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New York Times, Saturday, January 20, 2018

Author:
Alex Vratsanos
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : Spartan, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Alex Vratsanos

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 60, Blocks: 39 Missing: {FQ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Vratsanos. Saturday freshness: 91%
Alex Vratsanos notes:
I don't remember exactly when I came up with this grid, but the seed for it may have been planted all the way back in summer 2011, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Beautiful, eye-catching grid! Jim curates our Grid Art page, and he tends to put in more than I would. But this one I have no doubt ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times1/20/18 ( No. 24,910 )
Across
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Blondie's maiden name in "Blondie" : BOOPADOOP
10
Post something : SENDALETTER
12
One taking a lot of credit, maybe? : BIGTICKETITEM
14
Sly remarks? : YOS
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Many necklines : VSHAPES
16
Spot for Spot : LAP
18
Abbr. on a foundation stone : ESTD
20
Mosaicist : TILER
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Pomeriggio follower : SERA
22
High-grade? : STEEP
24
Novelist who wrote "I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living" : NIN
25
Hamburger order : PLAIN
26
Nocturnal predators of fiction : MORLOCKS
28
"Because I said so" is not one : REASON
29
Tony ___, official character voice of Donald Duck : ANSELMO
30
Spartan, e.g. : HELLENE
31
Land north of England, in poetry : SCOTIA
32
Turned sickly yellow : SALLOWED
33
Aligns : TRUES
34
Song royalties org. : BMI
35
Pasquale ___, baritone at the Metropolitan Opera : AMATO
36
Meals for seals : EELS
37
Standard & ___ : POORS
39
In ___ (untouched) : SITU
40
"The Big Bang Theory" character : RAJ
41
Like certain ecclesiastical councils : SYNODAL
43
Critically examine : VET
44
Democratic principle : MAJORITYRULES
47
Setup for a Netflix film, say : HOMETHEATER
48
Gigantic : TEXASSIZE
Down
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Canine command : BEG
2
Airing : ONTV
3
William Wordsworth, e.g. : ODIST
4
Its player may have a yen for gambling : PACHINKO
5
Things that cover all the bases? : ALKALIS
6
Grow, as sympathies : DEEPEN
7
Whiskered, fish-eating creature : OTTER
8
Maker of thousands of cars annually : OTIS
9
Term of endearment : PET
10
Hip-hop icon born Lisa Williamson : SISTERSOULJAH
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Paper signed before filming begins : RELEASEWAIVER
12
Kind of pie that's actually a cake : BOSTONCREAM
13
Howdy Doody and others : MARIONETTES
14
Toadyish response : YESMASTER
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Was successful in the end : PANNEDOUT
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Files away? : DELETES
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Doesn't go straight, in a way : SLALOMS
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Sparta, e.g. : POLIS
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Big name in windows : PELLA
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Nashville awards org. : CMA
28
Subj. of tax exemption : REL
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Changers of locks : HAIRDYES
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Sands : SMOOTHS
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Beautiful, in Bogotá : BONITA
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Material for a baking vessel : PYREX
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Name changed in Genesis 17:15 : SARAI
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A taste : SOME
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Turn on the ice : LUTZ
45
Tiny amount : JOT
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Gray head? : LEE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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