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New York Times, Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Author:
Steven E. Atwood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Down : Words before double or take
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Steven E. Atwood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Atwood. Wednesday freshness: 62%
Steven E. Atwood notes:
This was such an obvious idea for a theme, I was surprised to find on Cruciverb.com that it hadn't been done. Had some luck in making ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
BRITISHISMS! Having just finished the latest season of "The Great British Bake-off," having all these American words Britishized ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times11/15/17 ( No. 24,844 )
Across
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Man's name that means "king" : ROY
4
Taxpayers' IDs : SSNS
8
Verbal digs : BARBS
13
Palindromic farm animal : EWE
14
St. Patrick, for the Irish : ICON
15
Is a first-stringer : STARTS
17
*Monthly charge for a London apartment? : FLATRATE
19
Garb : ATTIRE
20
Targets : AIMSAT
22
Follower of the first intermission : ACTII
23
Mineral in bath powder : TALC
26
*French fries on a London card table? : POKERCHIPS
28
Mushroom used in sukiyaki : ENOKI
30
Arrives on time for : MAKES
31
90° from ENE : NNW
32
Like a doctor's penmanship, stereotypically : SLOPPY
36
Sign of spring : THAW
39
First X, say : TIC
40
*Catalog from a London raincoat designer? : MACBOOK
42
Spot in la mer : ILE
43
Herd unit : HEAD
45
Learjet competitor : CESSNA
46
Cardinal ___ : SIN
47
What like-pole magnets do : REPEL
49
Johnny Appleseed, e.g. : NOMAD
51
*Part of a London police officer's uniform? : BOBBYSOCKS
56
Furtive "Hey, you!" : PSST
57
Home of the Ewoks : ENDOR
58
Perfectly : TOATEE
60
Add, per a recipe : STIRIN
62
*Conveyance in a multilevel London store? : SHOPLIFT
66
Place for a sword : SHEATH
67
Dagwood's bratty neighbor : ELMO
68
Message on an offstage card : CUE
69
Lucy's sitcom pal : ETHEL
70
Beat people? : COPS
71
What curtains may signify : END
Down
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TKO caller : REF
2
Harry Potter's Hedwig, e.g. : OWL
3
Roll-call call : YEA
4
Familiar voice since 2011 : SIRI
5
Rascal : SCAMP
6
"I beg to differ" : NOTSO
7
Weaselly sort : SNEAK
8
Character-building youth org. : BSA
9
What follows a cry of "Char-r-rge!" : ATTACK
10
Mechanism in a unidirectional wrench : RATCHET
11
Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues : BRITISHISMS
12
Remove with a sandblaster, say : STRIP
16
Dos y cuatro : SEIS
18
Bulletin board item : TACK
21
Conductors set them : TEMPOS
23
Final frame in bowling : TENTH
24
Lennox of Eurythmics : ANNIE
25
Atkins plan, e.g. : LOWCARBDIET
27
Synthetic alternative to silk : RAYON
29
Suffix with sex : ISM
33
Gets ready to play basketball, say, with "up" : LACES
34
Cat once prized for its fur : OCELOT
35
Airer of Ken Burns documentaries : PBS
37
Many a rapper's name : ALIAS
38
George who played Norm on "Cheers" : WENDT
41
Ike's home state: Abbr. : KAN
44
___ Harry, vocalist for the band Blondie : DEBORAH
48
Fool's gold : PYRITE
50
German automaker : OPEL
51
First lady after Eleanor : BESS
52
Words before double or take : ONTHE
53
Sine's reciprocal, briefly : COSEC
54
Frida who was portrayed in film by Salma Hayek : KAHLO
55
Crush, in a way, with "on" : STOMP
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Some narrative writing : EPOS
61
Org. with the Original Six teams : NHL
63
What 61-Down teams play on : ICE
64
Amusement : FUN
65
Sen. Cruz : TED

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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