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New York Times, Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Down : Predicaments
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 14, Columns: 16 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. McCoy. Wednesday freshness: 21%
Tom McCoy notes:
To find themers, I wrote a program to generate a list of English words made entirely from the letters A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, and Y. (I ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Themers whose letters all exhibit mirror symmetry. A couple of months ago, Jim and I submitted a similar theme to Will, who let us know we got ... read more
1
B
2
U
3
T
4
M
5
A
6
Y
7
T
8
W
9
I
10
G
11
S
12
T
13
Y
14
U
N
O
15
A
R
E
16
O
H
N
O
17
E
R
E
18
R
P
M
19
M
R
S
20
P
A
N
G
21
O
L
I
N
22
M
I
A
23
S
M
A
24
J
E
T
S
O
F
F
25
A
N
Y
W
A
Y
26
A
K
A
27
S
T
R
28
I
29
P
30
T
I
M
31
O
M
A
H
32
A
33
E
P
A
34
G
35
L
O
R
I
36
O
U
S
37
O
P
38
T
39
S
F
O
R
40
O
U
T
L
A
S
T
41
T
O
E
H
O
L
D
S
42
L
A
O
43
A
W
44
A
I
T
45
A
L
E
46
F
U
M
47
E
48
D
49
I
L
L
50
S
T
A
C
51
H
52
E
53
A
L
I
54
T
T
L
E
55
T
A
R
T
A
R
56
M
57
A
H
I
M
A
H
I
58
M
A
W
59
I
R
A
60
A
C
T
61
E
R
I
E
62
E
R
A
63
O
P
S
64
N
E
O
65
S
E
T
S
66
T
R
Y
67
N
Y
E
© 2015, The New York Times8/12/15 ( No. 24,018 )
Across
1
Word after which a parent might interrupt a child : BUT
4
Peter Parker's aunt in "Spider-Man" : MAY
7
Branchlet : TWIG
11
Grimy abode : STY
14
Card game call : UNO
15
"Rules ___ rules" : ARE
16
"Not that!" : OHNO
17
Before, in poetry : ERE
18
Turntable measure, in brief : RPM
19
Wifey, with "the" : MRS
20
Scaly anteater : PANGOLIN
22
Unpleasant atmosphere : MIASMA
24
Leaves in a hurry : JETSOFF
25
Subject-changing word : ANYWAY
26
Letters on a wanted sign : AKA
27
Cartoonist's work : STRIP
30
Curry of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" : TIM
31
The Wizard of ___ (nickname of Warren Buffett) : OMAHA
33
Org. whose resources partly go to waste? : EPA
34
Adjective for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un : GLORIOUS
37
Picks : OPTSFOR
40
Stay longer than : OUTLAST
41
Points of entry : TOEHOLDS
42
Southeast Asian language : LAO
43
Be there for : AWAIT
45
Tankard contents : ALE
46
Was furious : FUMED
49
"___ bite" : ILL
50
Something just under one's nose, slangily : STACHE
53
Not much : ALITTLE
55
___ sauce : TARTAR
56
Fish also known as a dorado : MAHIMAHI
58
Big mouth : MAW
59
Glass of "This American Life" : IRA
60
Have a part : ACT
61
City of NW Pennsylvania : ERIE
62
15-Across backward : ERA
63
Roman equivalent of Rhea : OPS
64
Classical start? : NEO
65
Match makeup : SETS
66
Encouraging word : TRY
67
Bill in a bow tie : NYE
Down
1
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" locale : BURMA
2
Remove from a bulletin board, say : UNPIN
3
*"Same difference" : TOMAYTOTOMAHTO
4
*Musical that includes the song "Take a Chance on Me" : MAMMAMIA
5
Panoply : ARRAY
6
Encouraging word : YES
7
19th-century Midwest rail hub : TOPEKA
8
*"That sure was funny!" : WHATAHOOT
9
Overnight stops on the road : INNS
10
Group with the 1981 #1 album "Beauty and the Beat" : GOGOS
11
Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue : SELFREFLECTION
12
Start for cycle : TRI
13
Nikkei 225 unit : YEN
21
Frequently : OFT
23
Feature of a soft-serve ice cream cone : SWIRL
24
Predicaments : JAMS
28
Apple's ___ Touch : IPOD
29
Some scores in 34-Down : PARS
31
*"Stop hemming and hawing!" : OUTWITHIT
32
Copycat : APE
34
See 29-Down : GOLF
35
Party with poi : LUAU
36
Spanish she-bear : OSA
38
*Where "they went," in old westerns : THATAWAY
39
___ power : SOLAR
41
Bananagrams game piece : TILE
44
Axis foe : ALLIES
47
Giant Manning : ELI
48
Smallest coins : DIMES
50
Rock's All-___ Band : STARR
51
Monster encountered by Aeneas : HARPY
52
Wipe out : ERASE
54
Scale deduction : TARE
56
"Wow!" : MAN
57
Hotshot : ACE
58
Came across : MET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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