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New York Times, Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Author:
Erik Wennstrom
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Rote learning, to most people
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Erik Wennstrom

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {V} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Wennstrom. Wednesday freshness: 38%
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© 2013, The New York Times8/7/13 ( No. 23,283 )
Across
1
Dos + dos + dos : SEIS
5
Utterly hopeless : ABJECT
11
"We ___ the 99%" : ARE
14
Dermatologist's concern : CYST
15
Capital on the Vltava River : PRAGUE
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___ Heels (college team) : TAR
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First name in folk : ARLO
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Like a raccoon's tail : RINGED
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Confessional confession : SIN
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*What paper profits aren't : REALMONEY
22
Checkout counter count : ITEMS
24
Counting-out rhyme start : EENY
25
Oil-rich nation invaded in 1990 : KUWAIT
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Good dishes : CHINA
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Taste whose name means "savoriness" in Japanese : UMAMI
31
*Photo gear with variable focal lengths : ZOOMLENSES
34
Metro map points: Abbr. : STNS
38
Kind of clef : ALTO
39
Like a fugitive : LOOSE
40
Hype up : TOUT
41
Berate, with "out" : REAM
42
*Titularly : INNAMEONLY
44
Lauder of cosmetics : ESTEE
46
Case for Scully and Mulder : XFILE
47
Torch holder : SCONCE
50
Big Ben sound : PEAL
52
To a great extent : QUITE
53
*Sarcastic remark upon hearing bad news : KILLMENOW
58
Ashes holder : URN
59
One passing out cigars, maybe : NEWDAD
61
See 13-Down : MACH
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"Shoot!" : ASK
63
"Seinfeld" woman : ELAINE
64
Hazmat-monitoring org. : OSHA
65
Prefix in some French surnames : DES
66
Bing Crosby or David Crosby : SINGER
67
Condé ___ : NAST
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Mark for life : SCAR
2
See 7-Down : EYRE
3
Tierra surrounded by agua : ISLA
4
*Precious, brief time with a loved one : STOLENMOMENT
5
Butcher's wear : APRON
6
Like pickle juice : BRINY
7
With 2-Down, book that includes the line "Conventionality is not morality" : JANE
8
Like a soufflé : EGGY
9
Word before card or stick : CUE
10
Rote learning, to most people : TEDIUM
11
Where hurricanes originate : ATSEA
12
"Spider-Man" director Sam : RAIMI
13
With 61-Across, physicist who studied supersonics : ERNST
21
___ plan : MEAL
23
Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue : TWISTOFLEMON
25
Casey of "American Top 40" : KASEM
26
Executive branch V.I.P. : CZAR
27
Tunnel, e.g. : HOLE
28
I as in Ilium? : IOTA
29
Rte. with a terminus in Key West, Fla. : USONE
30
Natural table : MESA
32
A-listers : ELITE
33
Slim to ___ (poor odds) : NONE
35
"Mickey" vocalist ___ Basil : TONI
36
Empty, as a math set : NULL
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Eyelid woe : STYE
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Part of a dental visit : EXAM
45
Act parts : SCENES
47
Nine, in baseball : SQUAD
48
Wish evil on : CURSE
49
Farm sounds : OINKS
50
Hughes's Spruce Goose, e.g. : PLANE
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One with seniority : ELDER
53
Olympic skater Michelle : KWAN
54
Hippie's "Got it!" : IDIG
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Friendship org. of 1962 : NASA
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Phil who sang "Draft Dodger Rag" : OCHS
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Word from the hard-of-hearing : WHAT
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QB Manning : ELI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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