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New York Times, Monday, May 4, 2015

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : Sides of gems
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQUWZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Ms. Burnikel. Monday freshness: 40%
Jeff Chen notes:
Four STEPMOMs today, interpreted as M-A-M-A in a stair-step pattern. C.C.'s execution gives me all sorts of good things to discuss. ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times5/4/15 ( No. 23,918 )
Across
1
Qatar's capital : DOHA
5
Mexican coins : PESOS
10
"Sad to say ..." : ALAS
14
State boldly : AVER
15
Start of a Mexican calendar : ENERO
16
Ascend : RISE
17
Traditional breakfast combo : HAMANDEGGS
19
Spring's shape : COIL
20
Long-necked pack animal : LLAMA
21
New York's Fiorello La Guardia, once : MAYOR
23
Org. for Rams and Jets : NFL
24
Quick, as a comeback : SNAPPY
26
Commercial lead-in to bank : CITI
28
1969 Peace Prize grp. : ILO
29
Obama-supported proposal for children of undocumented immigrants : DREAMACT
33
Bullet with a trail : TRACER
36
Rowboat propeller : OAR
37
Poet ___ Khayyám : OMAR
38
"How relaxing!" : AAH
39
Wicked relative of Cinderella ... or what each set of circled letters represents? : STEPMOM
42
Before, to a poet : ERE
43
Critical time of action : DDAY
45
___-de-France : ILE
46
"Hear! Hear!" : IAGREE
48
Brew with the slogan "For the love of beer" : SAMADAMS
50
___-Magnon man : CRO
51
Locale of the Città del Vaticano : ROMA
52
Sides of gems : FACETS
55
Co. that developed the ThinkPad : IBM
56
Very bottom : NADIR
60
Newton who formulated the law of universal gravitation : ISAAC
62
Show off, as muscles : FLEX
64
Hit 1951 play that inspired "Cabaret" : IAMACAMERA
66
___ qua non : SINE
67
"Game of Thrones," e.g. : DRAMA
68
Not much : ABIT
69
Chooses, with "for" : OPTS
70
School health course, informally : SEXED
71
Amount of medicine to take : DOSE
Down
1
Roald who wrote "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : DAHL
2
Toilet seats, geometrically : OVALS
3
Macho guy : HEMAN
4
"The Passion of the Christ" language : ARAMAIC
5
___ Xing (street sign) : PED
6
Foe : ENEMY
7
Tokyo-based game maker : SEGA
8
Wild party : ORGY
9
Neither good nor bad : SOSO
10
Pigskin path : ARC
11
Whip-wielding circus performer : LIONTAMER
12
"Big deal" : ASIFICARE
13
Buy's opposite : SELL
18
Italian city where pizza originated : NAPLES
22
Record label for Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus : RCA
25
Shakespeare character whose name sounds like a car : PORTIA
27
Blog comment qualifier : IMO
29
Idiots : DOPES
30
Dodge logo animal : RAM
31
Beethoven's Third : EROICA
32
See 40-Down : TREE
33
Little 'uns : TADS
34
Plane's appearance on an air traffic controller's screen : RADARBLIP
35
Epiphany : AHAMOMENT
40
With 32-Down, street shader : ELM
41
"The Brady Bunch" girl : MARCIA
44
Sweet potato : YAM
47
Loses one's sanity : GOESMAD
49
Brown who wrote "The Da Vinci Code" : DAN
52
One of 10 in bowling : FRAME
53
Karate-based exercise system : TAEBO
54
Bollywood wraps : SARIS
55
"In that case ..." : IFSO
57
Lends a hand : AIDS
58
Have the nerve : DARE
59
Big-screen format : IMAX
61
Blanchett of "Blue Jasmine" : CATE
63
Crosses (out) : XES
65
Two-timing sort : CAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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