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New York Times, Monday, August 6, 2012

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Across : Start of a play
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 62 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 27%
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© 2012, The New York Times8/6/12 ( No. 22,917 )
Across
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What a slob makes : MESS
5
Start of a play : ACTI
9
House, in Havana : CASA
13
Poker pot starter : ANTE
14
Animal used for Davy Crockett's cap : COON
15
Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy : GALEN
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*Big gamble : CRAPSHOOT
18
Daytime host DeGeneres : ELLEN
19
Good-looker : HOTTIE
20
Impressive accomplishment : FEAT
22
Scarfed down : ATE
23
Commencement : ONSET
24
*Election Day receptacle : BALLOTBOX
26
Blabs : TELLS
28
Former Chevy subcompact : AVEO
29
Doofus : ASS
32
Poses (for) : SITS
34
Pass, as a law : ENACT
37
*Result of a financial panic : BANKRUN
40
*Tight braid : CORNROW
42
Hogs : SWINE
43
Desserts good for a hot day : ICES
45
"CSI" evidence, often : DNA
46
D.C.-based agents : FEDS
48
Adams who photographed Yosemite : ANSEL
51
*Series of changes from birth to death : LIFECYCLE
54
Criticize in good fun : ROAST
58
Low-ranking U.S.N. officer : ENS
59
Petrol brand : ESSO
60
Visitor to a confessional : SINNER
61
Lagoon encircler : ATOLL
63
*Precipitous drop in cost : PRICEDIVE
65
Like Cinderella's stepsisters : CRUEL
66
Verdi's opera slave girl : AIDA
67
Sign of things to come : OMEN
68
Loathe : HATE
69
Gas in a DINER sign : NEON
70
Uncool sort : NERD
Down
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Like he-men : MACHO
2
Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001 : ENRON
3
Rebounds per game and others : STATS
4
Two trios plus one : SEPTET
5
Pine (for) : ACHE
6
Murmur lovingly : COO
7
Over the speed limit : TOOFAST
8
Big maker of microchips : INTEL
9
Baseball's record-setting Ripken : CAL
10
Train conductor's shout : ALLABOARD
11
Take care of : SEETO
12
Building wing : ANNEX
15
Recover from : GETOVER
17
Web locale : SITE
21
Pie ___ mode : ALA
24
Russian pancakes : BLINI
25
It's south of Ky. : TENN
27
Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
29
Belly muscles : ABS
30
Tool a magician uses in a woman-in-a-crate act : SAW
31
Detects like a bloodhound : SNIFFSOUT
33
Movie snippet : SCENE
35
Pro's opposite : CON
36
Old "We're up to something good" carrier : TWA
38
Leg joint : KNEE
39
Blood component that contains hemoglobin : REDCELL
41
W.W. II spy org. : OSS
44
___ counter (dieter) : CALORIE
47
Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYS
49
Lake between Ohio and Ontario : ERIE
50
2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues : LONDON
51
Dissolve and wash away, as minerals : LEACH
52
The "I" of IM, sportswise : INTRA
53
Network for political junkies : CSPAN
55
Genre of the "Pokémon" TV series : ANIME
56
Break off : SEVER
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General way things are going : TREND
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Read carefully : SCAN
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General at Appomattox : LEE
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Words that have a certain ring to them? : IDO

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