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New York Times, Monday, May 2, 2016

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Down : Seven days from now
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1085/21/20021/14/20184
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
81318151217619
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
431.5850462%
Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 103 for Ms. Gamache. Monday freshness: 87%
Jeff Chen notes:
ME TOO interpreted as "me two," i.e. two instances of ME within a single phrase. I bet there are a ton of phrases exhibiting this ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times5/2/16 ( No. 24,282 )
Across
1
Coke rival : PEPSI
6
Popular hairstyle in the 1960s : AFRO
10
"No ifs, ___ ..." : ANDS
14
Birdlike : AVIAN
15
Next year's jr. : SOPH
16
Wife of Jacob : LEAH
17
Electric car maker : TESLA
18
8:00-11:00 p.m., TV-wise : PRIMETIME
20
Anticipate : AWAIT
22
Actress Strahovski of "Dexter" and "Chuck" : YVONNE
23
ABAB in a poem, e.g. : RHYMESCHEME
27
Tax form ID : SSN
28
Superiors of sarges : LOOIES
29
Wildcat with tufted ears : LYNX
31
"So gross!" : EWW
32
D-E-A-D dead : KAPUT
35
Harmonizes, informally : SYNCS
39
Large or extra-large : SIZE
41
Copycat's comment ... or, phonetically, a hint to this puzzle's theme : METOO
43
Émile of the Dreyfus Affair : ZOLA
44
Mattress brand : SEALY
46
"Thanks," in Deutschland : DANKE
48
Letter between sigma and upsilon : TAU
49
Roman marketplaces : FORA
51
Breaks off a romantic relationship : ENDSIT
53
Lawyers' org. : ABA
56
Greeting to a returning soldier, maybe : WELCOMEHOME
59
V.I.P. : BIGWIG
61
Coffee shop lure : AROMA
62
What a finger-pointer "plays" : BLAMEGAME
64
Robbery at a police station, e.g. : IRONY
68
Abbr. in a footnote : IBID
69
Prefix with -logical : IDEO
70
Roast host : EMCEE
71
Many millennia : EONS
72
Those, in Mexico : ESOS
73
One side of a Faustian bargain : SATAN
Down
1
Butter serving : PAT
2
Night before a holiday : EVE
3
Detectives, for short : PIS
4
Deli meat : SALAMI
5
Seven days from now : INAWEEK
6
Savory jelly : ASPIC
7
"... and so on and so ___" : FORTH
8
Sch. in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
9
"Good heavens!" : OHMYMY
10
Choir voice : ALTO
11
Dresden denials : NEINS
12
Curses : DAMNS
13
Luster : SHEEN
19
Odds' opposite : EVENS
21
Indian state known for its tea and silk : ASSAM
23
Like non-oyster months : RLESS
24
Comic Mandel : HOWIE
25
"Holy moly!" : YOWZA
26
John who sang "Philadelphia Freedom" : ELTON
30
End run of the alphabet : XYZ
33
Power a bike : PEDAL
34
Tony winner Hagen : UTA
36
"On the contrary!" : NOTSO
37
Demand by right : CLAIM
38
Pan-frying instruction : SAUTE
40
Santa's little helper : ELF
42
Vermont skiing destination : OKEMO
45
"Ouch, that hurts!" : YOWIE
47
All the people attacking you : ENEMIES
50
Jackson who was on five World Series-winning teams in the 1970s : REGGIE
52
Cosmic order, in Buddhism : DHARMA
53
Hoffman of 1960s radicalism : ABBIE
54
"The Hobbit" hero Baggins : BILBO
55
Once more : AGAIN
57
One of many Hitchcock appearances in his own films : CAMEO
58
Sandwich cookies now sold by Mondelez : OREOS
60
Iraq war concerns, for short : WMDS
63
Commercials : ADS
65
Halloween mo. : OCT
66
Teachers' org. : NEA
67
Tokyo currency : YEN

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

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