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New York Times, Saturday, January 9, 2021

Author:
Trenton Charlson
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Crow's home
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Trenton Charlson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {X} Scrabble average: 1.98 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Charlson. Saturday freshness: 33%
Trenton Charlson notes:
It's probably not too surprising that I started this puzzle in the upper left, with JAZZ WALTZ. I was pleased to discover that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Ah, Trenton. 1-Across's clue has John Coltrane in it? Given his obsession with rare letters, it had to either start or end with JAZZ. ... read more
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J
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A
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W
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L
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M
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O
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N
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G
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O
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R
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J
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Q
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G
R
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C
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S
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D
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B
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T
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T
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G
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S
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O
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A
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H
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E
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A
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U
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T
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J
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M
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R
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A
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U
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J
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M
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D
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N
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O
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R
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Z
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M
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K
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H
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L
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P
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M
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© 2021, The New York Times1/9/21 ( No. 25,995 )
Across
1
Coltrane's rendition of "My Favorite Things," for one : JAZZWALTZ
10
___ friends : AMONG
15
A nonzero amount : ONEORMORE
16
Word with car or talk : RADIO
17
Marked by stately beauty : JUNOESQUE
18
Roman leader? : GRECO
19
Accessory that might have a netsuke attached : OBI
20
Move fast, as clouds : SCUD
21
Like some letters and lines : DOTTED
22
Modicum : BIT
23
Very unfortunate : TRAGIC
25
C-worthy : SOSO
26
North Carolina county near the Tennessee border : ASHE
28
Dined with a menu, say : ATEOUT
30
Quandary : JAM
31
Beams : RAYS
33
In heaven : UPABOVE
35
___ Crawford, the N.B.A.'s all-time leader in four-point plays : JAMAL
38
Senior member : DOYEN
39
But not that exactly : OFASORT
42
V.I.P. of industry : CZAR
44
Travelers from a faraway place, for short : ETS
45
Crow's home : TEEPEE
47
Release : EMIT
51
Biblical character who lived to be 912 years old : SETH
53
Gets down : LEARNS
55
Singer on the album "Live Peace in Toronto 1969" : ONO
56
Hoarse : CROAKY
58
Crib cry : MAMA
59
Result of a clutch hit, maybe, for short : RBI
60
Sea serpent in the night sky : HYDRA
61
Sazerac garnish : LEMONPEEL
63
In a swing state? : MOODY
64
How Prince Harry met Meghan Markle : BLINDDATE
65
Modicum : OUNCE
66
Zip : JACKSQUAT
Down
1
Southwestern shrub that yields a cosmetic oil : JOJOBA
2
Wolf-headed god of Egyptian myth : ANUBIS
3
Summit : ZENITH
4
State of madness : ZOO
5
Obtain by force : WREST
6
"Hit the bricks!" : AMSCRAY
7
Plumlike fruits : LOQUATS
8
Proceed wearily : TRUDGE
9
This is the end : ZEE
10
Ship that survived the Clashing Rocks, in legend : ARGO
11
Selling points : MARTS
12
Anthem of the European Union : ODETOJOY
13
Sarcastic response to backpedaling : NICESAVE
14
Finding a four-leaf clover, they say : GOODOMEN
21
Certain bra spec : DCUP
24
Acknowledgment of a debt : IOU
27
Things sometimes named for kings : ERAS
29
Finish line? : TADA
32
Scores : ALOT
34
Put to sleep : BORE
35
Everyman : JOESCHMO
36
"Go ahead" : AFTERYOU
37
Ice age beast : MASTODON
40
Hinge (on) : RELY
41
Something shot from a cannon nowadays : TEE
42
Kind of tile : CERAMIC
43
Master of meditation : ZENMONK
46
___ Hayden, actress who voices Milhouse on "The Simpsons" : PAMELA
48
Doctor in an H. G. Wells novel : MOREAU
49
Still being tested, say : INBETA
50
Can : TOILET
52
Head of cabbage? : HARDC
54
Does some shop class work : SANDS
57
Danny who played Walter Mitty : KAYE
61
Great Society monogram : LBJ
62
"Stat!" : PDQ

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle.

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