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New York Times, Thursday, November 16, 2017

Author:
Alex Eylar
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : What you might see the big game on
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Alex Eylar

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQX} Spans: 1 Grid has repeated answers. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Eylar. Thursday freshness: 42%
Alex Eylar notes:
I dedicate this puzzle to the early morning Logic 101 class I took for a course requirement, that I totally didn't fall asleep in ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Fun stuff! I love the concept of self-referential clues. I seem to remember a crossword years back that featured SELF REFERENTIAL, ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times11/16/17 ( No. 24,845 )
Across
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Almanac entry : FACT
5
Shoots the breeze : GABS
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What " " contains : SPACE
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Click it : ICON
15
Be against : ABUT
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Frequent van Gogh setting : ARLES
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See 58-Across : TAUTOLOGY
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Thwarts : FOILS
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Calculator button : SIN
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Burst of laughter : PEAL
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Say blah blah blah blah blah : BABBLE
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Not just any old : THE
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See 25-Across : RECURSION
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Was affected by too heavy a weight, say : GROANED
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Strike out : OMIT
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Paid (up) : PONIED
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General ___ ("Superman" villain) : ZOD
33
Prefix with gendered : CIS
36
See 66-Across : AWILDGOOSECHASE
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22+ pages of the Oxford English Dictionary : SET
41
Kind of look with bangs and eye shadow : EMO
42
Like good farmland : ARABLE
43
City light : NEON
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More untrustworthy : SLIMIER
46
See ??-Across : AMBIGUITY
50
Application fig. : SSN
51
Something that might be settled over drinks : BARBET
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___ Rohmer, French New Wave director : ERIC
54
"Pow!" : BAM
57
Grad students' hurdles : ORALS
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See 17-Across : TAUTOLOGY
60
Transfix : RIVET
61
Gig gear : AMPS
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All those in favor : AYES
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Snookums : TOOTS
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Liable to peep : NOSY
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Alternative to an elbow, maybe : PSST
Down
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Partner of starts : FITS
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Smoothie fruit : ACAI
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"You bet!" : COUNTONIT
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Wile E. Coyote prop : TNT
5
Burst of laughter : GALE
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On : ABOARD
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Wake-up call? : BUGLE
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What a mess! : STY
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What you might see the big game on : SAFARI
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"Survivor" host Jeff : PROBST
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Often-questionable account : ALIBI
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Quartet member : CELLO
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German steel city : ESSEN
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Bid first : OPENED
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Short end of the stick : BUMDEAL
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Come down hard? : HAIL
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Parrots a pigeon? : COOS
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Application figs. : GPAS
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Host Mike of "Dirty Jobs" and "Somebody's Gotta Do It" : ROWE
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Narrowly defeat : EDGEOUT
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Madhouse : ZOO
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Some yacht assistants : CABINBOYS
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Yacht destination, maybe : ISLE
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One who has a ball at work? : SEER
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Upscale hotel chain : OMNI
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Brand trusted by "cooks who know" : CRISCO
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Christmas purchases : HAMS
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Corn kernel, e.g. : NIBLET
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Discharges : EGESTS
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Options on an IHOP table : SYRUPS
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Call off : ABORT
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Celeb chef Batali : MARIO
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Exclamation that's also the name of a cable channel : BRAVO
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Latin lover's phrase : TEAMO
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Teeny : ITSY
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Seemingly forever : AGES
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Pioneering 1990s computer game : MYST
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Get some sun : TAN
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Something you have in a chair : LAP

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

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