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New York Times, Friday, October 11, 2013

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Down : Cybermemo
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 6 This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Collins. Friday freshness: 32%
Peter A. Collins notes:
Well, the seed entry of this one was WHERES THE REMOTE — something that anyone with kids has uttered too many times to count. My goal ... read more
Will Shortz notes:

All six intersecting 15-letter answers in this puzzle are pretty nice, I think. I also like ARMY-STRONG and HEY MAN.

Jeff Chen notes:
A ton of nice debut stuff from Pete today. SETTLES THE SCORE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, and especially WHERES THE REMOTE with its brilliant ... read more
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© 2013, The New York Times10/11/13 ( No. 23,348 )
Across
1
Forest newcomer : FAWN
5
Group whose last Top 40 hit was "When All Is Said and Done" : ABBA
9
To-do list : TASKS
14
Sound after call waiting? : ECHO
15
Sense, as a 14-Across : HEAR
16
Nobel winner Joliot-Curie : IRENE
17
Turkey sticker : MEATTHERMOMETER
20
"Everybody Is ___" (1970 hit) : ASTAR
21
Response to a threat : TRYME
22
Old co. with overlapping globes in its logo : TWA
23
1960s civil rights leader ___ Brown : HRAP
25
Katey who portrayed TV's Peg Bundy : SAGAL
27
Benchwarmer's plea : PLAYMEORTRADEME
33
Drain : SAP
34
Bobby's follower? : SOXER
35
Fibonacci, notably : PISAN
36
Hockey Hall of Fame nickname : ESPO
38
Alternative to ZzzQuil : NYTOL
40
Stat. for Re, La or Ti : ATNO
41
"___ needed" : USEAS
43
Papa ___ (Northeast pizza chain) : GINOS
45
Now in : HOT
46
"That subject's off the table!" : DONTEVENGOTHERE
49
Luster : SHEEN
50
They have edible shells : PIES
51
Whse. sight : CTN
53
"Philosophy will clip an angel's wings" writer : KEATS
56
French class setting : LYCEE
59
Universal query? : WHERESTHEREMOTE
62
Uncle Sam, say : TAXER
63
One featuring a Maltese cross : EURO
64
Turkic word for "island" : ARAL
65
Browser history list : SITES
66
Couldn't discard in crazy eights, say : DREW
67
Court suspensions : NETS
Down
1
Relief provider, for short : FEMA
2
Blasts through : ACES
3
"And now?" : WHATHAPPENSNEXT
4
Sealing worker : NOTARY
5
"Per-r-rfect!" : AHH
6
___-red : BEET
7
Alfred H. ___ Jr., founding director of MoMA : BARR
8
Like G.I.'s, per recruiting ads : ARMYSTRONG
9
Interval : TIMEGAP
10
Were present? : ARE
11
Gets payback : SETTLESTHESCORE
12
Sensed : KNEW
13
They may be used in veins : SERA
18
They may be used around veins : TRAMS
19
All-Star Infante : OMAR
24
Drone : PEON
26
1998 hit from the album "Surfacing" : ADIA
27
False start? : PSEUD
28
Stockholder? : LASSO
29
Like some hemoglobin : OXYGENATED
30
___-A : RETIN
31
Plantation habitation : MANOR
32
Cybermemo : ENOTE
37
Something taken on the stand : OATH
39
Ring : LOOP
42
They're on hunts : SEEKERS
44
Revolving feature : STILE
47
Revolving features? : VEES
48
"Psst ... buddy" : HEYMAN
51
1/20 tons: Abbr. : CWTS
52
Whence the word "bong" : THAI
54
Day of the week of Jul. 4, 1776 : THUR
55
Wizened up : SERE
57
Indiana, e.g., to Lafayette : ETAT
58
Some use electric organs : EELS
60
River Shannon's Lough ___ : REE
61
Sudoku segment : ROW

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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