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New York Times, Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Author:
Kevin Christian
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Where "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" occurs, as taunting kids say
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Kevin Christian

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Christian. Wednesday freshness: 98%
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© 2013, The New York Times5/22/13 ( No. 23,206 )
Across
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Afro-Cuban dance : RUMBA
6
Chief exec : PREZ
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Strained-at bug, in an idiom : GNAT
14
Crazy as ___ : ALOON
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Credits listing : ROLE
16
Get in a lather : RILE
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Complaints about a Kentucky fort? : KNOXKNOCKS
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Hatchet man : AXER
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Hearing range : EARSHOT
21
No-goodnik : STINKER
23
"Winter's Bone" heroine ___ Dolly : REE
24
Hebrew letter before nun : MEM
26
Soon, to a bard : ANON
27
Cohort of Athos : ARAMIS
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Party desirables : ALIST
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Moved like a dragonfly : DARTED
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Place a levy on pushpins? : TAXTACKS
38
Digger's strike : ORE
39
Cause to topple : TIPOVER
41
Mauna ___ : KEA
42
Security for smoked salmon? : LOXLOCKS
44
Paul of "Mad About You" : REISER
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"Specifically ..." : TOWIT
47
Hasbro action figures : GIJOES
49
Severely reprimand, with "out" : REAM
51
Kevin Bacon degree count : SIX
52
"Take Me Bak ___" (1972 Slade song) : OME
55
Polar bear's resting spot : ICEFLOE
58
Bottom-line red ink : NETLOSS
61
Mid 13th-century year : MCCL
62
Piles of old soul records? : STAXSTACKS
64
"My Way" lyricist : ANKA
65
Eyelid malady : STYE
66
Catchall category : OTHER
67
Classic computer game, or its island world : MYST
68
Gain from a quarterback sneak, perhaps : YARD
69
Nectar-yielding fruits : PEARS
Down
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Do some fall cleanup : RAKE
2
___ nerve (funny bone part) : ULNAR
3
"Sicko" documentarian : MOORE
4
Prime spot at a theater : BOXSEAT
5
Hippie's cross : ANKH
6
For the time being : PROTEM
7
"Arabian Nights" menace : ROC
8
"Benevolent" order : ELKS
9
Keebler cracker brand : ZESTA
10
Breakfast bar stuff : GRANOLA
11
Say no to some pro basketballers? : NIXKNICKS
12
On the calm side : ALEE
13
Okla., until 1907 : TERR
18
Given to wanderlust : NOMADIC
22
Where "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" occurs, as taunting kids say : INATREE
25
Cell division : MITOSIS
28
Double-check the addition of : RETOTAL
29
Discount, in store names : SAV
31
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
32
Despot until 1917 : TSAR
33
Dimwit : DOLT
34
Suffix with buck : AROO
35
Critic Reed does major damage? : REXWRECKS
37
Reproduces, in a way : XEROXES
40
U.P.S. delivery: Abbr. : PKG
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Not be rumpled, say : LIEFLAT
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Put in solitary : ISOLATE
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Born under a bad sign : JINXED
50
Like the north sides of some trees : MOSSY
53
Starbucks order : MOCHA
54
Glacial ridge : ESKER
55
Mosque leader : IMAM
56
Big Apple sch. : CCNY
57
___ James, singer played by Beyoncé : ETTA
59
'Vette roof option : TTOP
60
Ukr. and Lith., once : SSRS
63
Firth of Clyde port : AYR

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

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