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New York Times, Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Author:
Patrick McIntyre
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : "Is it any use?"
TotalDebutLatest
48/13/20097/1/2013
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Patrick McIntyre

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. McIntyre. Tuesday freshness: 85%
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© 2013, The New York Times5/21/13 ( No. 23,205 )
Across
1
Communication with the hands: Abbr. : ASL
4
Three-note chord : TRIAD
9
Thread holder : SPOOL
14
Defiant response to an order : WHOSAYSSO
16
Fictional member of the Potawatomi tribe : TONTO
17
Boxer's asset : LONGREACH
18
Some choristers : ALTOS
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Leave in, as text : STET
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"Can you explain this?" : WHATGIVES
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[not my error] : SIC
25
___ center : REC
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Rejuvenation location : SPA
29
Searcher's query : WHEREAREYOU
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Entrusted to another for safekeeping : CONSIGNED
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Road safety org. : MADD
39
Dangerous gas : RADON
40
Calendario unit : DIA
41
Lay in a hammock, say : LAZED
42
Very light brown : ECRU
43
Precisely : ONTHENOSE
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Antsy premeal question : WHENDOWEEAT
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Sculler's need : OAR
49
A.M.A. members : DRS
50
Cooking vessel with handles : WOK
52
"Is it any use?" : WHYBOTHER
58
"___ Jury" (Spillane detective novel) : ITHE
62
It helps a pitcher get a grip : ROSIN
63
Soothing lotion ingredients : ALOEVERAS
66
Rocky ridge : ARETE
67
Journalism staple : THEFIVEWS
68
Peels : PARES
69
"You said it, ___!" : SISTA
70
Brian of ambient music : ENO
Down
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Hole-making tools : AWLS
2
Opportunity : SHOT
3
Isolated : LONE
4
Old salt : TAR
5
Ham on ___ : RYE
6
"___ Mommy kissing ..." : ISAW
7
Author Sholem : ASCH
8
Qatar's capital : DOHA
9
One putting on a show : STAGER
10
One keeping the beat? : POLICEMAN
11
Airing : ONTV
12
Oklahoma Indian : OTOE
13
Red ink amount : LOSS
15
Superiors to cpls. : SGTS
21
Singsong syllable : TRA
23
"Checkmate!" : IWIN
24
Abbr. on a receipt : CHG
26
Thread holder? : SCREW
27
Catch illegally : POACH
28
"My Dinner With ___" : ANDRE
30
Provide with a fund : ENDOW
31
Marie Antoinette, par exemple : REINE
32
Online time stamp : EDATE
33
Mississippi's ___ River : YAZOO
34
Black Sea port, to locals : ODESA
35
One may be above a bucket : UDDER
37
Media-friendly quote : SOUNDBITE
41
Actor Jared : LETO
44
Cry to a plow horse : HAW
46
Pilotless planes : DRONES
47
Right, on a German compass : OST
51
Chicken ___ : KIEV
52
Tinfoil, e.g. : WRAP
53
Bar mitzvah dance : HORA
54
North Sea feeder : YSER
55
Bowlers and skimmers : HATS
56
K-12, in education : ELHI
57
Some deer : ROES
59
Peach or beech : TREE
60
Goldie of "Laugh-In" : HAWN
61
"Put a tiger in your tank" brand : ESSO
64
Little wriggler : EFT
65
Routing word : VIA

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

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