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New York Times, Friday, April 12, 2019

Author:
Howard Barkin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Jalapeño, after smoking
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Howard Barkin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29Missing: {JQVZ}
Howard Barkin notes:
This is a rare attempt for me at a freestyle, unthemed puzzle. Unlike some of these, this one did not have one "seed" answer that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Breath of fresh air to hear Howard's approach. "What was your seed entry" is the question I get asked most often about my themelesses, ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times4/12/19 ( No. 25,357 )
Across
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Hangs onto something : OBSESSES
9
Establishing : BASING
15
Bad record : RAPSHEET
16
"Hello-o-o-o!" : YOOHOO
17
Jalapeño, after smoking : CHIPOTLE
18
Like Art Nouveau : ORNATE
19
Aesop's "The ___ and the Grasshopper" : ANT
20
Upper-crust sorts, stereotypically : WASPS
22
Utterly, in modern slang : TOTES
23
Elect : OPT
24
Starbucks competitor : MCCAFE
26
Soccer superstar Lionel : MESSI
29
___-chic : BOHO
30
They're loaded with cash : ATMS
33
Currently : ATTHEMOMENT
36
"I'm in awe" : OOH
37
Fruity liqueur : CURACAO
38
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" co-star : MIASARA
40
Ending with many fruit names : ADE
41
Fried chicken option : EXTRACRISPY
43
Openly lament : WEEP
45
Composition of Indonésie : ILES
46
Looping symbols of life : ANKHS
47
"Sweet" locale in T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" : THAMES
49
Pro caregivers, for short : RNS
50
Led a parade, musically : FIFED
52
Title character not requiring an actor : GODOT
54
Start of many Southwest place names : LAS
57
Wayne of soccer fame : ROONEY
59
2016 prequel that earned more than a billion dollars at the box office : ROGUEONE
61
Lawrence of Arabia portrayer : OTOOLE
62
Classic book that begins "At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows ..." : THELORAX
63
Show that won the Outstanding Drama Emmy for each of its first four seasons : MADMEN
64
Worshiper with an inverted pentagram, maybe : SATANIST
Down
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Sight on an Alaskan cruise : ORCA
2
German route : BAHN
3
Small peninsula : SPIT
4
Rafael Nadal's home, in Olympics shorthand : ESP
5
Exhibition highlight : SHOWPIECE
6
Adjust to, as on a thermostat : SETAT
7
Some bottom-dwellers : EELS
8
Part of a blended family : STEPMOM
9
Invitation qualification : BYO
10
Major vessel : AORTA
11
Cousin of "Gosh darn it!" : SONOFA
12
"Forgive the question ..." : IHATETOASK
13
C or D : NOTE
14
Splits : GOES
21
Outlines : SCHEMAS
23
Agcy. headed by a deputy asst. secretary of labor : OSHA
25
Like Bugles snacks : CONIC
26
Colorful parrot : MACAW
27
Piece played in a conservatory : ETUDE
28
Cart fare : STREETFOOD
29
Pirated, in a way : BOOTLEG
31
Transform : MORPH
32
Rebellion leader of 1786 : SHAYS
34
"Haste makes waste," e.g. : MAXIM
35
One with hairy legs : TARANTULA
39
Reasons to say "I'm sorry" : SINS
42
Many honeymoon locales : RESORTS
44
Whiz : PHENOM
48
"Send My Love" singer, 2016 : ADELE
49
19th-century author whose works are still read word for word : ROGET
50
Email line : FROM
51
"Not one ___!" : IOTA
53
Site of the 2022 World Cup : DOHA
54
Rick's wife on "The Walking Dead" : LORI
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Santa ___ (some winds) : ANAS
56
Barely communicate? : SEXT
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Thirst : YEN
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Forever, seemingly : EON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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