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New York Times, Monday, November 5, 2012

Author:
Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Down : Unlikely prom king
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Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FGJQZ} This is puzzle # 35 for Ms. Michaels. Monday freshness: 19%
Andrea Carla Michaels notes:

Another partners theme, but with threesomes...but since WYNKEN, BLYKEN AND NOD was longer than 15, I thought it might be fun to list one of the trio and have the solver come up with the other two. I envisioned this as a call and response between constructor and solver.

Snap!

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© 2012, The New York Times11/5/12 ( No. 23,008 )
Across
1
Brad of "Moneyball" : PITT
5
Ibuprofen brand : ADVIL
10
Zoom up : SOAR
14
5-Across target : ACHE
15
U.S. 1's northern terminus : MAINE
16
"Alas!" : AHME
17
Fishing line holder : REEL
18
Crime started with a match : ARSON
19
Gas in commercial lights : NEON
20
Wynken's fishing buddies : BLYNKENANDNOD
23
French friend : AMI
25
Poem whose title might start "To a ..." : ODE
26
Brings in, as money : EARNS
27
Moe's slapstick pals : LARRYANDCURLY
32
Sound portion of a broadcast : AUDIO
33
Ayn who wrote "Atlas Shrugged" : RAND
34
Bit of smoke : WISP
35
In the know : AWARE
37
Concordes, e.g., for short : SSTS
41
More than a quiz : EXAM
42
Secret stash : CACHE
43
Huey's fellow nephews : DEWEYANDLOUIE
47
Dictation expert : STENO
49
Yvette's "yes" : OUI
50
"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" subject, supposedly : LSD
51
Snap's cereal mates : CRACKLEANDPOP
56
Make over completely : REDO
57
In base eight : OCTAL
58
Great Salt Lake site : UTAH
61
"Well, did you ___?!" : EVER
62
Humiliate : SHAME
63
Big Apple neighborhood : SOHO
64
Burgundy or Bordeaux : WINE
65
"Spider-Man" star Maguire : TOBEY
66
Threesome ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : TRIO
Down
1
Golfer's goal : PAR
2
Freezer tray contents : ICE
3
Hitchcock thriller set in California : THEBIRDS
4
Relate, as a story : TELL
5
Actress Blake : AMANDA
6
Shade in : DARKEN
7
Tool with a rotating handle : VISE
8
Privy to : INON
9
"Stormy Weather" singer Horne : LENA
10
Flip-flop, e.g. : SANDAL
11
"The Gift of the Magi" writer : OHENRY
12
"___ for the Misbegotten" (O'Neill play) : AMOON
13
Tears apart : RENDS
21
Toy you can do tricks with : YOYO
22
Unlikely prom king : NERD
23
"There oughta be ___" : ALAW
24
Island next to Molokai : MAUI
28
Embarrassing sound when one bends over : RIP
29
"Law & Order," e.g. : DRAMA
30
Jaguar or Impala : CAR
31
Québec article : UNE
35
Lumberjack's tool : AXE
36
Path : WAY
37
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
38
Michelangelo or Rodin : SCULPTOR
39
"Get a load of ___!" : THIS
40
Kernel : SEED
41
Jedi's furry friend : EWOK
42
Cut out, as coupons : CLIP
43
Desensitize : DEADEN
44
"More! More!" : ENCORE
45
Like a generic brand : NONAME
46
"Bedazzled" actor Moore : DUDLEY
47
Fastener that turns : SCREW
48
Rome's ___ Fountain : TREVI
52
Befuddled : LOST
53
Yodel's comeback : ECHO
54
Run ___ (drink on credit) : ATAB
55
Give the heave-ho : OUST
59
Hawaiian tuna : AHI
60
Yoo-___ (chocolate drink) : HOO

Answer summary:
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