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New York Times, Monday, August 4, 2014

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
13-Down : Distorts, as data
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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351.6447062%
Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQ} This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Fagliano. Monday freshness: 98%
Joel Fagliano notes:
I came up with this simple theme on a plane ride, of course. It felt pretty average as themes go, so I decided to make it distinctive ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Joel's done some great work in his nearly 30 puzzles for the NYT. But I can't remember ever thinking "how the heck did he do that?" ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times8/4/14 ( No. 23,645 )
Across
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Marathon or sprint : RACE
5
Toots one's own horn : BRAGS
10
"___ out of your league, man!" : SHES
14
Shah's land : IRAN
15
Des Moines native : IOWAN
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Vehicle with a hatch on top : TANK
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Venus de ___ : MILO
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Muppet with a long bluish nose : GONZO
19
___ in a blue moon : ONCE
20
Lets some air in, say : CRACKSAWINDOW
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Any graduate from a women's college : ALUMNA
25
Becomes an Elvis impersonator? : SNEERS
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Compromised, as two parties : METINTHEMIDDLE
30
Actor Damon : MATT
31
German state whose capital is Dresden : SAXONY
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"Sounds good!" : OKAY
33
Cacophony : DIN
34
Jane Austen classic : EMMA
38
Hypes : BOOSTS
41
Lab container : VIAL
42
Get hitched : GODOWNTHEAISLE
46
Start watching a TV show, say : TUNEIN
47
Parts of a moral code : VALUES
48
What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are : AIRPLANESEATS
52
Narrow opening : SLIT
53
Mideast's ___ Heights : GOLAN
54
Close, in a guessing game : WARM
57
Make an engraving : ETCH
58
Illuminated from below : UPLIT
59
Horror film assistant with a Russian name : IGOR
60
Salon tints : DYES
61
Down-and-out : NEEDY
62
Word that's only coincidentally made up of the four main compass points : NEWS
Down
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Wheel's edge : RIM
2
"Exodus" hero : ARI
3
India's capital before New Delhi : CALCUTTA
4
Sheer awfulness : ENORMITY
5
Lions and tigers, but not bears : BIGCATS
6
Corner chess piece : ROOK
7
Plant bristles : AWNS
8
Mideast's ___ Strip : GAZA
9
Strands at a chalet, say : SNOWSIN
10
High as a kite : STONED
11
"Messiah" composer : HANDEL
12
Shout after the band leaves the stage : ENCORE
13
Distorts, as data : SKEWS
21
___ Taylor, women's clothing chain : ANN
22
___ 500 : INDY
23
BBs and bullets : AMMO
24
Plumbing problem : LEAK
27
Wore : HADON
28
Be : EXIST
29
Calendar page : MONTH
34
Facetious fall guy for one's wrongdoings, maybe : EVILTWIN
35
Malapropism : MISUSAGE
36
Like guys : MALE
37
Pub orders : ALES
38
Be hot, hot, hot : BOIL
39
Exercise one's right under the Second Amendment : OWNAGUN
40
Common highway speed limit : SEVENTY
42
Opposite of innocent : GUILTY
43
How chop suey is often served : ONRICE
44
Ocean bottoms : DEPTHS
45
Baseball designation one step below Major League : AAA
46
Zapped, as during an arrest : TASED
49
Slangy dissent : NOPE
50
Woman's name that sounds like a letter : ELLE
51
Uttered : SAID
55
Pull an oar : ROW
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___ Fields cookies : MRS

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