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New York Times, Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Author:
David Bukszpan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : Part 3 of the quote
TotalDebut
11/4/2022
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ScrabDebutFresh
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David Bukszpan

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 14 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Bukszpan. Tuesday freshness: 56%
Jeff Chen notes:
Jane Foley, a regular reader, has been delighting Jim Horne, David Steinberg, and me with her corrections and observations ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

I was charmed by this one. The first NYT puzzle editor already understood something important about why people love crosswords. Her sentiment is still true today.

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© 2022, The New York Times1/4/22 ( No. 26,355 )
Across
1
Upper-left keyboard button : ESC
4
Hinders, as one's style : CRAMPS
10
Federal loan agcy. : SBA
13
Aloe vera product : GEL
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Entertain lavishly : REGALE
15
#1 : TOP
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Kitchen gadget brand : OXO
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Spotted wild cat : OCELOT
18
Screenplay abbr. indicating "outside" : EXT
19
Start of an optimistic quote by 57-Across : YOUCANTTHINK
22
Kind of diagram that the Mastercard logo resembles : VENN
23
School grps. without students : PTAS
24
"He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped ___ once": Steve Jobs on Bill Gates : ACID
26
Snow day toys : SLEDS
28
Strike from the Bible? : SMITE
29
Part 2 of the quote : OFYOURTROUBLES
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"Smooches!" : LOVEYA
35
Part 3 of the quote : WHILESOLVING
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Knockoff : PHONY
42
Virtual holiday greeting : ECARD
44
Cranberry farms : BOGS
45
N.B.A. team with a gorilla mascot, strangely enough : SUNS
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Kuwaiti ruler : EMIR
50
Shoot the breeze : JAW
51
"Spiffy!" : OHNEAT
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Big name in the freezer aisle : EDY
54
End of the quote : ACROSSWORD
57
First puzzle editor of The New York Times : MARGARETFARRAR
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Like a thumbs-down vote : ANTI
62
Anklebones : TALI
63
With 66-Across, fizzy drink : SODA
64
Lasers read them from the inside out : CDS
65
Proofreader's "Actually, don't delete this" : STET
66
See 63-Across : POP
Down
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Lead-in to mania : EGO
2
Risqué costume for a holiday party : SEXYELF
3
George of "Hail, Caesar!" : CLOONEY
4
Foam clog : CROC
5
Make a long story short? : RECAP
6
Bond is a special one : AGENT
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Island nation south of Sicily : MALTA
8
Schemes : PLOTS
9
Rogen of "Superbad" and "This Is the End" : SETH
10
Artist's shortcut : STENCIL
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Airborne toy with no tail : BOXKITE
12
Like Usain Bolt's last name : APT
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Edit menu option : UNDO
21
Poetic foot with a short and long syllable : IAMB
22
Letters on a bottle of brandy : VSO
25
___ Moines, Iowa : DES
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Blacken, as a reputation : SULLY
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Almost too smooth : SUAVE
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Caviar : ROE
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Sports bar array : TVS
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___ Speedwagon : REO
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Popeye's Olive : OYL
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"Mind. Blown." : WHOA
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School where students learn to spell? : HOGWARTS
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Ones with access : INS
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It makes a "clink" in a drink : ICE
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Make it well known that you know someone well-known well : NAMEDROP
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Many a city street layout : GRID
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Popular sammie : PBJ
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Like some humor and martinis : DRY
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Word after booty or Bermuda : SHORTS
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Remove from office : UNSEAT
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Parent company of Lean Cuisine : NESTLE
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Considered it right (to) : SAWFIT
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60 minuti : ORA
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Ode title starter : TOA
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Movie f/x : CGI
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B&O and Short Line: Abbr. : RRS
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With 58-Down, words before cheese : MAC
58
See 57-Down : AND
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Kerfuffle : ADO
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Bust a rhyme : RAP

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

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