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New York Times, Thursday, October 7, 2021

Author:
Timothy Polin
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Word often before a year
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
5512/11/20111/9/20222
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
86962402
RebusCircleScrabbleFresh
6161.6257%
Timothy Polin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 63, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQV} There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Polin. Thursday freshness: 99%
Jeff Chen notes:
Such a fun way to interpret SKIPPING / STONES, ROLLING Stone, the ROSETTA Stone, and the BLARNEY Stone spaced out as if they were ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times10/7/21 ( No. 26,266 )
Across
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Big name in Scotch : DEWARS
7
Family name on "Seinfeld" : COSTANZA
15
Provincial governor in the Byzantine Empire : EXARCH
16
Patriots in New York, e.g. : AWAYTEAM
17
Harmless rattler : MARACA
18
Ram rod? : REARAXLE
19
Working : EMPLOYED
21
Secure, with "down" : BATTEN
23
Frozen asteroid or planet : ICEBALL
27
Left a bad impression on? : DINGED
31
Boxer Trinidad : TITO
32
"Don't just take my word for it!" : ASKANYONE
34
What may be drawn with black and white? : CHESSGAME
39
Flush, e.g. : HAND
42
Prepare, as a certain movie snack : AIRPOP
43
Celeb : ALISTER
45
Equilibrium : STASIS
49
Vegetarian spread : BEANPATE
53
On every occasion : EACHTIME
55
Dispensable young beau : BOYTOY
56
Big name in beer : ANHEUSER
57
One side in the Ryder Cup : EUROPE
58
With 59-Across, lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid : SKIPPING
59
See 58-Across : STONES
Down
1
Mark on one's record : DEMERIT
2
Proctored event, maybe : EXAM
3
John McCrae, author of "In Flanders Fields," e.g. : WARPOET
4
Name seen on the Kazakh/Uzbek border : ARAL
5
First soft drink sold in all-aluminum cans : RCCOLA
6
Light carriage, informally : SHAY
7
Memory ___ : CARD
8
Be shy : OWE
9
Onetime Scandinavian export : SAAB
10
Rule that should be broken? : TYRANNY
11
Rat-___ : ATAT
12
Like the newest model, familiarly : NEXTGEN
13
Jewelry store eponym : ZALE
14
"My thoughts exactly!" : AMEN
20
What jelly rolls are filled with? : ELLS
22
Memorable 2021 hurricane : IDA
24
Word often before a year : CIRCA
25
One who's not a fan : BOOER
26
One way to prevent stock losses? : LASSO
28
Bug collection? : INTEL
29
Ancient invaders of Rome : GOTHS
30
Silas ___, first American diplomat to France : DEANE
33
Mauna ___ : KEA
35
Tailgate grill : HIBACHI
36
Separate : SPLITUP
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2.0, for one : GPA
38
Moonscape feature : MARE
40
Took full advantage of the buffet, say : ATEATON
41
Unmoved reaction : DRYEYES
44
West Coast burger chain with a "not-so-secret menu" : INNOUT
45
Vast expanses : SEAS
46
Lose value quickly : TANK
47
News anchor Smith, informally : SHEP
48
Enthusiastic assent in Spanish : SISI
49
On the surface it might not look like much : BERG
50
Five-spots : ABES
51
Prefix for fireworks : PYRO
52
Imbibe : TOPE
54
R&B/pop vocal group Boyz II ___ : MEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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