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New York Times, Saturday, January 23, 2021

Author:
Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Across : Esther of TV's "Good Times"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson
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602/19/20055/31/202233
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Peterson. This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 74%
Constructor notes:
BRAD: I started out simply intending to put 22D and 27D at opposite ends of the grid. When you discover your seeds can be adjacent ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I love Doug and Brad. Doug and I share a fascination of all things superhero — I'd bet $100 that he settled for MOOD RINGS only when ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times1/23/21 ( No. 26,009 )
Across
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Bands popular in the '70s : MOODRINGS
10
Uses a letter opener on : SLITS
15
Later on, when appropriate : INDUETIME
16
"The Pirates of Penzance" ingénue : MABEL
17
Is resolute : STANDSPAT
18
Grammy winner with the surname Adkins : ADELE
19
National ___ Hall of Fame, in Rochester, N.Y. : TOY
20
Flip, say : REACT
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Esther of TV's "Good Times" : ROLLE
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"Breaking Bad" protagonist : WALT
23
Offer sheet? : HITLIST
25
Refresh, in a way : TOPOFF
28
"Quit your bickering!" : BENICE
29
Left on deck : APORT
30
Reached the point of no return? : BROKEEVEN
33
Like many Ariz. residents : RETD
34
Fraught with risk : HAIRY
35
Gubernatorial option : VETO
36
Snow-capped peak of song : OLDSMOKEY
38
Yellowstone traffic halters : BISON
39
One going paperless in April, say : EFILER
40
Gags : PUTONS
41
Once-common mall fixtures : ARCADES
43
Nut chewed as a stimulant : KOLA
44
Harshly colorful : LURID
45
Certain computer key : ARROW
47
Face-covering dance move : DAB
50
Star N.F.L. receiver ___ Beckham Jr. : ODELL
51
"Stoned Soul Picnic" songwriter : LAURANYRO
53
Counterpart of butch : FEMME
54
Language in which "Hello, how are you?" is "Saluton, kiel vi fartas?" : ESPERANTO
55
Its penultimate line is "Poems are made by fools like me" : TREES
56
Franchise with the "Dominating the Deep" DVD set : SHARKWEEK
Down
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Sight in a produce aisle : MIST
2
"I'm ___ you!" : ONTO
3
Danny ___, ventriloquist dummy for Jimmy Nelson : ODAY
4
Pressure over a debt : DUN
5
Second or third version : REDRAFT
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"Life ___" (2014 Roger Ebert documentary) : ITSELF
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Pester playfully : NIPAT
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Finance co. rebranded as Ally Financial : GMAC
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Branch of mathematics that uses "∪" and "∩" : SETTHEORY
10
Brain : SMARTIE
11
Classic film that gave us the term "paparazzi" : LADOLCEVITA
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"Pretty sure" : IBELIEVESO
13
Restless movements, maybe : TELLS
14
Unwelcome forecast : SLEET
22
"I ... I can't even" : WORDSFAILME
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Like presses : INKY
25
Certain paddy crop : TARO
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Car with a lightning bolt logo : OPEL
27
French dessert of soft custard : POTDECREME
28
Patch growth : BRIER
30
Things that generate a lot of cookie dough? : BAKESALES
31
Early educator of George Orwell : ETON
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Dijon denials : NONS
34
Course division : HOLE
37
Some airplane seats : MIDDLES
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Fortification : BULWARK
40
Traditional wedding vow word : POORER
41
Up : ALOFT
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Showing less refinement : RUDER
43
Gene who's considered "the founding father of the modern drum set" : KRUPA
46
Far from deliberate : RASH
47
10 micronewtons : DYNE
48
Museo contents : ARTE
49
Enter into a calendar : BOOK
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"Thanks anyway, pardner" : NAW

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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