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New York Times, Thursday, May 9, 2013

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
19-Across : Brit's tea ___
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} Spans: 2 There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 80 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 79%
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© 2013, The New York Times5/9/13 ( No. 23,193 )
Across
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Allowing some ventilation, say : AJAR
5
___ in the park : AWALK
10
Org. with Divisions I, II and III : NCAA
14
Teen woe : MONO
15
Singer or actor's helper : VOICECOACH
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Interstitially, say : BETWEENTHELINES
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Brit's tea ___ : COSY
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Hosts prefer them : ALISTS
21
"___ see" : SOI
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Nina ___ (fashion label) : RICCI
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Keep an ___ (watch) : EYEON
28
Wearer of a red-starred tiara : WONDERWOMAN
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Bitter herb : RUE
32
One in the doghouse? : FLEA
33
Card reader, briefly : ATM
34
'40s blowups : NTESTS
36
Modern electric cars : TESLAS
40
Tokyo strip? : OBI
42
Kind of screen : IMAX
46
Grant or Carter : AMY
47
Marquee actress : LEADINGLADY
50
Twofold : BINAL
52
Verso's flip side : RECTO
53
Explanation that doesn't explain anything, informally : CUZ
54
Surname in punk rock : RAMONE
56
Follower of a list of names : ETAL
58
May delivery : HAPPYMOTHERSDAY
63
"Why bother?!" : ITSUSELESS
64
Title parent in a TLC reality series : KATE
65
Coop sound : PEEP
66
Plot line : XAXIS
67
Northern duck : SMEW
Down
1
Government rep. : AMB
2
Cartoon character with shades : JOECOOL
3
Fats Domino's first name : ANTOINE
4
Melees : ROWS
5
Caesar's greeting : AVE
6
Captured : WON
7
Island in the Thames : AIT
8
"To life!" : LCHAIM
9
Start for a shipbuilder : KEEL
10
Like melees : NOISY
11
Runs along : CANTERS
12
Beats, as the competition : ACESOUT
13
Sounds at a fireworks display : AHS
16
Lawyer's need : CLIENT
18
Literary character who says "Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!" : EYRE
21
Personal letters : SWF
23
Declaration that might precede a fold : IRAISE
24
100 lbs. : CWT
25
Can : COMMODE
27
Super ___ : NES
29
Children's author who won three Edgars : DAHL
30
Bless, in a way : ANOINT
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Title boy in a 1964 Disney film : EMIL
36
Space maker : TAB
37
Certain monarchy : EMIRATE
38
Nerve junction : SYNAPSE
39
Solder and others : ALLOYS
41
Certain lighter or highlighter : BIC
43
Driving surface : MACADAM
44
Flatter servilely : ADULATE
45
End of a school series : XYZ
48
Dark circle : AREOLA
49
Attendee : GOER
51
Boost, as sound : AMPUP
55
The Rio Grande divides it: Abbr. : NMEX
57
Clucks of disappointment : TSKS
58
In : HIP
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Neighbor of 55-Down : TEX
60
Confucian scholar Chu ___ : HSI
61
End of a count? : ESS
62
Poison source in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye" : YEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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