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New York Times, Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Author:
Jim Hilger
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Down : Kinkajou cousin
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Jim Hilger

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 44 Missing: {VYZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Hilger. Wednesday freshness: 90%
Jim Hilger notes:
It's always my pleasure to have a puzzle published in the Times. I like to kid myself that my purely accidental inclusion of the "MR. ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Neat concept; I almost missed a layer. Once I uncovered FORMATION, I stared at it, trying to parse the revealer as "form a T ion." ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times1/21/15 ( No. 23,815 )
Across
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Protrudes, with "out" : JUTS
5
With 7-Down, incapable of leaking : WATER
10
Online info sources : FAQS
14
When Juliet tells the Nurse she will come in from the balcony : ANON
15
Stand : ABIDE
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Chill producer : AGUE
17
Popular online reference, for short : WIKI
18
Mr. Spock's forte : LOGIC
19
Wreck : RUIN
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Flight component : STEP
21
Self-portraitist Frida : KAHLO
22
"Lethal Weapon" force, briefly : LAPD
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History is recorded in it : PASTTENSE
26
With 28-Down, disagreeable quality of diet sodas : AFTER
29
With 30-Down, frequently : OFTEN
33
Not at all hidden : BLATANT
36
Pointless : INUTILE
38
Defense grp. since 1948 : OAS
39
J.F.K. Library architect : PEI
40
Chem. unit : MOL
41
Catty remark? : MEW
42
"Rocky III" actor (and an apt answer in this puzzle) : MRT
43
Wheat bristle : AWN
44
Sta-___ fabric softener : PUF
45
Suffix with ethyl : ENE
46
Trees with triangular nuts : BEECHES
48
Alarm clock's purpose : AROUSAL
50
Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle : FORMATION
52
With 54-Down, song with the same name as its album : TITLE
55
Exiled Amin : IDI
56
With 57-Down, meal for which everyone pays his or her own way : DUTCH
60
Bruins legend Bobby : ORR
61
Totally befuddled : ATSEA
63
A. A. Milne hopper : ROO
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Shows the way, biblically : LEADETH
67
Heat or Thunder : NBATEAM
70
Performance extras : ENCORES
71
Something in brackets : TAXRATE
72
Adopt, as a stray : TAKEIN
73
Incite to action : BESTIR
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Thriller set on Amity Island : JAWS
2
College course part : UNIT
3
Joint action : TOKE
4
Small excerpt : SNIPPET
5
Beats the rap : WALKS
6
"Three Men in ___" (Jerome K. Jerome novel) : ABOAT
7
See 5-Across : TIGHT
8
Roman magistrate : EDILE
9
Scout's mission, for short : RECON
10
Socialists, on the political spectrum : FARLEFT
11
Lago or río contents : AGUA
12
Witty bit : QUIP
13
Texter's button : SEND
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Ally of the Cheyenne: Var. : ARAPAHOE
25
Chitlins, ham hocks, etc. : SOULFOOD
26
Enola Gay's payload, in brief : ABOMB
27
Roadside attention-getter : FLARE
28
See 26-Across : TASTE
30
See 29-Across : TIMES
31
Justice Kagan : ELENA
32
Handrail support : NEWEL
34
Built later : NEWER
35
Some sheet metal workers : TINSMITHS
36
Fidgety : IMPATIENT
37
Michael of "Flashdance" : NOURI
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North-of-the-border grid org. : CFL
49
First Burmese prime minister : UNU
51
YouTube video lead-ins : ADS
52
Sign of availability : TOLET
53
"The Faerie Queene" woman : IRENA
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See 52-Across : TRACK
57
See 56-Across : TREAT
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Kinkajou cousin : COATI
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Go yard, in baseball slang : HOMER
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"... ___-foot pole!" : ATEN
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Simple quatrain pattern : ABAB
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Buck passer, maybe : DOE
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Verdi aria "___ tu" : ERI
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Hacker's need : AXE
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___-80 (classic computer) : TRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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