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New York Times, Monday, March 12, 2018

Author:
John R. O'Brien
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Blood-related
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John R. O'Brien

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. O'Brien. Monday freshness: 78%
John R. O'Brien notes:
This is my 3rd acceptance by the NYT, with enough rejections to give me a batting average below Bob Uecker. I am grateful to Joel ... read more
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What, no PURPLE PEOPLE EATER in this ONE-EYEd puzzle? Oh ye malevolent crossword grids and your 15-letter constraints! Both the ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times3/12/18 ( No. 24,961 )
Across
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Parts missing from the Venus de Milo : ARMS
5
Ancient Greek market : AGORA
10
What hairy dogs do in the spring : SHED
14
Boyfriend : BEAU
15
Toilet paper layers, e.g. : PLIES
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
17
Complain querulously : CARP
18
*Monster outsmarted by Odysseus : POLYPHEMUS
20
Drivers doing 90, say : SPEEDERS
22
With mouth wide open : AGAPE
23
Indian queen : RANI
24
Tin lizzies : MODELTS
26
*Rat Pack member who sang and danced : SAMMYDAVISJR
30
Parts with irises : UVEAS
31
Actor Morales of "La Bamba" : ESAI
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See 39-Across : EYE
35
Dawn, to Donne : MORN
36
Like clothes in the hamper : DIRTY
38
Servant in "Young Frankenstein" : IGOR
39
With 32-Across, what the answers to the starred clues each have : ONE
40
Brief moments, briefly : SECS
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Frighten : SCARE
42
*Black face card whose face is seen in profile : JACKOFSPADES
45
Indy or Daytona : RACEWAY
48
What two fives are change for : ATEN
49
Cancel at Cape Canaveral : ABORT
50
"Star Wars Episode IV" subtitle : ANEWHOPE
54
*Comic character on a gum wrapper : BAZOOKAJOE
57
Satanic : EVIL
58
Part of a list with bullets : ITEM
59
Scam : FRAUD
60
Swimmers' units : LAPS
61
Hawaiian goose : NENE
62
"Two mints in one" sloganeer : CERTS
63
Nolo contendere, e.g. : PLEA
Down
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Things learned in "The Alphabet Song" : ABCS
2
Harvest : REAP
3
Stallion's mate : MARE
4
Hero who's neither a bird nor a plane : SUPERMAN
5
Tack on : APPEND
6
Steinem who co-founded Ms. magazine : GLORIA
7
Classic paintings : OILS
8
Spanish king : REY
9
Biter of Cleopatra : ASP
10
Folk legend Pete : SEEGER
11
Blood-related : HEMAL
12
Blow, as a volcano : ERUPT
13
Amounts in a hypodermic needle : DOSES
19
Pilgrim to Mecca : HADJI
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February has the fewest of them : DAYS
24
Aerosol spray : MIST
25
Start of "The Star-Spangled Banner" : OSAY
26
Sport originally part of a Shinto ritual : SUMO
27
Shakespeare's stream : AVON
28
Parisian mother : MERE
29
Left page in a book : VERSO
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"Heavens to Betsy!" : EGAD
33
Bygone times : YORE
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"___ Tú" (1974 song) : ERES
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Ten: Prefix : DECA
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Highly off-putting : ICKY
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"Allow me" : ICANHELP
40
Handled, as a task : SAWTO
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Blow, as from a volcano : SPEW
42
Saint known for translating the Bible into Latin : JEROME
43
Spread, as people in a search party : FANOUT
44
The Lone Ranger's Silver and others : STEEDS
45
Former Israeli P.M. Yitzhak : RABIN
46
Lessen : ABATE
47
Cheat : COZEN
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"When it's ___" (answer to an old riddle) : AJAR
51
Squished circle : OVAL
52
Prop for Sherlock Holmes : PIPE
53
Two-time Oscar-nominated actress Lanchester : ELSA
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The Colonel's restaurant : KFC
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"I am, you ___, he is" : ARE

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