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New York Times, Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Author:
Tony Orbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Old camera settings, for short
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Tony Orbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Orbach. Tuesday freshness: 85%
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© 2011, The New York Times8/9/11 ( No. 22,554 )
Across
1
One of the Pleiades : MAIA
5
Q.: When is a door not a door? A.: When it's ___ : AJAR
9
Pickpocket, e.g. : THIEF
14
ID in a library vol. : ISBN
15
Dunce cap shape : CONE
16
Three-wheeled Asian cab : CYCLO
17
"Peanuts" figure ... or some fabulous fall soup? : THEGREATPUMPKIN
20
"For rent" : TOLET
21
Figure in academia : DEAN
22
Nein : German :: ___ : Russian : NYET
23
Subway turners : STILES
25
Much-derided 1980s-'90s car : YUGO
27
Calif. setting for "Stand and Deliver" : EASTLA
30
Words to swear by : MOTTOS
34
Off-road wheels, for short : ATV
36
Rhyme scheme for Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" : AABA
38
Onion-flavored roll : BIALY
39
Early 1970s dance ... or some smelly soup? : THEFUNKYCHICKEN
43
Kenyan tribesman : MASAI
44
Suffix with opal : ESCE
45
Key to get out of a jam? : ESC
46
At a chop shop, perhaps : STOLEN
48
Tennis's Graf : STEFFI
51
Exam for an aspiring Esq. : LSAT
53
Ray of "GoodFellas" : LIOTTA
56
Ways to the Web: Abbr. : ISPS
59
It may be put on a pedestal : VASE
62
Gloomy, in verse : DREAR
63
Nickname for snowboarder Shaun White ... or some airborne soup? : THEFLYINGTOMATO
66
Paddled craft : CANOE
67
Canceled : NOGO
68
Old camera settings, for short : ASAS
69
Many-headed challenge for Hercules : HYDRA
70
Like flicks seen without special glasses : TWOD
71
Instrument played with a plectrum : LYRE
Down
1
Baseball gloves : MITTS
2
"Give it ___!" ("Try!") : ASHOT
3
"Yes, if you ask me" : IBELIEVESO
4
German chancellor Merkel : ANGELA
5
Score 100% on : ACE
6
"The Grapes of Wrath" family name : JOAD
7
The "a" in a.m. : ANTE
8
Compensate for loss : REPAY
9
Channel for old films : TCM
10
Like a swinging pendulum, say : HYPNOTIC
11
"Eww! Gross!" : ICKY
12
"Night" author Wiesel : ELIE
13
Helvetica, e.g. : FONT
18
Hwys. : RTES
19
"One" on a penny : UNUM
24
Lee of Marvel Comics : STAN
26
Mongolian desert : GOBI
28
Okeechobee, e.g. : LAKE
29
Chasm : ABYSS
31
"Calm down!" : TAKEITEASY
32
Shouts at a fútbol game : OLES
33
Harmony : SYNC
34
$20 dispensers : ATMS
35
"What's ___?" : THAT
37
No. at a brokerage : ACCT
40
Becomes smitten by : FALLSFOR
41
Sometimes-illegal turns, in slang : UIES
42
Dog command : HEEL
47
The Midshipmen : NAVY
49
Relative of Rex : FIDO
50
Not casual : FORMAL
52
Corrupt : TAINT
54
One of a Turkic people : TATAR
55
Got out of bed : AROSE
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Allergic reaction : ITCH
57
One-horse carriage : SHAY
58
Be in limbo : PEND
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Author C. P. ___ : SNOW
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Frozen waffle brand : EGGO
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Grazing ground : LEA
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Thomas Mann's "Der ___ in Venedig" : TOD

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

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