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New York Times, Friday, January 1, 2016

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : "Ave Maria," e.g.
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {GJKQZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 50%
David Steinberg notes:
Happy 2016, everyone! I constructed this crossword in May 2014 #TBT as a companion puzzle for my BASE themeless that appeared in ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'm enjoying David's experimentation in big center swaths. That stairstep of five stacked 9s is eye-popping. I also like how he kept ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times1/1/16 ( No. 24,160 )
Across
1
Prominent feature of dubstep music : BASS
5
Try to avoid an accident, maybe : SWERVE
11
Fields of food? : MRS
14
Mass observance : RITE
15
Lit from above? : HALOED
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It sounds like you : YEW
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Big source of coal: Abbr. : WVA
20
Song that Paul McCartney wrote at 16 : WHENIMSIXTYFOUR
22
Generic : NONAME
23
Street ___ : CRED
24
Goddess who caused the Trojan women to riot in the "Aeneid" : IRIS
25
Parting chorus : FAREWELLS
31
Sinner's heart? : ENS
32
Having a protective cover, of a sort : LAMINATED
33
One side of the Mideast : RICEPILAF
34
Wear for a flower child : LOVEBEADS
35
Something you may need to get off your chest : BRA
38
Provocative performance : POLEDANCE
39
Create an icicle, say : DRIP
40
Heart's partner : SOUL
41
Mets' division, for short : NLEAST
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Bordeaux toasting time : ETE
50
Ketchup base : TOMATOPASTE
51
Stretch out : LIE
52
"Ave Maria," e.g. : ORISON
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"Sure, I'm game" : LETS
54
Rock's ___ Soundsystem : LCD
55
Worked (out) : HASHED
56
Binding exchange : IDOS
Down
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Base for some ice cream : BROWNIE
2
Stadium noisemaker : AIRHORN
3
First bishop of Paris : STDENIS
4
Perceived to be : SEENAS
5
Embarrassed : SHAMEFACED
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They take place in theaters : WARS
7
"The Time Machine" people : ELOI
8
Sauce thickener : ROUX
9
Scream one's head off : VENT
10
Start to go down the drain : EDDY
11
2009 million-selling Justin Bieber release : MYWORLD
12
Some vaudeville fare : REVUES
13
Grassy surface : SWARD
18
Edge : RIM
21
Symbol on a cello or tuba composition : FCLEF
26
Slide presentation? : AMEBA
27
Mature : RIPEN
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Historic computer : ENIAC
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Famed cabin site : WALDENPOND
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Flight figures, for short : ETAS
32
Start of a Saturday night catchphrase : LIVE
33
Big cheese wheels? : ROLLS
34
"Walk on the Wild Side" singer, 1973 : LOUREED
35
Like Swiss steak : BRAISED
36
Creamy, whitish dish : RISOTTO
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Relevance : APTNESS
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Beautifully worded : POETIC
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Alaska's ___ Park Road : DENALI
40
Brief period : SPELL
42
Edge : LIP
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Texter's "Alternatively ..." : OTOH
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Gumshoe Charles : NORA
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"Lucky Jim" author : AMIS
47
Tie securely : LASH
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Winnebago relative : OTOE

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

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