the bag? : HOBO
16
Warren Buffett, by birth : OMAHAN
17
"Wheel of Fortune" spinner's cry : BIGMONEY
19
Three-time Tour de France winner : LEMOND
20
Bar in a bathroom : SOAP
21
Nuclear power : ATOMICENERGY
23
Beverage that once offered a Luau flavor : NEHI
25
Bars in a checkout line, briefly : UPC
26
City or county of New Mexico : TAOS
27
Member of a 1990s pop quintet : SPICEGIRL
30
"Oh man, you're killing me!" : HAHA
32
H.S. math course : ALG
33
Destitution : NEED
35
Any member of 36-Down : RAPPER
39
Quit trying, in slang : BAGIT
41
Canine command : SICEM
43
Prefix with science : NEURO
44
Open, in a way : UNSNAP
46
[I'm bored] : YAWN
48
Dribble guard : BIB
49
When repeated, aerobic instructor's cry : STEP
51
White House pair in the 1960s : BEAGLES
53
Ancient Persian : MEDE
56
Goethe's "The ___-King" : ERL
58
"___ the brinded cat hath mew'd": "Macbeth" : THRICE
59
Photocells : ELECTRICEYES
62
Put ___ act : ONAN
65
Ex ___ : LIBRIS
66
Drink cooler ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle's answer : CRUSHEDICE
68
Moolah : DOREMI
69
Stir up : ROIL
70
Campus on the Charles: Abbr. : MIT
71
___ Island : STATEN
72
Concerning : ASTO
73
"Woo-hoo!" : YAY
Down
1
High hits : LOBS
2
Liveliness : BRIO
3
They're not laid in a cage : ORGANICEGGS
4
"Look what we have here!" : OHO
5
Neighbor of Aruba : BONAIRE
6
"Yeah, right!" : IBET
7
End of a "happy birthday" message : TOYOU
8
Black-and-white : POLICECAR
9
Hymn ender : AMEN
10
Camp clothing attachment : NAMETAPE
11
Now, in Nogales : AHORA
12
Chutney ingredient, maybe : MANGO
13
Some boy dolls : ANDYS
18
Compressed video file format : MPEG
22
The "60" in "going 60": Abbr. : MPH
24
Suggest : HINTAT
27
"Elephant Boy" boy : SABU
28
Blueprint : PLAN
29
Aix-___-Bains, France : LES
31
Mrs. Van Buren : HANNAH
34
Touch-and-go : DICEY
36
See 35-Across : PUBLICENEMY
37
Buffalo's county : ERIE
38
Swindles : ROBS
40
On the q.t. : INSECRET
42
Queen in Shelley's poetry : MAB
45
Sneaks a peek through a window : PEERSIN
47
Diver's wear : WETSUIT
50
Part of C.P.I. : PRICE
52
Actor David of "Rhoda" : GROH
53
Pinochle combos : MELDS
54
"Adam Bede" novelist : ELIOT
55
Messing on the screen : DEBRA
57
Elastic fiber : LYCRA
60
What cons do : TIME
61
Love child? : EROS
63
1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
64
Fine point : NICETY
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___-mo : SLO

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

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