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New York Times, Thursday, November 24, 2016

Author:
Brian J. MacDonald
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Down : Cheats, euphemistically
TotalDebut
111/24/2016
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Brian J. MacDonald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. MacDonald. Thursday freshness: 6%
Brian J. MacDonald notes:
Happy Thanksgiving! I am honored and thrilled to have my first puzzle published in the New York Times. I want to thank Will Shortz, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Debut! Play on the STATE POSTAL CODES and phonetics, i.e. empty nest = MT nest = MONTANA NEST. I particularly liked aisle seat = IL ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times11/24/16 ( No. 24,488 )
Across
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Male hedgehogs : BOARS
6
Thoroughbred farm employee : GROOM
11
Piece of legislation : ACT
14
How some stocks are sold : ATPAR
15
Like some mattresses and batter : LUMPY
16
"My Orcha'd in Linden ___" (classic poem) : LEA
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*Place where kids aren't found now : MONTANANEST
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Food that's cured : LOX
20
Gripe : BEEF
21
Some investigators, informally : TMEN
22
Martini's partner : ROSSI
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Authoritarian's reason : ISAIDSO
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Baseball feature : SEAM
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*Whenever : NEBRASKATIME
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Winery output : CASKS
35
Listing on an athletic schedule : MEET
36
Piece of legislation : LAW
37
Some classic computers : IBMS
38
With 59-Across, necessary substitutions, phonetically, for understanding the answers to the starred clues : STATE
40
Allele, e.g. : GENE
41
Stylized Tesla logo : TEE
42
Electrical units : OHMS
43
All-around Canadian put-down : HOSER
44
*Air passenger's request, maybe : ILLINOISSEAT
48
Spanish dramatist ___ de Vega : LOPE
49
Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien : TVHOSTS
53
Tons of, informally : LOTSA
55
Silk dress, maybe : SARI
57
"Sharknado" actress Reid : TARA
58
"Ended, ___ it begun" (Emily Dickinson poem) : ERE
59
See 38-Across : POSTALCODES
62
Starbucks units: Abbr. : OZS
63
The Jetsons' boy : ELROY
64
Successfully brings around : SWAYS
65
"As if!" : NOT
66
Woodworkers' tools : RASPS
67
On edge : ANTSY
Down
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Cartoon title character adapted from a Felix Salten novel : BAMBI
2
First tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark : OTOES
3
Sleep study diagnosis : APNEA
4
Stoolies : RATFINKS
5
Mrs., abroad : SRA
6
Red-carpet looks : GLAMOR
7
Viking character : RUNE
8
Film for which Gregory Peck had the highest-paid performance of his career, with "The" : OMEN
9
Black ___ : OPS
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"I've got this" : MYTREAT
11
Happy as a clam : ALLSMILES
12
Biz bigs : CEOS
13
Cry on the street : TAXI
18
Federal investigative grp. : NTSB
23
___ bran : OAT
25
Montréal's Île ___ Soeurs : DES
26
___-Ball : SKEE
28
Collect : AMASS
29
Collection : SET
30
Some locks : MANE
31
Washstand accompanier : EWER
32
Commercial lead-in to group : CITI
33
Victim of murder one : ABEL
34
Basic scrutiny : SMELLTEST
38
One going on foot? : SHOE
39
"More than I needed to know!" : TMI
40
Really have at it : GOTOTOWN
42
In theory : ONPAPER
43
Derisive laugh : HAH
45
Apple platform : IOS
46
Cheats, euphemistically : STRAYS
47
What superheroes battle : EVIL
50
1978 Peace co-Nobelist : SADAT
51
Baskets made from beyond the arc, informally : TREYS
52
Pert : SASSY
53
Rock's Kings of ___ : LEON
54
Ricelike pasta : ORZO
55
Historical group of 15, for short : SSRS
56
On : ATOP
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Rock-___, classic jukebox : OLA
61
Johnny Reb's org. : CSA

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