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New York Times, Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Author:
Alex Vratsanos
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Not gendered, as a noun
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Alex Vratsanos

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Vratsanos. Tuesday freshness: 87%
Alex Vratsanos notes:
This puzzle was inspired almost exactly five years ago, after I saw Peter A. Collins's OCTOPUS with eight ARMs. After several false ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Neat first impression of those circled letters; they form such an interesting looking pattern. My very next thought was to worry what ... read more
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G
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A
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M
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E
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R
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K
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G
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B
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G
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G
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N
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L
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D
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H
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C
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H
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P
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L
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R
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N
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U
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L
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G
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B
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B
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U
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G
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N
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D
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G
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© 2016, The New York Times6/28/16 ( No. 24,339 )
Across
1
World of Warcraft enthusiast, e.g. : GAMER
6
Enemy org. in many a spy thriller : KGB
9
North Carolina fort : BRAGG
14
Prefix with transmitter : NEURO
15
Meadow : LEA
16
Mathematician whose name sounds like a ship : EULER
17
City in SE France : ARLES
18
Architectural add-on : ELL
19
Airline whose main hub is in Atlanta : DELTA
20
"___ 'em!" : SIC
21
Not slippery at all, as a winter road : ICELESS
24
Grp. holding quadrennial competitions : IOC
25
Sneaky laugh : HEHHEH
27
Not gendered, as a noun : EPICENE
29
Spider's class : ARACHNIDA
32
Begged : PLED
35
Mens ___ (guilty mind) : REA
36
Cloud in space : NEBULA
40
Neuter, as a stallion : GELD
41
Sophia of "Marriage Italian-Style" : LOREN
43
Designer Cassini : OLEG
44
Japanese martial art that emphasizes not injuring the attacker : AIKIDO
46
Night before : EVE
47
Melville's second novel : OMOO
48
Things spiders leave : BITEMARKS
51
Actress Angela of "American Horror Story" : BASSETT
54
Antarctic volcano named for a place in the underworld : EREBUS
58
Child-care expert LeShan : EDA
59
Moniker for German chancellor Konrad Adenauer : DERALTE
62
The "e" of i.e. : EST
63
Volunteer's phrase : ILLGO
65
Rumble in the Jungle participant : ALI
66
Conductor Georg whose name consists of two musical notes : SOLTI
68
Niece's counterpart, in French : NEVEU
69
Blue on an electoral map: Abbr. : DEM
70
Ancient Greek physician : GALEN
71
Open the door for : GREET
72
Psyche part : EGO
73
Scraping (by) : EKING
Down
1
Grind, as the teeth : GNASH
2
Eagle's residence : AERIE
3
Soil enricher : MULCH
4
Poet's "before" : ERE
5
More optimistic : ROSIER
6
Swiss-German artist Paul : KLEE
7
Murray ___-Mann, Physics Nobelist who coined the term "quark" : GELL
8
Whalebone : BALEEN
9
Night stand locale : BEDSIDE
10
___ the day : RUE
11
1980s TV's "Kate & ___" : ALLIE
12
Board, as a plane : GETON
13
Blessing before a meal : GRACE
22
Spider of children's literature : CHARLOTTE
23
Spider's web-producing organ : SPINNERET
26
Staked a claim : HADDIBS
28
Last car : CABOOSE
30
One who might have a corner office, for short : CEO
31
Decidedly nonfeminist women's group : HAREM
32
Links org. : PGA
33
Use for flowers in Hawaii : LEI
34
Antlered beast : ELK
37
City where Einstein was born : ULM
38
Obama, astrologically : LEO
39
In days of yore : AGO
42
Mrs. Perón : EVA
45
Went extinct : DIEDOUT
49
Charles Schwab rival : ETRADE
50
Source of the "K" in Kmart : KRESGE
51
Organism : BEING
52
Freud contemporary Alfred : ADLER
53
Healing ointment : SALVE
55
Casus ___ (cause of war) : BELLI
56
Hwy. through Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan : USTEN
57
Police setup : STING
60
Words after break or shake : ALEG
61
Long way to go? : LIMO
64
"No kidding!" : GEE
67
Sturdy tree : OAK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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