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New York Times, Monday, July 1, 2013

Author:
Patrick McIntyre
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : *Torn
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Patrick McIntyre

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQUXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. McIntyre. Monday freshness: 56%
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© 2013, The New York Times7/1/13 ( No. 23,246 )
Across
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Stock exchange worker : TRADER
7
Prisoner's leg restraint : SHACKLE
14
In the same family : RELATED
16
North Carolina athlete : TARHEEL
17
Very narrow, as a road : ONELANE
18
Tackle, as a difficult subject : DIGINTO
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Old World blackbird : MERL
20
Names with "®" symbols: Abbr. : TMS
22
Bird of myth : ROC
23
"Le ___ Prince" : PETIT
25
Units of electrical resistance : OHMS
27
Very much : ALOT
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Twisty highway curves : ESSES
32
"Days of Our Lives," for one : SOAP
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Fancy party : GALA
34
Brit. fliers : RAF
36
The second "W" of W.W. II : WAR
37
Pizzeria fixture : OVEN
38
Six-pack units : ABS
41
Folded item in a glove compartment : ROADMAP
44
Perfectly fine, informally : AOK
45
Gator's cousin : CROC
47
"Well, looky here!" : OHO
48
"___-hoo!" : YOO
50
"I did it!" : TADA
51
Rescues for broken-down cars : TOWS
53
Scoundrel : KNAVE
57
Knife wound : STAB
58
___ Swann, Super Bowl X M.V.P. : LYNN
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Having a roof overhang : EAVED
60
In the past : AGO
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Party to the left of Dem. : SOC
64
Little dent : DING
65
Sound systems : STEREOS
69
"Don't even think about it" : BADIDEA
71
Car gear for backing up : REVERSE
72
58-Across, for his entire N.F.L. career : STEELER
73
Group for kids of problem drinkers : ALATEEN
74
Lecherous goat-men : SATYRS
Down
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___ l'oeil (optical illusion) : TROMPE
2
Actress Zellweger and others : RENEES
3
All-points bulletins, e.g. : ALERTS
4
One wasting time : DALLIER
5
Announcement over a plane's P.A. : ETA
6
*Torn : RENT
7
Benchmark: Abbr. : STD
8
*Salon supply : HAIRSPRAY
9
Oscar-winning Ben Affleck picture : ARGO
10
*The Windy City : CHICAGO
11
Barbie's beau : KEN
12
Allow : LET
13
"Evil Woman" band, for short : ELO
15
Test cars at car dealerships : DEMOS
21
Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? : SHOWDOWNS
24
Old Russian autocrat : TSAR
26
Sir's counterpart : MAAM
28
Volcanic flow : LAVA
29
Butter substitute : OLEO
30
Vehicle with a gun mount : TANK
35
*Partner of fancy-free : FOOTLOOSE
38
Parts of musicals : ACTS
39
Baby sitter's headache : BRAT
40
Fizzy drink : SODA
42
"Hey there, matey!" : AHOY
43
Prod : POKE
46
*Nightclub : CABARET
49
Counting calories : ONADIET
52
Ones with their noses in the air : SNOBS
54
With gusto : AVIDLY
55
Furniture finish : VENEER
56
Whodunit awards : EDGARS
61
Richard of "Pretty Woman" : GERE
63
*Jazz devotees, informally : CATS
65
Spanish Mrs. : SRA
66
___ Aviv : TEL
67
TV's Longoria : EVA
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One of a D.C. 100 : SEN
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Narc's org. : DEA

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