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New York Times, Friday, February 26, 2021

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Bit of strategy
TotalDebutLatest
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
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Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 5, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Deodene. Friday freshness: 35%
Chuck Deodene notes:
For a couple years I had intended to create a puzzle containing a triple stack of 15-letter entries, in the manner of my favorite ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Triple-stack! Back in Martin Ashwood-Smith's heyday, we used to get these so often, I was seeing triple. Not that many people besides ... read more
1
T
2
A
3
C
4
T
5
I
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C
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I
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M
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P
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A
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S
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T
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O
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E
R
R
A
T
A
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G
R
E
E
N
C
A
R
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S
K
Y
P
E
R
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L
A
T
E
N
E
W
S
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L
I
F
E
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G
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I
O
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S
V
E
N
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A
N
O
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C
O
M
B
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S
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E
X
I
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S
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T
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R
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A
H
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B
A
H
31
C
E
O
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S
33
P
A
C
E
34
T
E
L
E
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S
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C
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O
P
E
S
38
P
U
T
A
F
A
C
E
T
O
A
N
A
M
E
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A
R
T
I
S
T
I
C
L
I
C
E
N
S
E
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N
E
E
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L
O
A
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A
G
O
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K
E
N
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D
45
O
46
E
N
N
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I
O
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R
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E
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P
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T
O
N
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Y
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O
D
D
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C
A
L
I
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M
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A
I
N
R
O
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O
M
58
B
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E
A
M
U
P
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I
N
O
N
E
D
A
Y
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E
T
R
A
D
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62
D
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N
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D
A
T
63
T
A
B
S
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© 2021, The New York Times2/26/21 ( No. 26,043 )
Across
1
Bit of strategy : TACTIC
7
Painting technique used in van Gogh's "The Starry Night" : IMPASTO
14
Good as gold, and others? : ERRATA
15
High-m.p.g. vehicle : GREENCAR
16
One having a certain video chat : SKYPER
17
This just in! : LATENEWS
18
What happens while you're busy making other plans, it's said : LIFE
19
Italian architect Ponti : GIO
21
___ and Ole (stock characters in Upper Midwest jokes) : SVEN
22
Revolution around o sol : ANO
23
Makers of parts : COMBS
25
Be present : EXIST
28
Expression of support : RAH
30
Expression of contempt : BAH
31
One who might meet with angels, for short : CEO
32
Things used by star witnesses? : SPACETELESCOPES
38
Meet somebody you've heard lots about : PUTAFACETOANAME
39
Creator's leeway : ARTISTICLICENSE
40
Jill Biden ___ Jacobs : NEE
41
Mauna ___ : LOA
42
Something found after many years? : AGO
43
Fencing sport with bamboo swords : KENDO
46
Film composer Morricone : ENNIO
48
Seat occupier, for short : REP
51
Stylish : TONY
53
Like 2021 : ODD
54
It has its faults, informally : CALI
55
Club's premier venue : MAINROOM
58
Bring aboard, sci-fi-style : BEAMUP
60
How many Amish barns are raised : INONEDAY
61
Robinhood competitor : ETRADE
62
Patronized, in a way : DINEDAT
63
Indenting aid : TABSET
Down
1
Producer of 15-Acrosses : TESLA
2
Oscar nominee for "Argo" : ARKIN
3
Narcissist's ploy : CRYFORATTENTION
4
It's on a roll : TAPE
5
Follower of McCarthy : ITE
6
Boatload : CARGO
7
Levin who wrote "The Stepford Wives" : IRA
8
Team with "Mr." and "Mrs." mascots : METS
9
Irritant : PEEVE
10
Appropriate : ANNEX
11
What Grand Canyon tourists enjoy : SCENICPANORAMAS
12
Large marble : TAW
13
Choice words : ORS
15
Capital of every country? : GLOBALECONOMY
20
Dolt : IMBECILE
23
James Beard award winners : CHEFS
24
Northernmost part of the U.K. : SHETLAND
26
"___ legit" : SEEMS
27
"Lovely ___ You" (song by the Moody Blues) : TOSEE
29
Flavoring of Cedilla liqueur : ACAI
32
Defeat soundly, slangily : SPANK
33
Setting for a blender : PUREE
34
Pic on a pec, say : TAT
35
Amour de ___ (self-love: Fr.) : SOI
36
Equatorial plantation crop : CACAO
37
Force on Earth, in brief : ONEG
44
"Go, and catch a falling star" poet : DONNE
45
Stop here ___ (traffic sign) : ONRED
47
"Intuition tells me ..." : IDBET
49
Sidestep : ELUDE
50
Lab tube : PIPET
52
Diminutive master of film : YODA
54
Potato or pasta, informally : CARB
55
Prefix with century : MID
56
What Friday has, unlike any other day of the week? : ANI
57
___ of This Swirled (Ben & Jerry's flavor) : OAT
59
Pilot's info, for short : ETA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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