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New York Times, Saturday, August 27, 2022

Author:
Andrew Linzer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Super-useful item?
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Andrew Linzer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QV} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Linzer. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Saturday freshness: 9%
Andrew Linzer notes:
Thanks to my friend Michael Menz who made a C++ tool that helped fill the center section of this grid! Michael is one of my favorite ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
SHAZAM ALADDIN BAZOOKA might earn my vote for the snazziest 3x7 corner of all time. It can be challenging to milk 7-letter slots to ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Since Andrew Linzer brought it up, here are words spelled using only the top row of letters on a TYPEWRITER, and ones using only the ... read more
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J
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B
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H
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W
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J
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B
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© 2022, The New York Times8/27/22 ( No. 26,590 )
Across
1
___ Network, onetime HGTV spinoff : DIY
4
"Never thought I'd see the day!" : THATSAFIRST
15
Rock variety : EMO
16
Bit of album info : RELEASEDATE
17
Temporary decline : SAG
18
Where to see the big picture? : IMAXTHEATER
19
___ Nkrumah, first P.M. and president of Ghana : KWAME
21
Prepare (oneself) : STEEL
22
Flat topper : TAM
23
First Stuart king of England : JAMESI
25
Trees that canopy Central Park's Literary Walk : ELMS
26
Kind of health : ORAL
27
Super-useful item? : MASTERKEY
33
Lay down, in a way : BET
34
Where jobs may be on the line : FACTORIES
35
Religious group affected by the Edict of Nantes : HUGUENOTS
36
Disney's Splash Mountain, for one : WATERRIDE
37
See 49-Down : BAG
40
"Chicago" performance : JAZZDANCE
41
Gig for a caterer, maybe : GALA
42
Word before double or after heavenly : BODY
43
Superhero with a lightning bolt on his costume : SHAZAM
45
Trigonometry meas. : RAD
46
Helps out with a lift : SPOTS
51
Habitation : ABODE
52
Venue for computer chips? : ONLINEPOKER
55
___ Future, rap group in which Tyler, the Creator got his start : ODD
56
Again : ONEMORETIME
57
Rio maker : KIA
58
Future residents : MEDSTUDENTS
59
Even one : ANY
Down
1
Seated position? : DESKJOB
2
"Yes, this has been brought to my attention" : IMAWARE
3
You might hold different positions on it : YOGAMAT
4
Taxes : TRIES
5
Show some hesitancy : HEM
6
"___ the day!" (exclamation from "Twelfth Night") : ALAS
7
Reach quickly, in a way : TEXT
8
Kind of sauce made with peanuts : SATE
9
North Carolina county whose seat is Jefferson : ASHE
10
Vibe : FEEL
11
1890 admission to the Union: Abbr. : IDA
12
Makes nervous or worried : RATTLES
13
Like a sauna : STEAMY
14
They come with conditions : TERMS
20
Nickname that elides "vin" : MEL
24
Scanned, perhaps : IMAGED
25
Squeezes : EKES
28
The names of most of its models end in "X" : ACURA
29
Rhadamanthine : STERN
30
Drink once consumed to prevent malaria : TONIC
31
Breaks the bank? : ERODES
32
Confirmation, e.g. : RITE
34
Mess (with) : FUTZ
35
Unclear : HAZY
36
Moved clumsily : WADDLED
37
Gum brand with a red, white and blue wrapper : BAZOOKA
38
Broadway musical with the song "These Palace Walls" : ALADDIN
39
Playing time : GAMEDAY
40
Woodward or Whalley of the big screen : JOANNE
41
Blah-blah-blah : GAB
42
Dirt gatherer : BROOM
44
Pride : lions :: husk : ___ : HARES
46
Insolent twerp : SNOT
47
Country whose name can be typed on just the top row of a keyboard : PERU
48
Something that gives takes : OPED
49
With 37-Across, small carry-on : TOTE
50
Bit of kitchen waste : SKIN
53
Contents of some chats, in brief : IMS
54
Care provider inits. : EMT

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

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