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New York Times, Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Author:
Christopher Adams
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Down : Shoulder muscle, briefly
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Christopher Adams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 41 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 3 Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Adams. Tuesday freshness: 20%
Christopher Adams notes:
Proud indie constructor here, and proud to be making my NYT debut with this puzzle. The theme is straightforward, for sure, and it's a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
How apt — teams playing the NATIONAL PASTIME to be wearing red, white and blue! Made me wonder — why do any teams NOT wear red, white ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times7/3/18 ( No. 25,074 )
Across
1
Course in which to determine a curve's slope, informally : CALC
5
Feathery fashion accessory : BOA
8
Apartment in a former factory, maybe : LOFT
12
Zone : AREA
13
Some nervous reactions : GULPS
15
Jazz legend Fitzgerald : ELLA
16
Big name in pasta sauce : RAGU
17
Tatum who won an Oscar for "Paper Moon" : ONEAL
18
Going into extra innings : TIED
19
With 21-Across, A.L. team with a patriotic color : BOSTON
21
See 19-Across : REDSOX
23
In apple-pie order : TIDY
24
Some stadium souvenirs : TEES
25
Expensive wrap : ERMINE
28
"One, ___" (request at a ticket booth) : PLEASE
32
A.L. team with a patriotic color : CHICAGOWHITESOX
36
Vietnam Memorial architect Maya : LIN
37
[Ugh, not this again!] : GROAN
38
"Mustache Hat" artist Jean : ARP
39
Battery terminal : ANODE
42
Avian runner Down Under : EMU
43
___ Martinez, three-time Cy Young winner : PEDRO
45
A.L. team with a patriotic color : TORONTOBLUEJAYS
48
Kitten's cry : MEW
49
___-K (tot's class) : PRE
50
Co-starring actress on HBO's "Insecure" : ISSARAE
54
Had a helping of humble pie : ATECROW
58
Baseball, colloquially : NATIONALPASTIME
60
Extended family : CLAN
61
Like rho ... or a fraternity row : GREEK
62
Idyllic place : EDEN
63
For the lady : HERS
64
Avoid a tag, in a way : SLIDE
65
Result of going bumper to bumper? : DENT
Down
1
Sedan or convertible : CAR
2
Fast horse : ARAB
3
Big name in building blocks : LEGO
4
Biting, as humor : CAUSTIC
5
Kind of slope for a novice skier : BUNNY
6
Encouragement to a matador : OLE
7
In two : APART
8
"Hmm ..." : LETSSEE
9
Mishmash : OLIO
10
Show off one's muscles : FLEX
11
Wee bit : TAD
13
Decent human being, informally : GOODEGG
14
What many do after a late night : SLEEPIN
20
Daughter on Fox's "Bob's Burgers" : TINA
22
Shoulder muscle, briefly : DELT
25
Brilliant effect : ECLAT
26
Large zoo animal, for short : RHINO
27
___ leagues : MINOR
29
Carne ___ (Mexican restaurant dish) : ASADA
30
Word before and after "not" : SORRY
31
Montreal nine, once : EXPOS
33
Cookie with a creme filling : OREO
34
Fetal position? : WOMB
35
Burglar's booty : HAUL
40
Realms : DOMAINS
41
Start of el año : ENERO
43
Former Israeli P.M. Shimon : PERES
44
Thrown out of the game : EJECTED
46
Some country music effects : TWANGS
47
Slow on the ___ : UPTAKE
50
Crawl (along) : INCH
51
Store event after Christmas : SALE
52
Insignia on a Houston Astros cap : STAR
53
Title below marquess : EARL
54
Mimicked : APED
55
___ the bench (not get used in the game) : RIDE
56
Sign of the future : OMEN
57
Departed : WENT
59
Luau loop : LEI

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