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New York Times, Friday, March 29, 2019

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Onetime teen idol who went on to win the 2013 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 86 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Grid flow: 56.3 Friday freshness: 74%
Martin Ashwood-Smith notes:
I've always liked stacked-style crosswords. Most of my New York Times puzzles have featured stacked 15s. However today's puzzle ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
MAS is back, after a nearly 1-year absence! And what's this? His puzzle ISN'T A TRIPLE STACK? *sound of Jeff toppling over like Fred ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times3/29/19 ( No. 25,343 )
Across
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Sub-Saharan predator : MAMBA
6
Important figure in a student's education : SATSCORE
14
Apotheosis : IDEAL
15
Laser alternative : DOTMATRIX
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Oppressive public attention : GLARE
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Uncomfortable : ILLATEASE
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Man in Mannheim : HERR
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Pop nickname that was the title of a 2001 4x platinum album : JLO
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Comic Brennan : NEAL
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Cafeteria loads : TRAYFULS
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Combination in the card game bezique : MELD
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A ton : GOBS
27
End of a counting-out rhyme : MOE
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Number on a sundial : XII
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New Orleans entertainment : DIXIELANDJAZZ
34
City that was the first capital of French Louisiana : MOBILEALABAMA
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Cheats : DOUBLEDEALERS
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B.C. neighbor : ALB
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"By all means" : YES
38
In dat place : DERE
39
Provider of a good picture : HDTV
41
Severely burden : DRAGDOWN
45
Order : FIAT
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Selfie stick, e.g. : ROD
49
Journalist Logan : LARA
50
Dramatic musical effects : GLISSANDI
53
Barre hops? : JETES
54
Criticized severely : TOREAPART
55
Weighed on : ATEAT
56
It offers a variety of views : OPEDPAGE
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Preoccupied with arcane details : WONKY
Down
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Strength : MIGHT
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Reformer Felix : ADLER
3
Funny Anne : MEARA
4
Only songwriter in history to write four consecutive #1 hits (1978) : BARRYGIBB
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Schooner filler : ALE
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Goes it alone : SOLOS
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N.L. East city : ATL
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Speakeasy investigator, informally : TMAN
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Fill : SATE
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Third-stringers : CTEAM
11
Things doctors need to take : ORALEXAMS
12
___ de veau (veal dish) : RIS
13
PC file suffix : EXE
15
Pickle flavorers : DILLSEEDS
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Golden time : JUBILEE
22
In a sly way : FOXILY
24
Gershwin title girl : LIZA
25
Baseball's Dean, to fans : DIZ
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Bungling : MALADROIT
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Leashed : ONALEAD
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Winner of six Grand Slam men's singles titles from 1985 to 1992 : EDBERG
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Mrs. of film : DOUBTFIRE
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Ka ___ (southernmost Hawaiian point) : LAE
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Onetime teen idol who went on to win the 2013 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor : JAREDLETO
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Shape : MOLD
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Bit of code : DAH
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Tightly gripped : VISED
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Rapper with the multiplatinum albums "The Chronic" and "2001" : DRDRE
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Like some straw : OATEN
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Unleash : WREAK
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Repugnant : NASTY
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Job order : ASAP
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Spanish appetizer : TAPA
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1964 Pontiac debut : GTO
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Cut (off) : LOP
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Badger : NAG
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Something that may be dropped in shock : JAW

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

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