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New York Times, Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : It might be followed by a right hook
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Fagliano. Wednesday freshness: 97%
Joel Fagliano notes:
The idea for a theme of seven-letter phrases where the first and last three letters are the same came after glancing at my phone when ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I had to look up BILATERAL / SYMMETRY, wondering if it really described entries like MADEMAD (MAD is identical on either side of the ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times4/15/15 ( No. 23,899 )
Across
1
It might be followed by a right hook : LEFTJAB
8
Illinois city about 40 miles SW of Chicago : JOLIET
14
*Southern pronoun : ALLYALL
15
*Angered : MADEMAD
16
*Designer Armani : GIORGIO
17
An ally : ONEOFUS
18
Story with many chapters : SAGA
19
Encircle with a belt : GIRDUP
21
Kings are part of it, in brief : NBA
24
Landmark that exhibits 44-/46-Across : TAJMAHAL
28
Insect that exhibits 44-/46-Across : BUTTERFLY
32
Of interest to a collector, say : RARE
33
"Ti ___" (Pavarotti album) : AMO
34
Scottish Highlander : GAEL
35
Four-time Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series : MADMEN
37
Auction house eponym : SOTHEBY
39
Predicament : BADSPOT
40
Clay targets, informally : SKEETS
41
Drove : HERD
42
The "E" of the REO Speed Wagon : ELI
43
Warren of the Warren Commission : EARL
44
With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense : BILATERAL
46
See 44-Across : SYMMETRY
49
Ode title words : TOA
50
Visit overnight : STAYAT
52
Dernier cri : RAGE
56
Taco Bell offering : CHALUPA
59
*Animus : ILLWILL
62
*Enjoyed home cooking : DINEDIN
63
*Square dance moves : DOSIDOS
64
Vet, at times : SPAYER
65
King vs. king-and-pawn situation : ENDGAME
Down
1
Streaming problems : LAGS
2
Director Kazan : ELIA
3
Beat : FLOG
4
"The only ___ I accept in this world is the still small voice within me": Gandhi : TYRANT
5
Spree : JAG
6
Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei : ALI
7
WordPress or Tumblr page : BLOG
8
Tylenol producer, for short : JANDJ
9
Concert hall : ODEUM
10
Antelope stalkers : LEOPARDS
11
Org. that lends to countries : IMF
12
Poissons swim in it : EAU
13
Passing concerns, for short? : TDS
15
Encounter for a reef diver, maybe : MORAY
20
"___ just take a minute" : ITLL
22
Bring about : BEGET
23
Speedy steeds : ARABS
25
Impede : HAMPER
26
Part of the iris : AREOLA
27
Kind of soup : LENTIL
28
Back row of many a choir : BASSES
29
"So I guess that's a thing now" : UMOKAY
30
How a baby may be carried : TOTERM
31
Whimsically odd : FEY
35
French Revolution figure : MARAT
36
Complement : ADDTO
38
Businesswoman with the nickname Queen of Mean : HELMSLEY
39
Puccini's "Un ___ dì vedremo" : BEL
41
Casual greeting : HIYA
44
Cranston of "Breaking Bad" : BRYAN
45
Insect with pincers : EARWIG
47
Challenging exercise : ETUDE
48
Mammal with a flexible nose : TAPIR
51
It comes in waves : TIDE
53
Verdi classic : AIDA
54
Latch (onto) : GLOM
55
Computer coding keyword : ELSE
56
Tower Records offerings : CDS
57
Part of a rose : HIP
58
Japanese carrier : ANA
60
With 60-Down reversed, 1970s dictator : LON
61
C20H25N3O, commonly : LSD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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