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New York Times, Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Author:
Tim Croce
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Across : "Shucks, you're too kind!"
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1.5620082%
Tim Croce

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKX} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Croce. Tuesday freshness: 76%
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© 2013, The New York Times6/18/13 ( No. 23,233 )
Across
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Self-descriptive crossword answer : ABBR
5
Collar stiffener : STARCH
11
Proof ender : QED
14
Evening, in Italy : SERA
15
Port ENE of Cleveland, O. : ERIEPA
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Water, to Watteau : EAU
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Spring warming : THAW
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*Beverly Hills shopping district : RODEODRIVE
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*Lead singer of the Kinks : RAYDAVIES
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Hotfoots it : HIES
23
Reduced-price : ONSALE
24
___ May of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : ELLY
27
Words sung "with love" in a 1967 #1 hit? : TOSIR
30
Withdrawal charge : ATMFEE
34
Musical key appropriate for an apartment dweller? : AFLAT
37
*It might stretch a seventh-inning stretch : RAINDELAY
39
What it takes to tango : TWO
40
Corporate division, informally ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues : RANDD
41
"To ___ is human ..." : ERR
42
*Hora, e.g. : RINGDANCE
45
Raisin, originally : GRAPE
47
"Shucks, you're too kind!" : AWGEEZ
48
___ Selassie : HAILE
50
Traffic stopper? : NARC
52
Like many a Mr. Bean skit : MADCAP
56
Tea variety : CHAI
59
*"James and the Giant Peach" author : ROALDDAHL
62
*Fertile area where a stream empties into an ocean : RIVERDELTA
65
Gun belt contents : AMMO
66
What an ET pilots : UFO
67
TV addict, slangily : VIDIOT
68
Cry : WEEP
69
Fruity red wine, familiarly : ZIN
70
Nap : SNOOZE
71
Shows signs of wanting to nap : NODS
Down
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"The Jetsons" dog : ASTRO
2
"Borstal Boy" author Brendan : BEHAN
3
Donkey sounds : BRAYS
4
*Numbers fed into a computer : RAWDATA
5
Starts a volley : SERVES
6
"Star Trek: T.N.G." counselor : TROI
7
Helper : AIDE
8
Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde" : REESE
9
Sharkey's rank, in '70s TV : CPO
10
"You ___ me at 'hello'" : HAD
11
Long-reigning English monarch, informally : QEII
12
Roof overhang : EAVE
13
Requirement for union membership : DUES
19
Wynken or Blynken, e.g., but not Nod : RHYME
21
Very much : ALOT
25
Alight : LAND
26
Inc. relative : LTD
28
Ayatollah's home : IRAN
29
One-story home : RANCH
31
Subject of a Spot check? : FLEA
32
Lawman Wyatt : EARP
33
Literary Jane : EYRE
34
Gillette brand : ATRA
35
"Take that as you will," in Internet shorthand : FWIW
36
Extended : LONG
38
The thought that counts? : IDEA
40
Motorola cellphone : RAZR
43
"Your wish is my command" speaker : GENIE
44
Org. for 50-Acrosses : DEA
45
Pleased : GLAD
46
*1984 Patrick Swayze film set in the cold war : REDDAWN
49
Repeated cry from the White Rabbit : IMLATE
51
Statement of faith : CREDO
53
Small screen appearance : CAMEO
54
"Arabian Nights" prince : AHMED
55
Sits (down) : PLOPS
56
Texas senator Ted : CRUZ
57
Old platter player : HIFI
58
"___ calling!" : AVON
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A little of this, a little of that : OLIO
61
Completely : ATOZ
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Campground parkers, for short : RVS
64
Racket : DIN

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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