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New York Times, Friday, December 2, 2016

Author:
Andrew Kingsley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Sat in a dugout?
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Andrew Kingsley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JKQUWY} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Kingsley. Friday freshness: 43%
Andrew Kingsley notes:
This puzzle started with the double stack of HERE'S HOPING and PRIZE INSIDE. How I got a grid of this shape in the end I'm not sure. ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Not many themelesses feature 11-letter entries because they tend to force 3-letter entries, and those bitty guys are hard to make ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

LAVABO is a nice treat for Sondheim fans who know the word well. Sweeney Todd is described: "His needs were few, his room was bare, a lavabo and a fancy chair."

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© 2016, The New York Times12/2/16 ( No. 24,496 )
Across
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Ceremonial basin : LAVABO
7
Pakistan's ___ Khan University : AGA
10
Downloaded, say : GOT
13
One may open an issue : EDITORSNOTE
16
Suffix with lip- : ASE
17
It comes with a dish : SATELLITETV
18
Universal Studios, formerly : MCA
19
Athletic wear named for an anagram of what it does : SPANDEX
20
Female in the woods : SHEBEAR
22
Card initials : STL
23
Monkey with a repetitive name : TITI
25
Hairstyle that's very big : AFRO
26
"Odyssey" peak : OSSA
28
Parting words : CIAOS
29
Paul of "There Will Be Blood" : DANO
30
Emulate a popinjay : PREEN
32
"Annie Hall" or "Notting Hill" : ROMCOM
34
Montessori and Sharapova : MARIAS
36
Sat in a dugout? : CANOED
37
Phaëthon's father, in myth : HELIOS
38
Ball game : LOTTO
39
Dinosaur in Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" : ARLO
40
First name in foundations : ESTEE
42
Southern California's ___ Point : DANA
46
Lasting impression : SCAR
47
"M*A*S*H" co-star : FARR
48
Picture frame? : CEL
49
Bound : DELIMIT
51
Article of personal property : CHATTEL
55
Veiled promise? : IDO
56
Cracker Jack come-on : PRIZEINSIDE
58
Jerry's partner : BEN
59
"Fingers crossed!" : HERESHOPING
60
Dallas-to-Houston dir. : SSE
61
Verb that can combine with its past tense : SEE
62
Like some inspections : ONSITE
Down
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Not as much : LESSSO
2
Rolls with the punches : ADAPTS
3
Some hospital readings : VITALS
4
"Can you break ___?" : ATEN
5
Fearless : BOLD
6
Heraldic wreath : ORLE
7
Only creature besides humans to farm other creatures : ANT
8
Visits : GOESTO
9
"If things don't change ..." : ATTHISRATE
10
Something an athlete puts on : GAMEFACE
11
Reward for acting well? : OSCARNOD
12
Genteel establishment : TEAROOM
14
Decade when ZIP codes were introduced : SIXTIES
15
Verge : EVE
21
Grumpy state : BADMOOD
24
Scottish "John" : IAN
27
Presumptive : APRIORI
28
Front ends? : CEASEFIRES
31
"Her name is ___ and she dances on the sand" (1983 pop lyric) : RIO
33
It borders Hudson Bay: Abbr. : ONT
34
"The best or nothing" sloganeer, informally : MERCEDES
35
Forsaken : ALLALONE
36
Arm-twists : COERCES
37
Claims, with "on" : HASDIBS
38
Xerox setting: Abbr. : LTR
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"Dr. Strangelove" or "Borat" : SATIRE
43
When Banquo dies in "Macbeth" : ACTIII
44
"You ___ worry" : NEEDNT
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State : ALLEGE
50
What a needle may indicate: Abbr. : MPH
52
Syllables in a children's refrain : HIHO
53
Shortly : ANON
54
Oz. sextet : TSPS
57
Dictionary's end : ZEE

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

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