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New York Times, Thursday, August 23, 2012

Author:
Mark Feldman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Multitude
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Mark Feldman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Feldman. Thursday freshness: 12%
Jim Horne notes:

The Yiddish answers are, appropriately, read right to left.

1
E
2
L
3
I
4
M
5
E
6
N
7
E
8
A
9
G
10
E
11
N
12
D
13
A
14
C
I
M
15
A
R
R
O
N
16
L
E
G
I
O
N
17
H
A
P
Z
T
U
H
C
18
E
I
G
H
T
Y
19
O
R
S
O
20
P
E
L
21
H
C
S
22
A
T
L
23
A
S
H
24
I
25
S
26
P
27
B
28
E
29
B
30
E
S
31
P
32
A
L
33
A
34
T
N
E
Y
35
E
V
E
N
S
36
O
37
R
E
38
M
39
I
S
N
T
40
L
E
A
R
N
I
41
N
G
Y
I
42
D
D
I
S
H
43
I
N
T
O
44
L
A
O
45
R
O
A
D
E
O
46
Z
T
U
L
47
K
48
O
N
49
S
50
O
L
E
I
N
51
E
S
P
52
A
53
T
M
54
E
55
S
S
56
Z
T
I
57
B
I
K
58
A
59
S
60
A
61
P
62
A
63
L
64
L
65
T
O
O
66
E
Z
O
67
O
M
H
C
S
68
H
I
P
H
O
P
69
A
E
R
A
T
O
R
S
70
A
S
S
E
S
S
71
S
S
T
S
72
W
E
T
© 2012, The New York Times8/23/12 ( No. 22,934 )
Across
1
Director Roth : ELI
4
Biblical word on a wall : MENE
8
Something hidden, perhaps : AGENDA
14
Edna Ferber novel : CIMARRON
16
Multitude : LEGION
17
Effrontery : CHUTZPAH
18
A speedster may do it : EIGHTY
19
About : ORSO
20
Lug : SCHLEP
22
N.L. East city: Abbr. : ATL
23
Bat wood : ASH
24
AOL, for one : ISP
27
Mères' charges : BEBES
31
Buddyroo : PAL
33
Gossip : YENTA
35
Still : EVENSO
37
___ sleep : REM
39
Fails to be : ISNT
40
Title on certain language videos ... with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle : LEARNINGYIDDISH
43
Digging : INTO
44
Cuisine whose staple food is sticky rice : LAO
45
Competition for truckers : ROADEO
46
Butterfingers : KLUTZ
48
Walk-___ : ONS
50
Liquid fat : OLEIN
51
Gift that's hard to believe : ESP
52
Kind of card : ATM
54
Slalom path : ESS
56
Offer unwanted advice : KIBITZ
58
"Now!" : ASAP
62
So very very : ALLTOO
66
Shoot the breeze : SCHMOOZE
68
Genre for Q-Tip : HIPHOP
69
Bubble makers : AERATORS
70
Size up : ASSESS
71
Concordes, e.g. : SSTS
72
Lick, say : WET
Down
1
Parrot : ECHO
2
"A ___ should have a good memory": Quintilian : LIAR
3
Some World of Warcraft figures : IMPS
4
Villain player in "Rocky III" : MRT
5
Go off : ERUPT
6
Worthless, as an assistant : NOHELP
7
Abbr. on a business letter : ENCL
8
Smart ___ : ALECS
9
Woman with many fans? : GEISHA
10
Item in a spoon race : EGG
11
Fed. research org. : NIH
12
Modern address feature : DOT
13
"___ advice?" : ANY
15
Kind of dye : AZO
21
___ Joel Osment of "The Sixth Sense" : HALEY
22
Part of A.M.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
24
Like some pitched balls : INSIDE
25
Martial arts instructor : SENSEI
26
Popular programming language : PYTHON
27
Locale of some Mayan ruins : BELIZE
28
Caterers' bookings : EVENTS
29
Ragged : BEATUP
30
Sign up : ENROL
32
.93% of the earth's atmosphere : ARGON
34
Like some pools : TIDAL
36
It may be struck in a field : OIL
38
It spent 5,519 days in orbit : MIR
41
Biblical woman who changed her name to Mara : NAOMI
42
Ski-___ : DOOS
47
Buzzers : KAZOOS
49
Grabs : SEIZES
53
Sporty car roofs : TTOPS
55
Article of female tennis attire : SKORT
57
Arthur and Benaderet : BEAS
58
Qty. : AMT
59
Look pregnant : SHOW
60
Israeli port : ACRE
61
"Hey you!" : PSST
62
Cry made with a raised index finger : AHA
63
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
64
CD predecessors : LPS
65
Café alternative : THE
67
Alliance created in '48 : OAS

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

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