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New York Times, Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Author:
Joel Fagliano and Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Across : Have too much of, briefly
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7110/22/20099/24/20238
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
18912911336
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
351.6447062%
Joel Fagliano
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
567/28/20128/31/20249
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
7213572011
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
221.7146191%
Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Fagliano. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Ezersky. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 100%
Constructor notes:
SAM: I ride the train to and from Will's house with Joel twice a week, and it's not uncommon for us to be building grids individually ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Loved this theme. I've seen a lot of reparsing ideas, but to get MARKINGS changed to M A R KINGS, clued as [Midas, Agamemnon, ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times11/8/17 ( No. 24,837 )
Across
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Rotten : BAD
4
Like kiwis and mangos : TANGY
9
Member of la famille : PERE
13
The Depression or the Cold War : ERA
14
Dean Martin's "That's ___" : AMORE
15
Writer Edgar ___ Poe : ALLAN
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TV screen inits. : LCD
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Element next to iodine on the periodic table : XENON
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Make an identification digitally? : POINT
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Midas, Agamemnon, Richard : MARKINGS
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Pursuer in a chase scene : COPCAR
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Have too much of, briefly : ODON
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Products that gradually dull : RAZORS
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"I believe," on the internet : IMO
26
Something much-wished-for for people : NICEDAY
28
Rest on : SITATOP
30
Actor George with over 10 million Facebook followers : TAKEI
31
Feature of a 26-Across, maybe : CLEARSKY
32
Polo, archery, soccer : PASSPORTS
35
The U.S. Women's Open is part of it : LPGATOUR
38
Ewoks' home moon : ENDOR
42
Body part that vibrates : EARDRUM
43
Simple choice : YESORNO
45
"Chances ___ ..." : ARE
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Equiangular shape : ISOGON
48
Competes (for) : VIES
49
Terse response to "I'm sorry" : DONTBE
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Heart, U2, Slayer : HUSBANDS
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Many a jukebox tune : OLDIE
54
World capital where Pashto is spoken : KABUL
55
Some U.F.C. victories : KOS
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Senses : FEELS
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Not moving : INERT
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Flock member : EWE
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Cut down : FELL
60
Chess finishes : MATES
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Retrovirus molecule : RNA
Down
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Triple Crown venue : BELMONT
2
Domain of Pan, in Greek myth : ARCADIA
3
Genre for Dire Straits and Steely Dan, facetiously : DADROCK
4
Leave from the gate : TAXI
5
Supreme Egyptian god : AMENRA
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Hetero, say : NONGAY
7
1/100 of a Polish zloty : GROSZ
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Desire : YEN
9
Sound preceding a ripple : PLOP
10
Draws out : ELICITS
11
Rampaged : RANAMOK
12
Measure of disorder, in thermodynamics : ENTROPY
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Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio : APOSTATES
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Patella protector : KNEEPAD
21
Town ___ (bygone official) : CRIER
24
World capital on a fjord : OSLO
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Dakota, Iroquois, Arapaho : DIATRIBES
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Classical music style whose name means "new art" : ARSNOVA
31
Lifeguard's skill, for short : CPR
33
Heavy 39-Down : SOUSE
34
Heavy competition? : SUMO
35
Bat first : LEADOFF
36
Joint release? : PAROLEE
37
Foe of Beowulf : GRENDEL
39
Bar patron : DRINKER
40
In this puzzle it starts B-E-L : ONEDOWN
41
Body of water next to Antarctica : ROSSSEA
43
"Absolutely!" : YOUBET
44
Guarantee : ENSURE
47
African soccer powerhouse : GHANA
50
Cash holder : TILL
52
Crunchy diner orders : BLTS
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One of the Kardashians : KIM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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