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New York Times, Friday, January 4, 2019

Author:
Neil Padrick Wilson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Down : Texter's "Too funny!"
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Neil Padrick Wilson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Wilson. Friday freshness: 40%
Neil Padrick Wilson notes:
In the hopes it helps new constructors like myself, I thought I would share my original grid for this puzzle and explain why it was ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I love getting WARM FUZZIES from a themeless puzzle. That's a fantastic entry, and those beautiful Zs — worked in so smoothly with ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times1/4/19 ( No. 25,259 )
Across
1
Big affair : FETE
5
Disarray : MUSS
9
Certain Mideast native : SABRA
14
Range, e.g. : APPLIANCE
16
Panache : FLAIR
17
Painful spa treatment : BIKINIWAX
18
Literally, "dwarf dog" : CORGI
19
Skunk's defense : STENCH
21
Workplace inspection org. : OSHA
22
Avid fan of a Stephenie Meyer young adult series : TWIHARD
26
Company : OUTFIT
28
Last name in punk rock : RAMONE
29
Halley's comet, to William the Conqueror : OMEN
30
Usually partnered conjunction : NOR
32
Closing question : AREWEDONE
34
Your, of yore : THINE
36
B-school applicant's hurdle : GMAT
37
Shakes off : SHEDS
39
Wine center near Turin : ASTI
40
"Otherwise ..." : IFNOT
42
Line at a dance : MAYICUTIN
44
No-goodnik : CUR
45
___ nitrate (diesel fuel additive) : AMYL
47
Rude reply : BITEME
48
Serengeti stampeders : ZEBRAS
50
Held high : REVERED
51
Powerful person : CZAR
52
Peter of "The Lion in Winter" : OTOOLE
54
Get ready for a Mr. Universe competition, say : OILUP
56
Promoting fair competition, in a way : ANTITRUST
61
Letter in the Greek or NATO alphabet : DELTA
62
One who illegally ignores orders : REFUSENIK
63
Hitherto : ASYET
64
Pizza joint in "Do the Right Thing" : SALS
65
Short and sweet sign-off : XOXO
Down
1
Hunky-dory : FAB
2
Prefix with cycle : EPI
3
E-ZPass site: Abbr. : TPK
4
Noah Webster, collegiately : ELI
5
Busing supervisors : MAITREDS
6
Single : UNWED
7
Many a digitalization : SCAN
8
"American Pie," e.g. : SEXCOMEDY
9
U.S. Army E-7 : SFC
10
Hard to reach : ALOOF
11
Heraldic charge indicating supposed illegitimate birth : BARSINISTER
12
Promptly : RIGHTONTIME
13
It might have a cadenza : ARIA
15
Off the deep end : INSANE
20
Spectral quality : HUE
22
Like many Shakespeare plays : TRAGIC
23
"Feel good" sensations : WARMFUZZIES
24
"Are you kidding me?!" : IMEANREALLY
25
Manual : HOWTO
27
Shell filling : TNT
29
Onetime Los Angeles center : ONEAL
31
Pulled (in) : REINED
33
"Goodness gracious!" : OHMYSTARS
35
___ couture : HAUTE
38
"Finlandia" composer : SIBELIUS
41
Gravel alternative : TAR
43
Small mammals that secrete a musk used in perfumes : CIVETS
46
Leader mentioned in the Beatles' "Revolution" : MAO
49
___ force : BRUTE
50
Texter's "Too funny!" : ROTFL
51
Closing bars : CODA
53
Service designation : ONEA
55
Overly rehearsed : PAT
57
Andy's dinosaur in "Toy Story" : REX
58
Not quite nada : UNO
59
Evening hour : SIX
60
End of a match, for short : TKO

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

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