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FOOD ENGINEERING

New York Times, Sunday, January 26, 2020

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Down : Have a connection with
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Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 77 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Agard. Sunday freshness: 32%
Notepad: When this puzzle is finished, change one letter in the last word in the answer to each asterisked clue to name a food. The replacement letters, in order, will spell an appropriate phrase.
Will Shortz notes:
Erik Agard, 26, became the crossword editor of USA Today in December, the youngest in the paper's history. He's also a former national crossword champion and a three-day champion on ... read more
Erik Agard notes:
I made a bit of a tactical error in building this grid around 62-Down. I construct most of my themed puzzles this way, starting with a seed answer that intersects one or more of the theme ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Here are the foods that can be formed: JEANS BEANS FLIES FRIES GRAPHS GRAPES CURRENTS CURRANTS STEAL STEAK CAMBAGE CABBAGE BOOTH BROTH POPPER PEPPER PASTE ... read more
1
M
2
R
3
P
4
I
5
B
6
B
7
S
8
P
9
U
10
R
11
C
12
A
13
R
14
B
15
A
16
T
17
M
18
E
A
R
N
E
R
19
H
I
R
E
20
A
C
O
R
21
N
22
S
I
A
23
S
K
I
N
N
Y
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J
E
A
N
S
25
T
I
M
E
F
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L
I
E
S
27
S
E
M
I
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N
A
A
N
29
T
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E
N
D
31
A
L
A
N
I
S
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A
N
33
A
34
I
T
O
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D
A
I
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S
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N
E
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B
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A
R
G
R
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A
P
H
S
41
R
I
P
C
U
42
R
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R
E
N
T
S
44
A
M
Y
45
A
B
U
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O
47
B
I
T
S
48
C
H
O
R
E
O
49
Y
O
D
50
E
L
E
R
51
N
A
P
E
52
S
C
O
T
S
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E
L
S
E
54
A
G
E
D
55
M
I
N
E
56
G
57
R
58
R
59
O
B
I
E
60
I
61
N
T
E
R
62
R
A
N
D
63
A
R
I
A
64
W
H
A
T
A
65
S
T
E
A
L
66
L
I
Z
C
A
67
M
B
A
G
E
68
A
N
T
E
69
A
C
E
S
70
B
O
N
E
T
71
A
R
M
S
72
D
O
E
73
T
V
A
D
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A
L
O
G
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S
L
I
M
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M
O
O
N
S
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L
E
N
T
78
T
O
O
L
A
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T
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E
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T
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W
O
B
I
T
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F
L
A
S
H
84
H
A
D
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R
U
E
86
C
O
R
N
E
R
B
87
O
O
T
H
88
E
89
Y
E
P
O
90
P
P
E
R
91
H
E
A
D
92
E
U
R
O
93
A
V
E
94
R
I
O
95
A
L
P
A
96
C
97
A
98
S
H
O
99
P
100
L
O
N
101
E
102
C
L
103
I
104
P
105
C
O
P
Y
P
A
106
S
T
E
107
U
108
P
A
N
D
V
109
A
N
I
S
H
110
H
O
E
111
R
A
C
E
R
112
F
E
R
N
113
A
L
I
C
I
A
114
A
P
R
115
A
I
D
E
116
F
A
M
E
117
N
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C
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© 2020, The New York Times1/26/20 ( No. 25,646 )
Across
1
It got some "Xtra" flavor in 2001 : MRPIBB
7
San Antonio pro : SPUR
11
Atkins diet no-no : CARB
15
What's called a cashpoint by Brits : ATM
18
Wage ___ : EARNER
19
Add to the team : HIRE
20
___ squash : ACORN
22
One-named singer with the 2014 hit "Chandelier" : SIA
23
*Looks that can be difficult to pull off : SKINNYJEANS
25
*"It's 2 a.m. already?!" : TIMEFLIES
27
Half up-front? : SEMI
28
Tikka masala go-with : NAAN
29
Gravitate (toward) : TEND
31
Singer Morissette : ALANIS
32
Actress de Armas of "Knives Out" : ANA
34
"How was ___ know?" : ITO
35
Place for speakers : DAIS
