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New York Times, Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Author:
Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor:
Will Shortz
Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
387/17/20078/10/202310
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812521010
RebusCircleScrabblePOWFresh
471.60365%
Natan Last
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2611/3/20137/19/202216
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
51374231
RebusCircleScrabblePOWFresh
151.62359%
Andy Kravis

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Last. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Kravis. Wednesday freshness: 85%
Constructor notes:
NATAN: This puzzle was such a treat to make, even by the standards of the already lovely JASA process. The people, for one: we're ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Kooky-looking grid! I like seeing something different, and those huge chunks of black squares in the NW / SE corners certainly ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

This is the 14th published puzzle from the J.A.S.A. class. Here are the rest.

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© 2018, The New York Times3/7/18 ( No. 24,956 )
Across
1
Beach makeup : SAND
5
Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ : ABE
8
Heads of families : CAPOS
13
Mocker of Hamlet's "unmanly grief" : CLAUDIUS
15
Throw in the direction of : TOSSTO
16
On the table : UPFORDISCUSSION
18
Controversial food preservative, for short : BHT
19
That's a moray! : EEL
20
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid : ALIASES
21
Like the baseball of the New Orleans Baby Cakes : AAA
22
D as in dates? : DOMINI
24
"I give up" : ITSHOPELESS
29
Cozy places? : TEAROOMS
32
Emmy- and Oscar-winning Melissa : LEO
33
Denoting a 3" nail, so-called from its original cost : TENPENNY
34
"Doggone it!" : AWRATS
37
Like family-friendly films : RATEDG
38
Women's rights activist Mott : LUCRETIA
40
Nail : ACE
41
"You're really testing my patience right now ..." : DONTEVEN
42
Lead singer of Coldplay, once married to Gwyneth Paltrow : CHRISMARTIN
46
Rhimes who created "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" : SHONDA
47
Nail : NAB
50
Refrain syllables : SHALALA
53
Item under a fairy tale princess' mattress : PEA
56
Impersonal "you" : ONE
57
Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters : PARALLELPARKING
60
Web issues : EZINES
61
Chin stroker's comment : LETMESEE
62
Couples : DYADS
63
Music purchases of the 1990s and early 2000s : CDS
64
First in line : NEXT
Down
1
Kind of gear for a diver : SCUBA
2
Top dog : ALPHA
3
Pact inveighed against by Trump : NAFTA
4
Couple : DUO
5
Congressional staffer : AIDE
6
Uses as a foundation : BUILDSON
7
Start of something? : ESS
8
Secant's reciprocal : COSINE
9
Attack : ASSAIL
10
Trident-shaped letters : PSIS
11
Early tribe met by Lewis and Clark : OTOE
12
Some heirs : SONS
14
Eazy-E collaborator, informally : DRE
15
Dutch export : TULIP
17
Paintball gear, familiarly : CAMOS
23
"Heavens!" : OHMYLORD
24
Plenty angry : IRED
25
Chinese secret society : TONG
26
Send : ELATE
27
Take effect : SETIN
28
Slugger Sammy : SOSA
29
Head of a classroom, in slang : TEACH
30
Put in : ENTER
31
Gibbon, e.g. : APE
33
___ II (Gillette razor) : TRAC
34
It starts when an overture's over : ACTI
35
Carolina ___ (state bird) : WREN
36
Power (up) : REV
39
Not yet used : UNTAPPED
41
Mother of Perseus : DANAE
43
Singapore, e.g. : ISLAND
44
Sources of oil : SHALES
45
Gangsters' gals : MOLLS
47
Statistical distractions : NOISE
48
Take without asking : ANNEX
49
Sire : BEGET
50
Hit 100, say : SPED
51
Blurred : HAZY
52
Gershwin's "Summertime," e.g. : ARIA
54
Grub : EATS
55
Branch : ARM
58
Business letters? : LLC
59
He's a doll : KEN

Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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