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New York Times, Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Author:
Jean O'Conor
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : Jailer with a key ring?
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Jean O'Conor

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. O'Conor. Wednesday freshness: 96%
Jean O'Conor notes:
This was a fun theme for me. Shortly after submitting my PESTO recipe puzzle two years ago, I decided to continue to follow the advice ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Wacky interpretations of normal kitchen items today, for example COOKIE SHEET being clued to tracking cookies on a web browser. I ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times7/30/14 ( No. 23,640 )
Across
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Sandwich usually served with mayo : BLT
4
Like messy beds : UNMADE
10
Scott Pelley's network : CBS
13
Tyler of "The Lord of the Rings" : LIV
14
April to September, for baseball : SEASON
15
Stadium closed in 2008 : SHEA
16
Like some stocks, for short : OTC
17
List of user IDs? : COOKIESHEET
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"I'm surprised to see you!" : OHHI
21
Run some water over : RINSEOFF
22
Undergarment fitting device? : MEASURINGCUP
25
Tag ... or a word that can precede tag : NAME
26
Plains Indians : OSAGES
30
Jailer with a key ring? : CANOPENER
35
The Rosetta Stone is one : STELA
36
Massachusetts or Connecticut in D.C. : AVE
37
Was livid : FUMED
39
Cowboy moniker : TEX
40
Card combinations : MELDS
43
Hardly an attraction for a surfer? : MICROWAVE
46
Impersonate : POSEAS
48
"... ducks in ___" : AROW
49
Directors in charge of downsizing? : CUTTINGBOARD
55
Elementary start : GRADEONE
57
Textile artist, perhaps : DYER
58
Attractive but annoying date? : CHAFINGDISH
61
TurboTax alternative, for short : CPA
62
Features of many late-1950s cars : FINS
63
___ greens : TURNIP
64
Vessel that was 300 cubits long : ARK
65
Poison ___ : OAK
66
Jerks : SPASMS
67
Fish eggs : ROE
Down
1
What century plants do only once : BLOOM
2
Limber : LITHE
3
Just 2 to 13, once : TVCHANNELS
4
Sch. with a noted marching band : USC
5
Opposite of paleo- : NEO
6
Most Cook Islanders : MAORI
7
Welcome at the door : ASKIN
8
"___ anything later?" : DOING
9
"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer : ENESCO
10
Food Network V.I.P. : CHEF
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Gripe : BEEF
12
College Board creation : SAT
15
Patronize, as a store : SHOPAT
18
Noted children's "doctor" : SEUSS
20
Golfer Aoki : ISAO
23
One crouching at home : UMP
24
Snorkeling spot : REEF
27
Aid for a bank heist : GETAWAYCAR
28
Peak figure: Abbr. : ELEV
29
___-Coburg (former German duchy) : SAXE
30
Summer getaway : CAMP
31
Former Chevy subcompact : AVEO
32
Book before Deut. : NUM
33
British record giant : EMI
34
Cam button : REC
38
Bummer : DRAG
41
Some coffee orders : DECAFS
42
Arab kingdom native : SAUDI
44
Planet, e.g. : ORB
45
Pinocchio material : WOOD
47
Hospital implants : STENTS
50
Dress smartly, in old parlance : TOGUP
51
Hindu warrior king : INDRA
52
German refusals : NEINS
53
Not an original : REPRO
54
Rapper with the 3x platinum single "Hold On, We're Going Home" : DRAKE
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Karmann ___, classic German sports car : GHIA
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Arrange in order : RANK
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Exec in charge of $$$ : CFO
59
___ card : SIM
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Some PCs and printers : HPS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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