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New York Times, Thursday, April 13, 2017

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-Down
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Shteyman.
Michael Shteyman notes:
This puzzle went through many transformations (e.g., TRIPLE[OT] and even 3OT serving as possible revealers) before I settled on the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
TRIPLE OVERTIMES = entries with three OT rebus squares apiece. There was something so pleasing about the OT x OT x OT alternation in ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times4/13/17 ( No. 24,628 )
Across
1
Popular tablet : IPAD
5
Peeper : SPY
8
Famous feline of film : SIMBA
13
Close-minded sort : BIGOT
14
"Away!" : SHOO
15
Elite crew : ATEAM
16
It's an OK city : ENID
17
What an emoji might indicate : MOOD
18
Capital more than two miles above sea level : LHASA
19
Made it across : GOTTOTHEOTHERSIDE
22
1970s North African leader : SADAT
23
___ shark : LOAN
24
Major tributary of the St. Lawrence : OTTAWA
27
Three-term Big Apple mayor : EDKOCH
31
Breach : GAP
34
8-Across's mate : NALA
36
Altogether : INSUM
37
Start of a counting rhyme : ONEPOTATOTWOPOTATO
41
Auto stabilizer : STRUT
42
One drawn to kids' entertainment? : TOON
43
"No doubt about it" : YES
44
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, in "Pulp Fiction" : HITMEN
46
Instant : FLASH
49
Demure : PRIM
51
Ray of "GoodFellas" : LIOTTA
54
Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-Down : TRIPLEOVERTIME
59
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" destination : CAIRO
60
Letter-shaped construction piece : ZBAR
61
Chemistry Nobelist Hahn and others : OTTOS
62
Request for a high-five : UPTOP
63
Kick or punch : ZEST
64
Door shape: Abbr. : RECT
65
Protein source for a vegan : BEANS
66
Jorge's "Hey!" : OYE
67
Not estos or esos : OTROS
Down
1
"___ of you ..." : IBEG
2
Alternatives to cabs : PINOTS
3
Butterflies, so to speak : AGITA
4
Continuation indication : DOTDOTDOT
5
"Darn!" : SHOOT
6
"Fiddlesticks!" : POOH
7
Swiss air lines? : YODEL
8
Party bowlful : SALSADIP
9
"Doubtful" : ITHINKNOT
10
Honey brew : MEAD
11
Ignoble : BASE
12
Org. with the Rod of Asclepius in its logo : AMA
14
So-called "father of Czech music" : SMETANA
20
Magician's prop : HAT
21
Caviar : ROE
25
Power bit : WATT
26
Many : ALOTOF
28
Anthem opener : OSAY
29
Smart-alecky : CUTE
30
Employer-offered plans, for short : HMOS
31
"My oh my!" : GOSH
32
___-inflammatory : ANTI
33
Sassy : PERT
35
Reveille no-show : AWOL
38
Do some heavy lifting : PUMPIRON
39
Frozen treats with "six zippy flavors" : OTTERPOPS
40
Watchful : ONALERT
45
It's nothing, really : NIL
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"My dear man" : SIR
48
Eager : HOTTOTROT
50
Certain opera singer, for short : MEZZO
52
Strength of a solution, in chemistry : TITER
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Bygone fuel giant with a torch in its logo : AMOCO
54
Stick with it : TAPE
55
Actress Moreno : RITA
56
Comply with : OBEY
57
Piece in many a still life : VASE
58
Ballpark figs. : ESTS
59
New reporter : CUB

Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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