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New York Times, Friday, July 14, 2017

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Down : Winter home, perhaps
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 223 for Mr. Berry. Grid flow: 83.5 Friday freshness: 71%
Jeff Chen notes:
Solid PB offering, three juicy answers stacked atop each other in HARBORMASTERS / TEN GALLON HATS / TURKEY DINNERS. PB has such a ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times7/14/17 ( No. 24,720 )
Across
1
Perennial loser : SADSACK
8
Event featured in every Summer Olympics : DISCUS
14
Automatics lack them : CLUTCHES
16
Captured by cameras, maybe : ONTAPE
17
Pasta with ribs : RIGATONI
18
"Charmed" actress Milano : ALYSSA
19
Touch : ABUT
20
Washington insider, informally : POL
21
Alongside : NEXTTO
22
Singing ability, informally : PIPES
24
Protective garment : VEST
26
S.&P. rating : AAA
27
Made objections : BEEFED
30
Pet : SNIT
31
Pier group? : HARBORMASTERS
34
High tops? : TENGALLONHATS
35
Traditional holiday meals : TURKEYDINNERS
36
Extraction targets : ORES
37
Nullifies : UNDOES
38
Greek vowel : ETA
39
Southwest language : HOPI
41
Classes : TYPES
45
Short-legged item of furniture : TUFFET
47
Montreal is part of it: Abbr. : NHL
50
Playwright who wrote "Hell is full of musical amateurs" : SHAW
51
Grammys competitor : ARTIST
52
Fully ready : GOODTOGO
54
Musical with the song "Beauty School Dropout" : GREASE
55
Advance copy sent to a critic : SCREENER
56
Mailroom device : SORTER
57
Brand sold by Sears : KENMORE
Down
1
Throw away : SCRAP
2
Whodunit story? : ALIBI
3
Managed to find : DUGUP
4
Chartered financial institutions : STATEBANKS
5
Do one's part : ACT
6
Martial arts film hit : CHOP
7
Number-picking game : KENO
8
Popular backache remedy : DOANS
9
Blue arm : INLET
10
Moon of Pluto discovered in 2012 : STYX
11
Pair in "Carmen" : CASTANETS
12
Flight destination? : UPSTAIRS
13
Beach grass that prevents erosion : SEAOATS
15
Optimists' discoveries : SILVERLININGS
23
Fabric with diagonal lines : SERGE
25
Rostand who wrote about Cyrano : EDMOND
28
Onetime owner of Skype : EBAY
29
Opposite of spread out, as a paper : FOLDUP
30
Alpha Centauri, for one : STARSYSTEM
31
From now on : HEREAFTER
32
___ regni : ANNO
33
Large, shallow pan : SHEET
34
Fink's portrayer in "Barton Fink" : TURTURRO
35
IDs tied to one digit : TOETAGS
39
"Siddhartha" novelist : HESSE
40
Web-footed creature : OTTER
42
Vinyl enthusiast's need : PHONO
43
Breathless : EAGER
44
Delivered an oath? : SWORE
46
Turin-based automaker : FIAT
48
Pawn : HOCK
49
Stories that might not be true : LORE
53
Winter home, perhaps : DEN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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