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New York Times, Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Author:
Andy Kravis and Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : "A ___ of Two Cities"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2711/3/20137/26/202416
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
51374331
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
151.6218059%
Andy Kravis
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7811/6/20123/22/202441
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118791014181
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
281.6054562%
Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QV} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Kravis. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Agard. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Tuesday freshness: 45%
Constructor notes:
ERIK: Easy puzzles are so hard to write! Many of our tougher themes have seemed to develop almost instantaneously, but when we sat ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Loved this. I'm a huge Three Stooges fan, as well as a Greek mythology buff, so THREE-WAY TIE works equally well for me with Andy's or ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times8/14/18 ( No. 25,116 )
Across
1
Three-letter sandwich : PBJ
4
Ballroom dance from Cuba : RUMBA
9
Put up with : ABIDE
14
Period in history : ERA
15
In the city : URBAN
16
Front and back halves of a golf course, often : NINES
17
Stick connected to a reel : ROD
18
Article of headwear for an explosives engineer? : BLASTINGCAP
20
Words before an expiration date : USEBY
22
Appear to be : SEEM
23
Stashed away : HID
24
Poem with a dedicatee : ODE
26
Where tapas are enjoyed : SPAIN
28
Install, as a light bulb : SCREWIN
32
Breadth : EXTENT
35
Article of neckwear for the Stooges? : THREEWAYTIE
37
Comedian Issa ___ : RAE
38
Set-asides for old age, for short : IRAS
39
"Today" rival, in brief : GMA
40
Artist Chagall or N.B.A. player Gasol : MARC
41
Dispenser candy : PEZ
42
Wrist accessory for a celebrity magazine editor? : PEOPLEWATCH
46
Had a video call with : SKYPED
48
Funeral vehicles : HEARSES
49
"Let me give you a ride!" : HOPIN
51
___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle) : REO
52
"Help us!," at sea : SOS
53
Frog and ___ (friends in a children's book series) : TOAD
56
Halo sporter : ANGEL
60
Waist accessory for a Russian cook? : BORSCHTBELT
63
Beam of sunlight : RAY
64
Made less difficult : EASED
65
Not go together fashionwise : CLASH
66
Dog's sound : ARF
67
Put vinaigrette on, perhaps : DRESS
68
Groups of bison : HERDS
69
Three-letter sandwich : BLT
Down
1
Lima's home : PERU
2
Frat dudes : BROS
3
Stone prized in China : JADE
4
Actress in "Do the Right Thing" and the "Roots" miniseries : RUBYDEE
5
Address containing "www" : URL
6
Execs' degrees, often : MBAS
7
First, second or third : BASE
8
Pays for a hand : ANTES
9
Peebles in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame : ANN
10
Chart-topper : BIGHIT
11
Burn to a crisp : INCINERATE
12
Having a battery that's out of juice : DEAD
13
Psychic's purported ability, for short : ESP
19
Architect of the Louvre Pyramid : IMPEI
21
Unfun sorts : BORES
25
"Yucky!" : EWW
27
Guitar, in slang : AXE
28
Ogre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : SHREK
29
Noted Lakota leader : CRAZYHORSE
30
"I hate the Moor" speaker, in Shakespeare : IAGO
31
Naiad or dryad : NYMPH
33
Drug bust officers : NARCS
34
PC fixer : TECH
35
Rewards for waiting? : TIPS
36
"A ___ of Two Cities" : TALE
40
Perry who lost only one case in his career : MASON
42
Vivacity : PEP
43
Wharton or Piaf : EDITH
44
Musical ability : EAR
45
Christmas door decorations : WREATHS
47
Groups in westerns : POSSES
50
V-shaped cut : NOTCH
52
Fly high : SOAR
54
Up to the task : ABLE
55
___ John : DEAR
57
Seize : GRAB
58
Grey's title, in the tea aisle : EARL
59
Uber competitor : LYFT
60
Making it is a chore : BED
61
Contents of jewel cases : CDS
62
Trippy drug : LSD

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

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