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New York Times, Monday, June 8, 2015

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Down : Old pulp reading
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BKQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 88 for Mr. Collins. Monday freshness: 60%
Peter A. Collins notes:
MAN movies. There certainly are a lot of them. I restricted myself to films with titles that go ____ MAN -– no hyphen (sorry, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
MAN oh MAN, eight words which form a movie title when followed by MAN. Well, seven words and one phrase. That felt a bit like "one of ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times6/8/15 ( No. 23,953 )
Across
1
Pill bottle contents, informally : MEDS
5
City across the bay from St. Petersburg : TAMPA
10
Lose in a dice game, with "out" : CRAP
14
Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
15
Adage : AXIOM
16
Seizure in a driveway, maybe : REPO
17
Glass slipper wearer in a fairy tale : CINDERELLA
19
"Oh, were it not so!" : ALAS
20
Control the wheel : STEER
21
___-mo replay : SLO
22
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
23
Pugs and poodles : DOGS
25
Valentine's Day message : ILOVEYOU
27
Illegal substance for athletes : STEROID
30
(5 x 3) - (7 x 2) = ? : ONE
31
Personal ad abbr. : SWM
32
Out of juice, as a battery : DEAD
33
Mexican city across the border from San Diego : TIJUANA
36
Witch trials city : SALEM
38
Word that follows each shaded answer to complete a film title : MAN
39
Roofing material : SLATE
43
Cake batter ingredients : RAWEGGS
46
Fe, in chemistry : IRON
47
Nile snake : ASP
50
Took part in a 53-Across : RAN
51
Special ___ (movie budget expense) : EFFECTS
53
26-mile race : MARATHON
56
Actress Chaplin of "Game of Thrones" : OONA
57
Nail file material : EMERY
58
Brewery container : VAT
60
Half-diameters : RADII
63
Alaskan city on the Seward Peninsula : NOME
64
Job done with a wrecking ball : DEMOLITION
66
Drought ender : RAIN
67
Last Oldsmobile model : ALERO
68
Has supper : EATS
69
On the ocean : ASEA
70
Windows forerunner : MSDOS
71
"___, crackle, pop" : SNAP
Down
1
Non-Windows computers : MACS
2
Give off : EMIT
3
Fait accompli : DONEDEAL
4
Fries or coleslaw, typically : SIDEORDER
5
Roofing material : TAR
6
x and y, on a graph : AXES
7
Prefix with liter : MILLI
8
Noted watering hole in Beverly Hills : POLOLOUNGE
9
Grp. of docs : AMA
10
Container for oranges : CRATE
11
Track races with legs : RELAYS
12
Judd who directed "Knocked Up" : APATOW
13
Play ___ (feign sleep) : POSSUM
18
Therefore : ERGO
22
2, 4, 6, 8, etc. : EVENS
24
Canine command : SIT
26
Bon Jovi's "Livin' ___ Prayer" : ONA
27
Radical '60s org. : SDS
28
Tetley product : TEA
29
Old pulp reading : DIMENOVELS
34
Pricey sports car, informally : JAG
35
Estranges : ALIENATES
37
Country crooner Robbins : MARTY
40
Peaceful, as the simple rural life : ARCADIAN
41
Preschooler : TOT
42
Rank above midshipman: Abbr. : ENS
44
Baby's cry : WAH
45
Bay Area airport inits. : SFO
47
Egyptian king of the gods : AMENRA
48
Coconut-flaked Girl Scout cookies : SAMOAS
49
Incubator baby, informally : PREMIE
52
"Forgive me, Father, ___ have sinned" : FORI
54
Big rock concert venue : ARENA
55
Appointed : NAMED
59
Bullfight bull : TORO
61
Tiny bit : IOTA
62
Police rank: Abbr. : INSP
64
Beaver's construction : DAM
65
The "L" in L.A. : LOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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