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New York Times, Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Small change
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQWX} This is puzzle # 55 for Ms. Burnikel. Tuesday freshness: 38%
Zhouqin Burnikel notes:
I originally thought of using the grid-spanning MALALA YOUSAFZAI and ROYAL ALBERT HALL, but the latter has an extra AL, so I went with ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I admit it took me a while to figure out what was going on. ALTOGETHER = AL TOGETHER … = A and L repeated in phrases? Ultimately, I ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times6/26/18 ( No. 25,067 )
Across
1
Original "Top Gear" channel : BBC
4
Eventually become : ENDUP
9
Adopt-a-thon adoptees : PETS
13
Circle calculation : AREA
15
Not be straight with : LIETO
16
Sister brand of Nilla wafers : OREO
17
Trash holders : BINS
18
*Spaced out : INLALALAND
20
Tibetan legends : YETIS
22
Gas in fuel : ETHANE
23
"Yep, sadly that's true" : FRAIDSO
25
Small change : NICKEL
29
Forever ___ day : ANDA
30
"Way cool!" : RAD
32
Otherworldly glow : AURA
33
*Meals permissible under Islamic law : HALALFOOD
36
Console pioneer : ATARI
37
Reddit Q&A feature : AMA
38
It may be delayed by snow: Abbr. : ETD
39
Soccer ball filler : AIR
41
[U r hilarious] : LOL
42
Bantu speakers : ZULUS
44
*Autobiography of Nobel laureate Yousafzai : IAMMALALA
47
"College GameDay" channel : ESPN
48
Roadside stopover : INN
49
___ Tesfaye, real name of pop music's the Weeknd : ABEL
50
Architect's field : DESIGN
52
Literary collection : OMNIBUS
55
What a filling fills : CAVITY
57
Packing a piece : ARMED
59
On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has : ALTOGETHER
63
Boy of Mayberry : OPIE
64
Part of the body that's spanked : REAR
65
Twin of He-Man : SHERA
66
Warm up in seconds : NUKE
67
Major Iowa crop : CORN
68
Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue) : TERSE
69
Word with curtain or hot : ROD
Down
1
Bundle of joy : BABY
2
Inform of everything that happened : BRIEF
3
*Popular European skiing region : CENTRALALPS
4
One of the Manning brothers : ELI
5
Front and back, at Augusta : NINES
6
Benicio ___, Best Supporting Actor winner for "Traffic" : DELTORO
7
Home of the Jazz : UTAH
8
Where bagels and vodka originated : POLAND
9
Skunk : POLECAT
10
Notable time period : ERA
11
Rightmost bowling pin : TEN
12
Piece of lawn : SOD
14
Carrier to Seoul : ASIANA
19
Alex and ___ (jewelry retailer) : ANI
21
Moves with one's back against a wall, say : SIDLES
24
Crazy : DAFT
26
*Capital of Malaysia : KUALALUMPUR
27
"Captain Blood" star Flynn : ERROL
28
Ali with a perfect 24-0 record : LAILA
31
Alternative name for He-Man : ADAM
33
Put through hell night, say : HAZED
34
Make smile : AMUSE
35
Father of Thor : ODIN
36
Qatar's peninsula : ARABIA
40
Mogadishu-born supermodel : IMAN
43
Elusive horse with a horn : UNICORN
45
"One more, please" : ANOTHER
46
James of the court : LEBRON
48
Buy stocks, perhaps : INVEST
51
Practical joke : GAG
53
Mike who starred in "Austin Powers" : MYERS
54
Citizen competitor : SEIKO
56
"Am ___ only one?" : ITHE
58
Proof of ownership : DEED
59
Shape of a rainbow : ARC
60
Summer sign : LEO
61
Sailor, informally : TAR
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Singer Carly ___ Jepsen : RAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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