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New York Times, Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Author:
Jacob Stulberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Jacob Stulberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Stulberg. Wednesday freshness: 25%
Jacob Stulberg notes:
When several letters will work in a given square, I'll often choose the one with the higher Scrabble value, which tends to make for a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Fun visual, a fishing line represented by a string of Is, ending with a J, which looks like a fish hook. I grokked the idea quickly ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

In 2008, Liz Gorski used a similar string of I's to hold up an arachnid.

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© 2017, The New York Times5/31/17 ( No. 24,676 )
Across
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Ice Bucket Challenge, in 2014 : FAD
4
*Complain : CARP
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"The King and I" setting : SIAM
12
Corp. milestones : IPOS
14
In ___ of : LIEU
15
What used to be yours? : THINE
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Jacket feature : VENT
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W.W. II general Bradley : OMAR
18
Katherine of "27 Dresses" : HEIGL
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Take by force : EXTORT
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One following statutes to the letter : LEGALIST
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Hoof, essentially : TOE
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*Extract with heat, in a way : SMELT
25
"___ All Over Now" (Rolling Stones hit) : ITS
26
Refrain from singing? : TRALALA
29
Things hurled at the Olympics : DISCI
31
Hunky-dory : AOK
32
*Weapon with a point : PIKE
34
Farmyard noise : MOOING
37
"A likely story!" : IBET
39
Swing successor : BEBOP
41
Level : TIER
42
Doesn't disturb : LETSBE
44
*The Mikado in "The Mikado," e.g. : BASS
46
Savings option, for short : IRA
47
Big name in games : HOYLE
49
Scare the bejeezus out of : TERRIFY
51
Mimic : APE
53
*Birdcage feature : PERCH
55
You, to Yvette : TOI
56
Neighbor of Quebec : LABRADOR
58
Fancy cracker topping : CAVIAR
61
Hazel eyes, e.g. : TRAIT
62
You might prepare one for potential investors : DEMO
64
Yeats's land : EIRE
65
Many rural Pennsylvanians : AMISH
66
Site of a famous eviction : EDEN
67
Pickle flavorer : DILL
68
"Per hour" or "per mile" figure : RATE
69
*Shoe part : SOLE
70
Rapture : JOY
Down
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Solid orange ball : FIVE
2
Top : APEX
3
Warning for easily provoked types ... or for the answers to the six starred clues? : DONTTAKETHEBAIT
4
Cardiologist's concern : CLOT
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Fire starter? : AIM
6
Area : REALM
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Like baby food, often : PUREED
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Poet Silverstein : SHEL
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What might tempt the answers to the six starred clues? : IIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ
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Unsettling feeling : ANGST
11
Softens : MELTS
13
Bar sight : STOOL
15
"Oh really?" : THATSO
20
Take in : REAP
22
Short notice? : GLIMPSE
24
"For heaven's ___!" : SAKE
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Word before (or synonymous with) end : TAIL
27
Spa wear : ROBE
28
Cast aspersions on, in a way : LIBELED
30
Barracks sight : COT
33
Go down : EBB
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___ Blaster (toy gun) : NERF
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Ash, e.g. : GRAY
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Name on Chinese restaurant menus : TSO
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It might be bleeped : OATH
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Indirect route : BYPATH
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Mex. miss : SRTA
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Wears : ERODES
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Wandered aimlessly : ROVED
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Where vows may be taken : ALTAR
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Italian city known for its prosciutto and cheese : PARMA
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Words to live by : CREDO
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"All ___" : RISE
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Part of a rocket : CONE
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Singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Bank (on) : RELY
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Former senator and R.N.C. head Martinez : MEL

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