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New York Times, Friday, May 19, 2017

Author:
Matthew Sewell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
What motivates people to get to first base during a game?
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Matthew Sewell

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Sewell. Friday freshness: 59%
Matthew Sewell notes:
I hope solvers have fun with this themeless; I was glad to be able to work in what seemed like a good variety of entries without too ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'm usually wary of themelesses heavy on seven-letter entries — those mid-lengthers often end up more neutral than snazzy. There ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times5/19/17 ( No. 24,664 )
Across
1
Walk all over : ABUSE
6
Put back together : MEND
10
88 or 98 : OLDS
14
"It's now or never" : LASTCHANCE
16
Converge : MEET
17
Nailing a performance : CRUSHINGIT
18
Origination point of some drips : EAVE
19
Sheet music abbr. : ARR
20
Having hit successfully, say : ONBASE
21
Weightlifter's concern : GRIP
22
Obliterates : ZAPS
24
Port whistler : TUG
25
Classic arcade game with a glass backboard that shatters : NBAJAM
27
86 or 99 : AGENT
29
Still learning the ropes of : NEWTO
31
Large W.W. II area: Abbr. : ETO
32
Save : REDEEM
34
Agenda-topping issue : MAINITEM
36
Momentarily : ANYSECOND
38
Started to work : KICKEDIN
41
Bratty girl on "Little House on the Prairie" : NELLIE
45
Qualifier in 46-Across : IMO
46
Messages with emojis : TEXTS
48
Size zero, say : TEENY
49
Savory Indian appetizer : SAMOSA
51
Marking for a very soft passage : PPP
53
Show great fondness : DOTE
54
Abundance : SLEW
55
Mothered or fathered : REARED
58
___ pros. (lawsuit abbr.) : NOL
59
French filmdom : CINE
60
Rid of inefficient extras : STREAMLINE
62
What makes consumers blush? : AVON
63
Plays peacemaker : INTERVENES
64
Pet sounds : MEWS
65
They may be soaked up : RAYS
66
They're favorites : SEEDS
Down
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Moorish castle : ALCAZAR
2
Heavy rain : BARRAGE
3
Wrongly assumed : USURPED
4
Some patrons: Abbr. : STS
5
Voice-activated Amazon device : ECHO
6
"The ponytail's hipster cousin," per GQ : MANBUN
7
Its honorees plan to become one : ENGAGEMENTPARTY
8
Org. for forensic specialist Abby Sciuto : NCIS
9
Class clown's comeuppance : DETENTION
10
Competitor of Cartier : OMEGA
11
Means of travel for a V.I.P. : LEARJET
12
Get sidetracked : DEVIATE
13
Part of a blended family : STEPMOM
15
Soupçon : HINT
23
Crafty sort : SNEAK
26
Article of attire with strings : BONNET
28
Convictions : TENETS
30
W.W. II service member : WAC
33
Old-fashioned letter opener : MYDEARSIR
35
Dogged it : IDLED
37
It shares a key with a caret : SIX
38
What motivates people to get to first base during a game? : KISSCAM
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Survivor's cry : IMALIVE
40
"Let's get real here ..." : COMENOW
42
Strong and majestic : LEONINE
43
Half spoken, half sung : INTONED
44
Naturally blind : EYELESS
47
Flings : SPREES
50
Eponym of USA Track & Field's highest award : OWENS
52
It may be poached : PEAR
56
View from Catania : ETNA
57
Photo ID issuers : DMVS
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Commander during John Brown's capture in 1859 : LEE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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