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New York Times, Thursday, March 31, 2016

Author:
Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Down : Activity for some wedding hires
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Leuschner. This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Chen. Thursday freshness: 87%
Constructor notes:
ELLEN: It's always fun to work with Jeff. The seed for the puzzle was contranyms, which are words that have two or more opposite ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Took us a while to find enough good examples of the [Double ___?] style — we continued brainstorming for a long, long time until we ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times3/31/16 ( No. 24,250 )
Across
1
Elected : OPTED
6
Big online source for film info : IMDB
10
"Gotcha, dude" : IDIG
14
Pep : VERVE
15
___ Valley (Utah ski resort) : DEER
16
Fallon predecessor : LENO
17
Double solitaire? : ONEANDONLY
19
___ buco : OSSO
20
Entry points : INS
21
Double space? : NULLANDVOID
23
Light touch : DAB
24
"And what ___ rare as a day in June?": Lowell : ISSO
25
Volkswagen model : JETTA
26
Surrounded by : AMIDST
28
Leave early, say : SLIPOUT
30
Give the stink eye : LEER
31
Jet for a jet-setter : CESSNA
33
Double take? : SNATCHANDGRAB
38
Mass distribution? : WAFERS
39
Supermodel who married David Bowie : IMAN
41
War zone, e.g. : HOTSPOT
44
Benefit : UPSIDE
46
Supreme Court justice nominated by Bush : ALITO
47
Stick with it : TAPE
49
Zika virus tracker, for short : CDC
50
Double life? : VIMANDVIGOR
53
Noah's escape : ARK
54
"Do I ___!" : EVER
55
Double back? : AIDANDABET
57
One of its sources is Lake Tana : NILE
58
Champagne name : MOET
59
1890s vice president Stevenson : ADLAI
60
"Who ___?" : SAYS
61
"Who ___?" : ELSE
62
Self-congratulatory words : YAYME
Down
1
Like London's City Hall : OVOIDAL
2
Robert Galbraith and J. K. Rowling : PENNAMES
3
"Excellent, mon ami" : TRESBIEN
4
"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" heroine : EVA
5
Comics troublemaker : DENNIS
6
No-nos in Leviticus 26:1 : IDOLS
7
Bay Area's ___ College : MENLO
8
Crème-crème filler : DELA
9
Welsh word that starts a noted college name : BRYN
10
Cole Porter tune sung by Frank Sinatra and Maurice Chevalier : ILOVEPARIS
11
Spaniard granted the right to conquer Florida by Charles V : DESOTO
12
As found : INSITU
13
Proficient with : GOODAT
18
Attic buildup : DUST
22
Activity for some wedding hires : DJING
27
Make a scene, say : DRAWSTARES
28
Govt. IDs : SSNS
29
It might be taken before a trip : LSD
31
Jazzman Baker : CHET
32
What an otoscope examines : EAR
34
Lightly touch, as a shoulder : TAPON
35
Co. money manager : CFO
36
How conflicts are best resolved : AMICABLY
37
Nightmare : BADDREAM
40
Bit of Blues Brothers attire : NECKTIE
41
Asylums : HAVENS
42
Pig featured in a series of children's books : OLIVIA
43
On-schedule : TIMELY
44
Knowing all about : UPON
45
Like some parking garage rates : PERDAY
47
Current events? : TIDES
48
5.5-point type : AGATE
51
One appointed to the Royal Victorian Order : DAME
52
Ancestor of a cello : VIOL
56
Oklahoma city : ADA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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