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New York Times, Friday, February 10, 2017

Author:
Kyle Mahowald
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Down : Tended to, as a baby
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Kyle Mahowald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Mahowald. Friday freshness: 14%
Kyle Mahowald notes:
When I first made this puzzle (many months ago), I tried to get MENA out of the grid. Then I heard about a movie called "Mena" ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
DATA SCIENTIST as the "sexiest job of the 21st century" = a great entry and clue combination. Sometimes I get overly excited about a ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times2/10/17 ( No. 24,566 )
Across
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Epiglottis, for one : FLAP
5
Doc's subscription : JAMA
9
Navy enlistee, informally : SWAB
13
Seducer of Josef in Kafka's "The Trial" : LENI
14
C.D.C. concern : ECOLI
16
Like some plugs : MALE
17
Let out : EMIT
18
"You know so-and-so, too? How about that!" : SMALLWORLD
20
Tony's cousin : EMMY
21
___ for life : SET
22
One involved in job cuts? : LOGGER
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Alternatives to plugs : TOUPEES
25
D.C.'s ___ Memorial, site next to West Potomac Park : FDR
26
Assent for 61-Across : AYE
27
Discounted : ONSALE
28
Medieval entertainer : BARD
29
Does some hosting, briefly : MCS
30
Stat for David Ortiz : RBI
31
Egg: Prefix : OVI
32
Lamb, e.g. : MEAT
33
"Sexiest job of the 21st century," per Harvard Business Review : DATASCIENTIST
37
Wee : TINY
38
Graze, for example : EAT
39
Blood : KIN
40
Far out : RAD
41
Reverse : UNDO
42
Concerns for sociologists : TRENDS
46
Chin-___ : UPS
47
"NewsHour" airer : PBS
48
"Peanuts" alter ego : JOECOOL
49
Leave the country? : SECEDE
51
One might be made with a handshake : BET
52
Europe's Gulf of ___ : RIGA
53
Comedian with the 2016 memoir "Born a Crime" : TREVORNOAH
55
Mideast's Gulf of ___ : ADEN
56
Actress Suvari : MENA
57
Planning to, informally : GONNA
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Coup : FEAT
59
Sistine Chapel depiction : EDEN
60
Enemy of ISIS, with "the" : WEST
61
Ones whose assent is 26-Across : TARS
Down
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Seek refuge at : FLEETO
2
Co-star of "Some Like It Hot" : LEMMON
3
Ill feeling : ANIMUS
4
Bout of feeling sorry for oneself : PITYPARTY
5
Oscar-nominated actor who has written several humor pieces for The New Yorker : JESSEEISENBERG
6
Tops : ACMES
7
Certain barrier to entry : MOAT
8
Completely : ALL
9
It's hardly a breath of fresh air : SMOG
10
Practice for combat : WARGAMES
11
Waiter outside a seafood restaurant, maybe : ALLEYCAT
12
Doctor's prescription : BEDREST
15
"You said it!" : ILLDRINKTOTHAT
19
"You said it!" : WORD
24
Historic isle in the Tyrrhenian Sea : ELBA
25
Top go-to : FAVE
28
Librettist for Verdi's "Otello" and "Falstaff" : BOITO
32
After Tetris, the second-best-selling video game of all time : MINECRAFT
33
Tended to, as a baby : DIAPERED
34
Director's cry that's said with a pause : ANDSCENE
35
Boors : CADS
36
Run low on juice : TIRE
37
"I'm telling you the truth" : TRUSTME
41
Beehive, for one : UPDO
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"Beats me" : NOIDEA
44
Fold, in a way : DOGEAR
45
Skews : SLANTS
48
Wardrobe item for which Obama claimed he was "unfairly maligned" : JEANS
50
Actress ___ Rachel Wood : EVAN
51
Radius, but not diameter : BONE
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Present : NOW

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

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