New York Times - Jan 21 2015

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Clues Answers
'... ___-foot pole!' ATEN
'Lethal Weapon' force, briefly LAPD
'Rocky III' actor (and an apt answer in this puzzle) MRT
'The Faerie Queene' woman IRENA
'Three Men in ___' (Jerome K. Jerome novel) ABOAT
A. A. Milne hopper ROO
Adopt, as a stray TAKEIN
Alarm clock's purpose AROUSAL
Ally of the Cheyenne: Var ARAPAHOE
Beats the rap WALKS
Bruins legend Bobby ORR
Buck passer, maybe DOE
Built later NEWER
Catty remark? MEW
Chem. unit MOL
Chill producer AGUE
Chitlins, ham hocks, etc SOULFOOD
College course part UNIT
Defense grp. since 1948 OAS
Enola Gay's payload, in brief ABOMB
Exiled Amin IDI
Fidgety IMPATIENT
First Burmese prime minister UNU
Flight component STEP
Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle FORMATION
Go yard, in baseball slang HOMER
Hacker's need AXE
Handrail support NEWEL
Heat or Thunder NBATEAM
History is recorded in it PASTTENSE
Incite to action BESTIR
J.F.K. Library architect PEI
Joint action TOKE
Justice Kagan ELENA
Kinkajou cousin COATI
Lago or río contents AGUA
Michael of 'Flashdance' NOURI
Mr. Spock's forte LOGIC
North-of-the-border grid org CFL
Not at all hidden BLATANT
Clues Answers
Online info sources FAQS
Performance extras ENCORES
Pointless INUTILE
Popular online reference, for short WIKI
Protrudes, with 'out' JUTS
Roadside attention-getter FLARE
Roman magistrate EDILE
Scout's mission, for short RECON
See 26-Across TASTE
See 29-Across TIMES
See 5-Across TIGHT
See 52-Across TRACK
See 56-Across TREAT
Self-portraitist Frida KAHLO
Shows the way, biblically LEADETH
Sign of availability TOLET
Simple quatrain pattern ABAB
Small excerpt SNIPPET
Socialists, on the political spectrum FARLEFT
Some sheet metal workers TINSMITHS
Something in brackets TAXRATE
Sta-___ fabric softener PUF
Stand ABIDE
Suffix with ethyl ENE
Texter's button SEND
Thriller set on Amity Island JAWS
Totally befuddled ATSEA
Trees with triangular nuts BEECHES
Verdi aria '___ tu' ERI
Wheat bristle AWN
When Juliet tells the Nurse she will come in from the balcony ANON
With 28-Down, disagreeable quality of diet sodas AFTER
With 30-Down, frequently OFTEN
With 54-Down, song with the same name as its album TITLE
With 57-Down, meal for which everyone pays his or her own way DUTCH
With 7-Down, incapable of leaking WATER
Witty bit QUIP
Wreck RUIN
YouTube video lead-ins ADS
___-80 (classic computer) TRS