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New York Times, Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Author:
Timothy Polin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Down : Original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal
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Timothy Polin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 77, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Polin. Tuesday freshness: 67%
Jeff Chen notes:
I've seen a lot of crosswords playing off of state abbreviations, but this particular take delighted me. What cool finds, AL(abama) ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times8/22/17 ( No. 24,759 )
Across
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Containers at chocolate factories : VATS
5
Southern city just south of a national forest with the same name : OZARK
10
Shout after a stressful week : TGIF
14
Mrs. Peacock's game : CLUE
15
Cello bow application : ROSIN
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Plead with, say : URGE
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Fire hydrant attachment : HOSE
18
Managed to irk : GOTTO
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It's a big blow : GALE
20
Pixar's "Monsters, ___" : INC
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Orally : BYMOUTH
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Nonverbal "yes" : NOD
24
R&B singer Bryson : PEABO
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___ Levin, author of "Rosemary's Baby" : IRA
27
Windows precursor : MSDOS
29
Undergraduate law deg. : LLB
30
Nothing : NIL
31
Clumsy fellow : OAF
32
Egg ___ yung (Chinese dish) : FOO
33
Newborn horses : FOALS
35
"This instant!" : NOW
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Make an approach like a bird of prey : SWOOPIN
39
Common churchyard conifer : YEWTREE
42
Destiny : KISMET
43
Spiritual center, in yoga : CHAKRA
44
Look for : AWAIT
45
___-Man : PAC
48
"Nothing for me, thanks" : IMSET
49
Adm. Horatio Nelson, for one : NAVALHERO
52
Superexcited : AGOG
55
Glowing bit in a fire : EMBER
56
Aborted plan : NOGO
60
Rorschach test shape : BLOT
61
Show leniency toward : SPARE
62
"The very ___!" : IDEA
63
No-brainer? : BOZO
64
Freak out : PANIC
65
Champagne bottle stopper : CORK
66
"Truer words have never been spoken!" : AMEN
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Thus far : ASYET
68
It "marches on its stomach," per Napoleon : ARMY
Down
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TV blocking device : VCHIP
2
Companionless : ALONE
3
Where the Crimson Tide play : TUSCALOOSA
4
Lay eyes on : SEE
5
Out-of-control revelry : ORGY
6
Get a close-up of by camera : ZOOMINON
7
City almost at the end of the Columbia River : ASTORIA
8
In a ceremonial manner : RITUALLY
9
Hard-to-undo tie : KNOT
10
Yank : TUG
11
Red River Valley city in the upper Midwest : GRANDFORKS
12
House that's cool to live in? : IGLOO
13
Puts money in, as a meter : FEEDS
21
Go up and down, as a buoy : BOB
22
Plan for hosp. patients : HMO
25
State university city in the Midwest : BLOOMINGTON
28
Sunny city with a famous pier : SANTAMONICA
32
"Here are my thoughts," online : FWIW
33
Something thrown in frustration : FIT
34
1/60 of a min. : SEC
36
Used to be : WERE
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Calypso-influenced genre : SKA
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"I'd rather go naked than wear fur" org. : PETA
40
Fan sound : WHIR
41
Consume : EAT
45
Argentine grassland : PAMPAS
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Original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal : ALBANY
47
French sweetie : CHERIE
50
Italian motor scooter : VESPA
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Not hunched over : ERECT
52
Group with the hit "Waterloo" : ABBA
53
Grab (onto) : GLOM
54
Exude, as charm : OOZE
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Musk, e.g. : ODOR
58
Infection cause : GERM
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Tasting of wood, as some chardonnays : OAKY

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

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