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New York Times, Monday, January 21, 2019

Author:
Sean Biggins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Down : Bug spray from S.C. Johnson
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Sean Biggins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Biggins. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Monday freshness: 71%
Sean Biggins notes:
I became interested in crosswords after trying to solve some with my wife's grandmother (shout out to Grandma Pat in Algona, Iowa!). ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Perfect theme for MLK Day: three important CIVIL RIGHTS figures disguised at the ends of phrases. Such uplifting phrases, too! Fit for ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times1/21/19 ( No. 25,276 )
Across
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Turkish bigwig : PASHA
6
Norway's capital : OSLO
10
Luke, to Darth Vader ("Star Wars" spoiler) : SON
13
Released from bondage : FREED
14
Bounce, as off a billiard cushion : CAROM
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Israeli gun : UZI
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Regal : FITFORAKING
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Bellum's opposite : PAX
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"___ Te Ching" : TAO
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Brother of Cain : ABEL
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Nothing more than : MERE
22
Yosemite and Yellowstone : NATIONALPARKS
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Mike who was a three-time N.L. M.V.P. with the Phillies : SCHMIDT
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Close : NEAR
30
Big piles : HEAPS
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Make a quick drawing of : SKETCHUP
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Address in a browser, for short : URL
36
What a bald tire lacks : TREAD
38
Ending with neutr- or Filip- : INO
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"The View," for one : TALKSHOW
42
Flower in a pond : LOTUS
44
Finished, as a cake : ICED
45
Heading on a personal bio : ABOUTME
47
Something promised in a court oath : THEWHOLETRUTH
51
Hot-rod engine, informally : HEMI
52
Love, in Latin : AMOR
53
Prefix with friendly : ECO
56
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" : ELM
57
Cause championed by the figures named at the ends of 16-, 22- and 47-Across : CIVILRIGHTS
61
Travel on Alaska or Hawaiian : FLY
62
___ Beckham Jr., three-time Pro Bowler for the New York Giants : ODELL
63
Pageant crown : TIARA
64
Many Ph.D. candidates : TAS
65
Fish trying to find Nemo in "Finding Nemo" : DORY
66
In a foxy way : SLYLY
Down
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Dismissive sound : PFFT
2
Opera solo : ARIA
3
Roman Catholic-affiliated university in New Jersey : SETONHALL
4
Playboy founder, for short : HEF
5
Ruckus : ADO
6
Like bourbon barrels : OAKEN
7
Country once known as Ceylon : SRILANKA
8
Actor Chaney of "The Phantom of the Opera" : LON
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Texter's "Holy cow!" : OMG
10
"Terrific!" : SUPER
11
Missouri's ___ Mountains : OZARK
12
Puts the kibosh on : NIXES
14
Early North American explorer John : CABOT
17
Bug spray from S.C. Johnson : RAID
21
Podcaster Maron : MARC
23
Box on a concert stage : AMP
24
"___ the season ..." : TIS
25
Green building certification, for short : LEED
26
Bit of butter : PAT
27
Close : SHUT
28
Actor Michael of "Juno" : CERA
31
Stitch : SEW
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Go to bed, informally : HITTHEHAY
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"E pluribus ___" : UNUM
34
Prepare for a photo : POSE
36
One of the Huxtable kids on 1980s-'90s TV : THEO
37
Australian winner of 11 Grand Slam tournaments : RODLAVER
40
Native New Zealander : KIWI
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U.S.C. or U.C.L.A.: Abbr. : SCH
42
Funny Costello : LOU
43
Openly gay : OUT
45
Island with a lagoon : ATOLL
46
"It's c-c-cold!" : BRRR
47
Pilferage : THEFT
48
Very, slangily : HELLA
49
More than 60 awards for "Saturday Night Live" : EMMYS
50
One of the Brontë sisters : EMILY
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___-Alt-Del : CTRL
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Start of "The Star-Spangled Banner" : OSAY
57
Fish caught off the New England coast : COD
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Wedding affirmation : IDO
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Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!" : ITS
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Baseball's Hodges : GIL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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