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New York Times, Thursday, September 15, 2016

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Across : Shop houses
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Livengood. Thursday freshness: 35%
Ian Livengood notes:
I made the grid earlier this year, and like many of my completed puzzles, it sat unclued for months. When I finally got around to ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'll admit, I was one of the DNFs (did not finishes) Ian mentioned — I stopped doing this puzzle about a quarter of the way through ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Here are the anagrams: Across: 1. Tori 5. Teen's 10. Neuter 14. Kin 15. Nation 16. Drove 17. Part 19. Jihad 20. Top 21. Region 22. ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times9/15/16 ( No. 24,418 )
Across
1
Trio who released the 1994 album "Under the Pink" : AMOS
5
Tense talk, often : SLANG
10
Tenure : SPAY
14
Ink of elite type : PICA
15
Anoint in the western Pacific : PALAU
16
Roved unpredictably : WOVE
17
Trap #1 to solving this puzzle : ANAGRAMTHE
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Hadji group, briefly : ISIS
20
Pot ___ : TEN
21
Ignore : AREA
22
Visa offering : RENTAL
24
Heads seen on Halloween : ORANGE
26
Hips that can move quickly : FRIGATE
27
Logs through water : WADE
28
Gilded smoothly : SAILED
31
Rescued : GOT
32
Pacer : LARK
34
Pan sound : SNORE
35
Gaiter locales, for short : ERS
36
Trap #2 : FIRSTWORD
39
Wand representer, in myth : EOS
42
Mane seen around the farm : DEERE
43
Pipes purchase of 2001 : SOBE
46
Paid purchase, perhaps : APP
47
Shop houses : MANORS
49
Regal volume : TOME
51
Clan from the ocean : SEASALT
53
Isabel of mathematics fame : PASCAL
55
Stingray : ERRANT
56
Stops to get a massage : SPAS
58
Stew ___ : END
59
Nights that high schoolers obsess over : SATS
60
Trap #3 : INEACHCLUE
63
Steered, today : UTAH
64
Never : MOXIE
65
Insets may be filled with them : ALES
66
Reform transportation secretary : PENA
67
Dairy unit : ENTRY
68
Slit : TILT
Down
1
Procured for many big 2000s comedies : APATOW
2
Manila alternative, in a guessing game : MINERAL
3
Trains for an N.H.L. game, say : OCANADA
4
Plums : SAG
5
Hassles in a bowling alley : SPARES
6
Wake : LAME
7
Roster in 63-Across : ALTA
8
Causal negative : NAH
9
Taste of Mexico : GUERRERO
10
Folgers concern : SWING
11
Lima expense : POSTAGE
12
Nepal V.I.P. : AVIATOR
13
"Geared!" : YESLETS
18
Time for a grease monkey : RAG
23
Courses that get you down? : EIDERS
25
Abhors material for making toys : NERF
26
Drainage, e.g. : FLOWER
29
Eager (to) : ASSENT
30
Nailed, for short : INTRO
33
Curie's partner, once : KIDMAN
37
Harem show on HBO : REALTIME
38
Medical points, e.g. : DOTS
39
Nestler : EASESUP
40
Urn : OPERATE
41
Freight of ancient Greece : SPARTAN
44
Reigns at a music hall : BOCELLI
45
Harm in Democratic politics : EMANUEL
48
Croat who won an Academy Award in 1999 : SPACEY
50
Rifts in the family, say : ELDEST
52
Resist in the White House : SASHA
54
Tab material : ASH
56
Squire message : SEXT
57
Hose purchase : PAIR
61
Veto in the French legislature : NON
62
"Loco" sort : CAT

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

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