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New York Times, Friday, December 14, 2018

Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Huddled" group in an inscription on the Statue of Liberty
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Andrew Ries

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Ries. Grid flow: 54.2 Friday freshness: 27%
Andrew Ries notes:
37-Across and 20-Down were the seed entries here. This puzzle is a good example of my evolving tastes in a freestyle crossword. These ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I thought all six of the longest answers were great. Just for kicks, I'm going to rank them. (Warning, subjective analysis ahead!) TOP ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times12/14/18 ( No. 25,238 )
Across
1
Commercial line : SLOGAN
7
Hit 1980 musical with the song "Join the Circus" : BARNUM
13
Accessory for Minnie Mouse : HAIRBOW
15
Handle a chopper, say : AVIATE
16
Many a Falcons or Hawks fan : ATLANTAN
18
"Huddled" group in an inscription on the Statue of Liberty : MASSES
19
"O.K., I get it!" : YESYES
21
Jags : TEARS
22
Org. with many operations : CIA
25
Part of a cable network? : GONDOLA
27
"The Great Ziegfeld" co-star, 1936 : LOY
28
Santa ___ Derby : ANITA
30
Struggles : EFFORTS
32
Sail extender : SPRIT
33
Thick cut : SLAB
34
Station predictions, for short : ETAS
37
Gathering where burping is encouraged : TUPPERWAREPARTY
40
"You're killing me!" : STOP
41
Countless centuries : EONS
42
Like cinnamon trees : ASIAN
43
Family name of classic TV : RICARDO
45
Dupe : REPRO
46
Bar fixture : SOT
48
Slower than vivace : ALLEGRO
50
Caesar born in 1922 : SID
51
Resident of a halfway house : EXCON
53
"Star Wars" figures : DROIDS
55
Ones with big shoes to fill : CLOWNS
57
Measure of people skills : SOCIALIQ
61
Straightened (up) : TIDIED
62
Napoleon, for one : DESSERT
63
Exceeds the limit : SPEEDS
64
Outback offerings : STEAKS
Down
1
Nonsense song syllable : SHA
2
GPS fig. : LAT
3
Word with baron or basin : OIL
4
Neutral hue : GRAY
5
Renounce : ABNEGATE
6
"Au contraire!" : NOTSO
7
Comic book sound effect : BAM
8
Gamer's likeness : AVATAR
9
Uptick : RISE
10
Things used on bridges to ease congestion : NASALSTRIPS
11
In ___ (gestating) : UTERO
12
Difficult to sort out : MESSY
14
1992 comedy based on a long-running "S.N.L." sketch : WAYNESWORLD
17
"Hi-diddly-ho!" speaker on TV : NEDFLANDERS
20
"No issues yet" : SOFARSOGOOD
22
Play groups : CASTS
23
Two cents' worth : INPUT
24
JFK, for one : AIRPORTCODE
26
Place for a stud : LOBE
29
Hedren of Hitchcock's "The Birds" : TIPPI
31
Ride : TEASE
35
Creator of the game Centipede : ATARI
36
Church conclave : SYNOD
38
Veritable : REAL
39
Writer of satirical works : PARODIST
44
Let go : CANNED
46
Certain branches : SECTS
47
Wildflower of the primrose family : OXLIP
49
Reduces to small bits : RICES
52
Scrape, to a tot : OWIE
54
Ed.'s convenience : SASE
56
Campus activist org. revived in 2006 : SDS
58
Verdant setting : LEA
59
Nettle : IRK
60
Parts of pecks: Abbr. : QTS

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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