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New York Times, Thursday, December 28, 2017

Author:
Gary Larson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Down : Man, in Milan
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Gary Larson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Larson. Thursday freshness: 35%
Gary Larson notes:
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. That's not true. You can teach an old dog, it just takes a heck of a lot longer. You ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Debut, from a fellow Washingtonian! Gary wants us to UP THE ANTE, the letters A N T E popping up out of phrases. We've highlighted ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times12/28/17 ( No. 24,887 )
Across
1
1970s New York City mayor : BEAME
6
Meat that comes in a can : SPAM
10
Leave hanging, maybe : DRY
13
Maj.'s superior : LTCOL
14
Touch base : TAGUP
16
Future fish : ROE
17
1300 hours : ONEPM
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Professors and such : ACADEMICS
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Where you might see a criminal : WANTEDPOSTER
22
Truckload : TON
23
Biblical twin : ESAU
24
Indiana Jones phobia : SNAKES
27
"M*A*S*H" actress : SWIT
30
Coming-out party : DEBUTANTEBALL
33
High-strung : TENSE
35
Prayer leader : IMAM
36
Bygone carrier : TWA
37
J.F.K. posting, for short : ETD
38
Kind of point : VANTAGE
41
Ad follower : HOC
42
Something a Mississippi cheerleader repeatedly calls for : ANI
43
Peace Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
44
All ___ up : SHOOK
46
Account of a hellish trip? : DANTESINFERNO
50
Some Boolean operators : ANDS
51
Ancient land known in antiquity as Lacedaemon : SPARTA
52
Volcanoes develop over them : EONS
54
Writer Santha Rama ___ : RAU
55
Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across : UPTHEANTE
60
Fair play, to some : TURNABOUT
63
Item in a winter cache : ACORN
64
Gasteyer formerly of "Saturday Night Live" : ANA
65
"I wanna!" : LEMME
66
Traveled like Johnny Appleseed : ROVED
67
"Whew!" : BOY
68
Egg on : GOAD
69
Influences : SWAYS
Down
1
Squander : BLOW
2
Mount SW of Messina : ETNA
3
Sailed through : ACED
4
Rug rats : MOPPETS
5
Ticklish dolls : ELMOS
6
David, for one : STATUE
7
Go back and forth : PACE
8
Food thickener : AGAR
9
Coffee, in slang : MUD
10
Affair for bingers : DRINKATHON
11
"Arabian Nights" creature : ROC
12
"Amen!" : YES
15
Honey and Sugar : PETNAMES
19
Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea : MOAB
21
End of many a Trump tweet : SAD
24
Alone, in a way : STAG
25
Jake's "Blues Brothers" brother : ELWOOD
26
Pants : SLACKS
27
Places : STEADS
28
Moist towelette : WETNAP
29
Unorganized : INDISARRAY
31
Dangerous dog : BITER
32
Thurman of the "Kill Bill" films : UMA
34
Ultimate : EVENTUAL
39
Soviet nuclear-powered submarine : ALFA
40
Never, abroad : NIE
45
Flips one's lid : HASACOW
47
It's on the Gulf of Oman : IRAN
48
Took home : NETTED
49
"That's amazing!" : OOH
53
Moves toward : NEARS
55
Man, in Milan : UOMO
56
Fast feline : PUMA
57
Blast from the past, astronomically speaking? : NOVA
58
Rare trick taker : TREY
59
Bounds : ENDS
60
Can opener : TAB
61
Popular card game : UNO
62
Beseech : BEG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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