37
Trig function : SINE
38
*Data visuals similar to histograms : BARGRAPHS
41
*Swimming hazards in the ocean : RIPCURRENTS
44
Crossword-loving detective on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" : AMY
45
___ Dhabi : ABU
46
Celebrations of lives, for short : OBITS
48
Dance arrangements, familiarly : CHOREO
49
One making frequent pitching changes? : YODELER
51
Back of the neck : NAPE
52
It's spoken in Aberdeen : SCOTS
53
"Who ___ knows?" : ELSE
54
Elderly : AGED
55
"I call dibs!" : MINE
56
[I'm mad!] : GRR
59
Honor for a play : OBIE
60
Place in the earth : INTER
62
South African currency : RAND
63
Operatic showpiece : ARIA
64
*"Man, that was cheap!" : WHATASTEAL
66
*Holder of the single-game W.N.B.A. scoring record (53 points) : LIZCAMBAGE
68
Something to do before a deal : ANTE
69
Super, in slang : ACES
70
Lisa who "ate no basil," in a palindrome : BONET
71
Missiles and such : ARMS
72
Animal in a "Sound of Music" song : DOE
73
Big Super Bowl purchase : TVAD
74
Easy as falling off ___ : ALOG
75
Nickname for a really thin guy : SLIM
76
What Mercury and Venus lack : MOONS
77
Religious observance that's also a past-tense verb : LENT
78
"That ship has sailed" : TOOLATE
81
Small-time : TWOBIT
83
Cause of red-eye : FLASH
84
Ate : HAD
85
Regret : RUE
86
*Diner choice : CORNERBOOTH
88
*Something visually arresting : EYEPOPPER
91
Chief : HEAD
92
Coin with 12 stars on one side : EURO
93
Ancient greeting : AVE
94
El Misisipi, e.g. : RIO
95
Source of some South American wool : ALPACA
98
Get groceries, say : SHOP
100
Sole : LONE
102
Film excerpt : CLIP
105
*Duplicate, in word processing : COPYPASTE
107
*Disappear suddenly : UPANDVANISH
110
Long-handled tool : HOE
111
One with a track record : RACER
112
Spore producer : FERN
113
Keys of some songs : ALICIA
114
Loan fig. : APR
115
Political worker : AIDE
116
"A fickle food," per Emily Dickinson : FAME
117
Superlatively pleasant : NICEST
Down
1
Children's playroom, often : MESS
2
Zen garden accessory : RAKE
3
Running argument? : PRIMARYDEBATE
4
Frame in a box score : INNING
5
Hebrew for "son" : BEN
6
___ Mawr College : BRYN
7
Sword's place : SHEATH
8
Almost a score of Mozart compositions : PIANOSONATAS
9
Receptacle for ancient Greek votes : URN
10
11-Down and such : REST
11
Small siestas : CATNAPS
12
Low-pH : ACIDIC
13
Follower of CD : ROM
14
La ___ Tar Pits : BREA
15
Donkeyish : ASININE
16
Have a connection with : TIEINTO
17
Hordes : MASSES
21
Org. behind 14 of the 15 most-watched TV broadcasts in U.S. history : NFL
24
Capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan : JAIPUR
26
They help with printing and pointing : LASERS
30
Made line changes : EDITED
33
Body of water greatly shrunk by 1960s Soviet irrigation : ARALSEA
36
To the point : SUCCINCT
38
Howl : BAY
39
Opposite of the Latin "odi" : AMO
40
Busy as ___ : ABEE
41
Less green, say : RIPER
42
Title woman in a #1 Beach Boys hit : RHONDA
43
Learn by ___ : ROTE
47
Score of zero, in slang : BAGEL
50
Ins : ELITE
52
Pollution portmanteau : SMAZE
56
People who would object to this clue because of it's punctuation : GRAMMARPOLICE
57
Fixes : RIGS
58
Issa of "Insecure" : RAE
59
"How disastrous!" : OHNO
60
"No way!" : ITCANTBE
61
Nonnegotiable things : NEEDS
62
Sound a warning : RINGTHEALARM
63
Spanish month that anagrams to a zodiac sign : ABRIL
64
Bit of gum : WAD
65
___-faire : SAVOIR
66
Birds on Minnesota state quarters : LOONS
67
Bad smell : MALODOR
70
"Ugh!" : BLEAH
73
-elect : TOBE
74
Alarmingly : ALLTOO
75
Daytime TV fare : SOAP
76
Back-to-school time : MONDAY
78
"Well, that's that!" : THEEND
79
Follower of 76-Down: Abbr. : TUE
80
Suffix with election : EER
81
Skater's leap : TOELOOP
82
Candy discard : WRAPPER
83
Not to go : FORHERE
86
Ballroom dance from Cuba : CHACHA
87
Sent packing : OUSTED
89
Actress De Carlo of "The Munsters" : YVONNE
90
Out-eat? : PICNIC
96
E.M.T.'s procedure : CPR
97
Tiny battery : AAAA
99
Smoke : PUFF
101
Welsh form of "John" : EVAN
103
Goddess pictured with a solar disk above her : ISIS
104
Excellent, in dated slang : PHAT
106
Grade school subj. : SCI
108
Shade of green : PEA
109
Muslim-American icon : ALI

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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