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New York Times, Thursday, May 21, 2015

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : It works along a fence
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JW} This is puzzle # 87 for Mr. Collins. Thursday freshness: 69%
Peter A. Collins notes:
This one went through the submission-rejection cycle a few times before it was deemed ready for prime time. The last snafu was due to ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The BAR gets raised in today's puzzle — five times! (BAR) REL OF MONKEYS made it apparent what was going on, but it was a nice treat ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times5/21/15 ( No. 23,935 )
Across
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Red as ___ : ABEET
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___ English 800 (Miller Brand) : OLDE
10
Communicate like a drill sergeant : BARK
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Word after "go" in a seasonal phrase : BRAGH
15
Thunder : ROAR
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Scarlatti's style : BAROQUE
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It gets a tow : BARGE
18
Capricorn, Taurus or Virgo : EARTHSIGN
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Metaphor for fun : BARRELOFMONKEYS
22
Places for C-sections : ORS
23
Flipped (through) : PAGED
27
Looks inside a building : DECORS
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Unpainted, say : BARE
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Roll call call : AYE
35
Whittled away : ERODED
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Shoreline protector : BARRIERREEF
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Prefix with -meter : BARO
39
Withstand : ABIDE
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Magazine offering "Beauty Tips, Fashion Trends & Celebrity News" : ELLE
42
Perpetual 10-year old of TV : BARTSIMPSON
44
More like the dog that's jumped over by the quick brown fox : LAZIER
46
Velvet add-on : EEN
47
Exclamation that's made up of two shorter exclamations : AHOY
48
Imposes : EXACTS
49
It works along a fence : EDGER
51
Part of a "wheel" hand in poker : ACE
52
Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? : RAISEDTHEBAR
60
Campaign from town to town : BARNSTORM
63
Dodge : EVADE
64
Line of Mattel dolls : BARBIES
65
Nobel laureate Wiesel : ELIE
66
Moral authority? : AESOP
67
Parking meter opening : SLOT
68
Ont. neighbor : MINN
69
Shift, maybe : DRESS
Down
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OH or HI : ABBR
2
Hill by a loch : BRAE
3
Court figure : EARL
4
Breakfast-on-the-run option : EGGO
5
A place of prominence : THEFORE
6
Common ice cream mix-in : OREOS
7
Advance : LOAN
8
Word with horse or meat : DARK
9
Art Deco icon : ERTE
10
___ nova : BOSSA
11
E.P.A. atmospheric stat : AQI
12
Kilim or Kirman : RUG
13
Watanabe of "The Last Samurai" : KEN
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Hopped up : HYPER
21
Seasoning brand : MRSDASH
24
Language from which "slogan" and "spunk" come : GAELIC
25
Hole in a shoe : EYELET
26
Puts on ice : DEFERS
27
One offering a 7-Down : DEBTEE
28
Blank, now : ERASED
29
Geophysicist's activity : CORING
30
Blue Moon of 1960s-'70s baseball : ODOM
31
Like the Dead Sea : BRINY
32
Benefit : AID
33
Word on a campaign poster : REELECT
37
Iran's ___ Shah Pahlevi : REZA
40
Halloween card word : BOO
43
Law firm assistants, for short : PARAS
45
Business end of a chopper : AXEHEAD
50
Dada pioneer Max : ERNST
51
Darrin Stephens's co-workers on "Bewitched" : ADMEN
53
Twosome : ITEM
54
Singular efforts at La Scala? : SOLI
55
Word before "go" in a seasonal phrase : ERIN
56
Even once : EVER
57
The "5" of 52 : BASE
58
Kerfuffles : ADOS
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Count for crunches : REPS
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Small shots : BBS
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Feel off : AIL
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Early automotive inits. : REO

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

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