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New York Times, Monday, January 26, 2015

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1970s comedian whom Time magazine dubbed "TV's First Black Superstar"
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Livengood. Monday freshness: 41%
Ian Livengood notes:
Do solvers know Hieronymus Bosch outside of crosswords? I certainly don't. I do, however, celebrate Brennan Boesch's entire ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Themers starting with sassy synonyms, all disguised using other meanings: SMART as in smart-mouthed, FLIP as in flippant, FORWARD as ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times1/26/15 ( No. 23,820 )
Across
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Attendees : GOERS
6
Genre for Jay Z or J. Cole : RAP
9
Hop, ___ and a jump : SKIP
13
What subjects and verbs should do : AGREE
14
Right-hand man or woman : AIDE
15
Furry red monster on "Sesame Street" : ELMO
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1970s comedian whom Time magazine dubbed "TV's First Black Superstar" : FLIPWILSON
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Puppy bites : NIPS
19
Bank charges : FEES
20
Drink in a stein : ALE
21
Aches (for) : PINES
22
Upper-left computer key: Abbr. : ESC
23
Clever person : SMARTCOOKIE
26
Copycatting : APISH
28
One with misgivings : RUER
29
Tiny nation surrounded by France and the Mediterranean : MONACO
31
Shampoo in a green bottle : PERTPLUS
35
Washerful : LOAD
36
Verbal thumbs-up : AOK
37
Relaxation : REST
38
Type meant to stand out : BOLDTEXT
41
Sounded like a cannon : BOOMED
43
Days of ___ (past times) : YORE
44
Cocktail with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice : COSMO
45
Counterpart to a lateral : FORWARDPASS
49
"Weekend Edition" airer : NPR
52
Achilles epic : ILIAD
53
Jean-___ Picard (U.S.S. Enterprise captain) : LUC
54
Eye affliction : STYE
55
Smelting waste : SLAG
56
New beginning ... or what 16-, 23-, 31-, 38- and 45-Across each have? : FRESHSTART
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Longtime Yugoslav leader : TITO
60
Attire for one lounging at a 58-Down : ROBE
61
Peeling gadget : PARER
62
Ian : Scotland :: ___ : Ireland : SEAN
63
Poem of praise : ODE
64
Fidgeting : ANTSY
Down
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Mistake that people laugh about : GAFFE
2
Stares rudely at : OGLES
3
Albany-to-Buffalo waterway : ERIECANAL
4
Bench press count : REPS
5
Use needle and thread : SEW
6
Chorus stand : RISER
7
"Much ___ About Nothing" : ADO
8
Pig's digs : PEN
9
Tuxedo rental occasion : SENIORPROM
10
"Hogan's Heroes" colonel : KLINK
11
Chinese-born American architect : IMPEI
12
Group helping a sheriff : POSSE
14
To whom Muslims pray : ALLAH
17
Retort to "You are not!" : IAMSO
21
Browning or Kipling : POET
23
"___ 'em!" ("Attack!") : SIC
24
Wearying journey : TREK
25
Junkyard dog : CUR
27
Police van : PADDYWAGON
29
Org. for the A's and O's : MLB
30
Winning "Hollywood Squares" line : OOO
31
Container at the end of a rainbow : POT
32
Tangy teatime offering : LEMONTART
33
"___ the Force, Luke" : USE
34
The "S" in E.S.T.: Abbr. : STD
36
Pink-slipped : AXED
39
Warty creature : TOAD
40
Go wrong : ERR
41
"The Garden of Earthly Delights" artist : BOSCH
42
W.W. II spy org. : OSS
44
"Rebel Without a ___" : CAUSE
45
What boxing gloves cover : FISTS
46
Kukla, Fran and ___ : OLLIE
47
Looped calf-catcher : RIATA
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West Point newcomer : PLEBE
50
Combustible funeral piles : PYRES
51
Hear again, as a court case : RETRY
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Musial of Cardinals fame : STAN
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Jimi Hendrix's do, informally : FRO
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Curtain hanger : ROD
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Where one might get a facial : SPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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