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New York Times, Friday, March 2, 2018

Author:
Rachel Maddow and Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : "Unless it's impossible"
TotalDebutCollabs
13/2/20181
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ScrabbleFresh
1.6888%
Rachel Maddow
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1408/26/19956/18/20231
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RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
331.59672%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JX} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Maddow. This is puzzle # 129 for Mr. DiPietro. See all the celebrity crosswords. Friday freshness: 69%
Notepad: CELEBRITY CROSSWORD
This puzzle is a collaboration by Rachel Maddow, the host of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show," working together with Joe DiPietro, a bar owner in New York City. This is Joe's 129th crossword for The Times.
More information about the making of today's puzzle appears in the Times's daily crossword column (nytimes.com/column/wordplay).
Jeff Chen notes:
Another celeb puzzle ! And a ton of Rachel Maddow-related entries in this themeless. I wasn't sure what a COUGH BUTTON was, but it ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

RMS at 1-Across is presumably a nod to the Rachel Maddow Show.

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© 2018, The New York Times3/2/18 ( No. 24,951 )
Across
1
Hosp. units : RMS
4
___ peas : WASABI
10
Basics : ABCS
14
Kind of flour : OAT
15
1965 Michael Caine spy thriller, with "The" : IPCRESSFILE
17
___ grano salis : CUM
18
What might help a hacker go undetected? : COUGHBUTTON
19
Deride : KNOCK
21
Kentucky's northernmost county : BOONE
22
Abbr. in an auction catalog : EST
23
Gambling card game : FARO
24
"Doctor Faustus" novelist : MANN
25
Part of an oven : TIMER
27
Similar (to) : AKIN
28
Actor with seven Primetime Emmys : ASNER
30
Greek cheese : FETA
31
Tennis player, to sportswriters : NETTER
33
Op-ed, e.g. : ESSAY
35
Cocktail with rye whiskey : SAZERAC
37
Sean Hannity and Chris Hayes : TVHOSTS
41
Quarry of cartoondom's Gargamel : SMURF
43
Pope when Elizabeth I took the throne : PAULIV
44
Virus in 2003 news : SARS
47
Cellphone component : DIODE
49
Do some programming : CODE
50
Stud of the sports world? : CLEAT
52
Walked over : TROD
53
Hard ___ : ATIT
54
Footwear brand since 1978 : UGG
55
Hollywood agent Michael : OVITZ
57
Military gathering? : INTEL
58
Journalist's tool since '67 : FOIAREQUEST
61
Home of Sen. Mike Crapo: Abbr. : IDA
62
Political leader? : FRONTRUNNER
63
Sister : NUN
64
Elate : SEND
65
Like baking dough : YEASTY
66
Big mean on campus : GPA
Down
1
Those who've seen both Europe and Asia, say : ROCKFANS
2
Home to Lake Waiau : MAUNAKEA
3
1928 Winter Olympics site : STMORITZ
4
Keeper of the flame? : WICK
5
Mil. address : APO
6
Dives with a tank : SCUBAS
7
W.W. I battle locale : ARGONNE
8
"Give it to me straight" : BEHONEST
9
Jacket letters : ISBN
10
Behind, at sea : AFT
11
"Kiss my grits!" : BITEME
12
You're not in it if you're out : CLOSET
13
Car model originally called the Sunny in Japan : SENTRA
16
Tallow source : SUET
20
Rosina Almaviva, in "Le Nozze di Figaro" : CONTESSA
24
Go pirating : MARAUD
26
"Unless it's impossible" : IFYOUCAN
29
Got back (to), in a way : RSVPED
32
"Uhhh ..." : ERM
34
"Eureka!" : AHA
36
Review : CRITIQUE
38
Programming manager's specialty : SLOTTING
39
Did a bit of cleaning : TIDIEDUP
40
Only daughter of Joseph Stalin : SVETLANA
42
Typeface that shares its name with the Roman goddess of luck : FORTUNA
44
Marks on shoes : SCUFFS
45
Who said "Take it from me, every vote counts" : ALGORE
46
The Midwest or the South : REGION
48
More than half of scores : DOZENS
51
Ralph Nader's American Museum of ___ Law : TORT
56
So : VERY
57
"Just doin' my job" : ITRY
59
Furthermore : AND
60
Fixed : SET

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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