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New York Times, Saturday, January 15, 2022

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Kind of drive
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Ezersky. Saturday freshness: 90%
Sam Ezersky notes:

I'd like to thank 2-Down for helping power my fantasy football squad to yet another title.

Jeff Chen notes:
Sam, the recent(-ish) college grad, is way cooler than me (granted, that's a low bar), so sometimes his themelesses leave me in the ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times1/15/22 ( No. 26,366 )
Across
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Squarely : SMACKDAB
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Not straight up : ASLANT
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Old World bird with distinctive ear tufts : EAGLEOWL
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Baby's barnyard bovine : MOOCOW
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Sympathetic response to dissent : IHEARYOU
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A-to-Z : ENTIRE
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Crashing an online meeting : ZOOMBOMBING
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One might be loaded : DIE
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Creatures whose newborns have striped bodies : EMUS
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Prattles : GABS
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Watch here! : WRIST
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All ___ : SET
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Boxy delivery vehicles of old : PANELTRUCKS
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London's ___ Square : SOHO
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Make slicker, maybe : REOIL
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Wined and dined, say : FETED
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Spiritual object : TOTEM
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Wiped out : ATEIT
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W.W. I, W.W. II, etc. : ERAS
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What rotates throughout the office? : SWIVELCHAIR
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Gold units: Abbr. : KTS
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Any of the Seven Dwarfs : MINER
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Something you might raise a flap about : TENT
50
___ tide : NEAP
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Kind of drive : USB
52
Locale 60 miles south of the California/Oregon border : MOUNTSHASTA
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Creator of the first pumped-up athletic shoe : REEBOK
57
Catchphrase of Winnie-the-Pooh : OHBOTHER
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Popular typeface similar to Bauhaus : FUTURA
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"To be honest with you ..." : REALTALK
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Out of it : SPACEY
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Date format on digital forms : MMDDYYYY
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Gets stuck, as an engine : SEIZES
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Youngest-ever QB to be named Super Bowl M.V.P. (2020) : MAHOMES
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Grow too old for : AGEOUTOF
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Simoleons : CLAMS
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Spot for a bus stop, in Bristol : KERB
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Get into a pose, perhaps : DOYOGA
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What God is, per an Ariana Grande hit : AWOMAN
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Cold weather layer : BLUBBER
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Eye-opening declaration? : AMEN
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One jotting down a few notes? : SONGWRITER
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Area for development : LOT
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Like apples and oranges : ACIDIC
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Safe : NORISK
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Some brief updates : TWEETS
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Locale for a castaway : ISLET
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Stick around school : RULER
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2010s fansite craze whose members joined Hogwarts houses : POTTERMORE
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Start of many a criticism : TOO
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"Ho" preceder : HEAVE
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Main ingredient in hitsumabushi : EEL
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Mirabile ___ (wonderful to say: Lat.) : DICTU
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Takes advantage of a situation, so to speak : MAKESHAY
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How things typically are : THENORM
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Majestic : STATELY
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Blue-nosed sorts? : SMURFS
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Get smart : WISEUP
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Like many apps with faulty features : INBETA
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Country song : ANTHEM
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"Things aren't looking so great" : ITSBAD
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Dalmatian mascot of the National Fire Protection Association : SPARKY
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Well-suited? : NATTY
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Response akin to "So what?" : OKAY
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Word after foot or before hands : HOLD
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2021 Super Bowl champ : BUC

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

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