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New York Times, Friday, November 24, 2017

Author:
Bruce Haight and David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
With only slight provocation ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle
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Bruce Haight
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {B} Spans: 2 Grid is asymmetric. This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Haight. This is puzzle # 70 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 39%
Constructor notes:
BRUCE: I first submitted this puzzle in January of 2014. Anna Shechtman wrote back : "Will is intrigued by your AT THE DROP OF A HAT ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Mini-theme, FLIPPING ONE'S LID paired with AT THE DROP OF A HAT. Actually, more than just a mini-theme, what with the "hat" of black ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

This is the 29th asymmetric grid of the Shortz Era. Here are the rest.

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© 2017, The New York Times11/24/17 ( No. 24,853 )
Across
1
Dish whose name means "pierce flesh" : SASHIMI
8
Squids' squirters : INKSACS
15
What can get two feet higher : OTTOMAN
16
Chocolate truffle filling : GANACHE
17
Snapping ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle : FLIPPINGONESLID
19
Summer shade : TAN
20
High-and-mighty sort : SNOOT
21
Asian capital that's home to Jokhang Temple : LHASA
22
Sci-fi TV series before "DS9" : TNG
23
Attack, as a gnat : SWATAT
25
No longer flexible : SET
26
Got things down : ATE
27
It has the world's highest per capita income : QATAR
28
One surrounded at sea : ISLE
29
Ferris wheel part : CAR
30
Fall ___ : GUY
31
Thanks for waiting : TIP
33
Not remote : ONSITE
35
Person picking a ticket : VOTER
39
Goes through the motions of? : REENACTS
44
Sack : AXE
45
Oscar follower, in communications : PAPA
48
Fictional hero who wore a sombrero cordobés : ZORRO
49
Beam that might hit someone hard? : JIM
50
Heretofore : AGO
51
Football lineman : CENTER
52
Staten Island Railway inits. : MTA
53
Childproofing option : LATCH
55
Meter masters : POETS
57
Singer Green and others : ALS
58
With only slight provocation ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle : ATTHEDROPOFAHAT
61
"Toodle-oo!" : CHEERIO
62
Board near a gate : ENPLANE
63
Pincered bugs : EARWIGS
64
Villain whose alter ego is Edward Nigma : RIDDLER
Down
1
Its shell isn't hard : SOFTTACO
2
Brave person, typically? : ATLANTAN
3
Brandy cocktails : STINGERS
4
Quick flight : HOP
5
Parenting challenges : IMPS
6
Steady : MAINSQUEEZE
7
Not even slightly : INNOWAY
8
"You can't stop me!" : IGOTTA
9
Bread also called khamiri : NAN
10
Assumed the hero pose, in yoga : KNELT
11
Something the narrator of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" threw up : SASH
12
Compact Mercedes-Benz : ACLASS
13
Chip maker : CHISEL
14
Tranquil : SEDATE
18
One forced to take the blame : GOAT
24
What we have "in order not to die of the truth," per Nietzsche : ART
28
Fitbit had one in 2015, for short : IPO
30
Former telco giant : GTE
32
E.R. staples : IVS
34
Plan for later yrs. : IRA
36
Attraction on the bank of the Yamuna River : TAJMAHAL
37
Branch from an artery : EXITLANE
38
Enhance, as a recording : REMASTER
40
Amateurs : NONPROS
41
Sci-fi beeper : ARTOO
42
Trumpet vine, e.g. : CREEPER
43
Trattoria treat : TORTONI
45
State quarters? : PALACE
46
Name on an annual literary award : AGATHA
47
Literary orphan who lived for a while in a cupboard : POTTER
51
Dearest, in Dijon : CHERI
54
Cogitate (on) : CHEW
56
Cal tecs? : SFPD
59
Go for : DIG
60
City govt. official : ALD

Answer summary:
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