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New York Times, Thursday, June 6, 2013

Author:
James Tuttle
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
14-Across : Accepted defeat
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James Tuttle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Tuttle. Thursday freshness: 13%
Jim Horne notes:

Five theme answers have a FALLING OUT.

1
E
2
S
3
E
4
P
5
I
6
S
7
A
8
I
9
S
10
W
11
E
12
A
13
R
14
C
O
N
15
C
E
D
E
D
16
S
P
E
L
L
O
17
A
R
T
I
C
L
E
S
18
L
A
N
D
A
U
19
S
T
R
I
K
E
O
20
S
A
W
T
O
I
T
21
H
O
E
22
U
23
P
C
24
N
O
R
25
F
E
26
R
27
R
28
E
T
S
O
29
N
A
30
P
31
S
32
O
E
D
33
S
U
34
E
35
T
36
D
I
P
37
T
38
E
39
E
N
A
G
40
E
41
T
R
I
42
L
O
G
Y
43
I
R
S
44
M
E
S
45
A
46
N
E
A
47
T
A
C
48
O
49
P
A
50
P
E
R
B
51
A
52
G
53
A
R
54
E
55
Y
A
O
56
N
O
57
I
58
A
59
S
P
E
C
60
T
S
61
T
62
E
63
A
64
R
O
O
M
65
C
H
I
L
L
O
66
F
A
L
L
I
N
G
O
67
N
A
S
S
A
U
68
I
T
O
L
D
Y
O
U
69
E
M
M
E
T
T
70
T
O
N
Y
71
M
O
T
© 2013, The New York Times6/6/13 ( No. 23,221 )
Across
1
Lingo suffix : ESE
4
City down the river from Florence : PISA
8
"Seriously!" : ISWEAR
14
Accepted defeat : CONCEDED
16
Explain in detail : SPELLOUT
17
A and others : ARTICLES
18
Horse-drawn vehicle : LANDAU
19
Begin a journey : STRIKEOUT
20
Took care of business : SAWTOIT
21
Shed item : HOE
22
Lines first used on a pack of Wrigley's gum: Abbr. : UPC
24
Word before "happiness," "majesty" and "fame" at the start of a Shelley poem : NOR
25
Discovers : FERRETSOUT
29
They're taken in hammocks : NAPS
32
Ref. with more than 2 1/2 million quotations : OED
33
It's for the birds : SUET
36
Decline : DIP
37
Like many first-time voters : TEENAGE
41
Dante's "The Divine Comedy," e.g. : TRILOGY
43
Return addressee? : IRS
44
Badlands sight : MESA
46
Teachers' union: Abbr. : NEA
47
Del ___ (fast-food chain) : TACO
49
Supermarket option : PAPERBAG
53
Consist of : ARE
55
Hoopster Ming : YAO
56
"___ won't!" : NOI
58
Faces : ASPECTS
61
Where something's always brewing? : TEAROOM
65
Relax : CHILLOUT
66
Quarrel ... or a feature of five answers in this puzzle : FALLINGOUT
67
World capital that's a setting for three Bond films : NASSAU
68
"See!" : ITOLDYOU
69
Doc Brown in the "Back to the Future" films : EMMETT
70
Frosted Flakes mascot : TONY
71
Clever comment : MOT
Down
1
PayPal funds, e.g. : ECASH
2
Kinda : SORTOF
3
Access card, say : ENTREE
4
Modest kiss : PECK
5
Lay off : IDLE
6
Escort to the door : SEEOUT
7
Some plugs : ADS
8
Santo Domingo is on one : ISLA
9
Give rise to : SPAWN
10
Continued : WENTON
11
Conquistador's quest : ELDORADO
12
Jai ___ : ALAI
13
Lopsided win : ROUT
15
Early second-century year : CII
20
Kit Carson, professionally : SCOUT
23
Ltr. addenda : PSS
26
Former White House nickname : RON
27
Enlarge a hole in : REAM
28
Lip : EDGE
30
Big eater : PIG
31
Plant, maybe : SPY
34
Marine eagle : ERNE
35
Rank : TIER
37
"___-Willow" (song from "The Mikado") : TIT
38
Unsuccessful '70s-'80s cause : ERA
39
Much film watching, e.g. : ESCAPISM
40
Awards show named for a TV network : ESPYS
42
Chem class may have one : LAB
45
Little battery : AAA
48
"Otherwise ..." : ORELSE
50
Food named six times in a children's number rhyme : POTATO
51
Assumed name : ANONYM
52
Kind of eyes : GOOGOO
54
Brilliance : ECLAT
57
Words from one who'd rather not call? : IMOUT
58
Case that may be treated with cream : ACNE
59
Phony : SHAM
60
Promote : TOUT
62
North Carolina university : ELON
63
Join (with) : ALLY
64
Cleanse (of) : RID
66
Toned : FIT

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

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