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New York Times, Monday, January 7, 2019

Author:
Andrew Kingsley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Across : Opening number?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
234/29/20164/20/20248
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Andrew Kingsley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Kingsley. Monday freshness: 82%
Andrew Kingsley notes:
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© 2019, The New York Times1/7/19 ( No. 25,262 )
Across
1
___ San Lucas (Baja resort city) : CABO
5
Chew the fat : GAB
8
Maze runner in an experiment : LABRAT
14
Brewery products : ALES
15
Pitcher's stat : ERA
16
"Uncle!" : ENOUGH
17
Five-time N.B.A. championship-winning coach with the Lakers and the Heat : PATRILEY
19
Cable channel with many science shows, familiarly : NATGEO
20
"Ready, ___, fire!" : AIM
21
Ballad, e.g. : SONG
23
Circus enclosure : TENT
24
Garfield, to Jon Arbuckle : PETCAT
27
Notable statistic for Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates : NETWORTH
29
Opening number? : ONE
30
Prosciutto, e.g. : CUREDHAM
32
Physicians, for short : MDS
33
Obtain : GET
34
Mountain overlooking Tokyo : FUJI
37
Casino floor V.I.P. : PITBOSS
40
Make tiny criticisms : NITPICK
43
Ruler of old Russia : TSAR
44
Broadcast : AIR
45
___ tai (cocktail) : MAI
46
Bygone monthly for the 12-to-20 set : TEENBEAT
50
"The A-Team" actor with a mohawk : MRT
51
Road hazards that need filling : POTHOLES
54
"Be patient!" : NOTYET
56
"Your turn," on a walkie-talkie : OVER
57
Appear to be : SEEM
59
Surface of a sty : MUD
60
Peeved : PUTOUT
62
Dessert loaf : NUTBREAD
66
Cheap cigar, slangily : ELROPO
67
CBS forensics franchise : CSI
68
Midwife's delivery : BABY
69
Sailor : SEAMAN
70
"I know what you're thinking" feeling, for short : ESP
71
First word in a fairy tale : ONCE
Down
1
Salary limit : CAP
2
___ carte : ALA
3
Software trial runs : BETATESTS
4
Duel overseer in "Hamlet" : OSRIC
5
Do stuff? : GEL
6
Warlike Greek god : ARES
7
Musket attachment : BAYONET
8
Width's counterpart : LENGTH
9
Santa ___ winds : ANA
10
Proceeding from low to high : BOTTOMUP
11
America's largest firearm manufacturer : RUGER
12
Secret ___ (007, for one) : AGENT
13
Egyptian god usually pictured with the head of an ibis : THOTH
18
Apple computer : IMAC
22
Neighbor of Homer on "The Simpsons" : NED
24
"___ and Circumstance" : POMP
25
Break off a relationship : ENDIT
26
Yanks (on) : TUGS
28
Drift, as an aroma : WAFT
31
Hi-___ screen : RES
35
Singer with the 1961 hit "Big Bad John" : JIMMYDEAN
36
Comforting words : ICARE
38
Place to shower and brush one's teeth : BATHROOM
39
Cookie with creme in the middle : OREO
40
Never, in Nuremberg : NIE
41
Tehran's land : IRAN
42
Eartha who sang "C'est Si Bon" : KITT
44
Perfect attendance spoiler : ABSENCE
47
Yankees legend ___ Howard : ELSTON
48
Originally named : NEE
49
Egyptian pyramid, e.g. : TOMB
51
John, Paul and John Paul : POPES
52
Undeveloped seed : OVULE
53
Four: Prefix : TETRA
55
High-performance engine : TURBO
58
Dishevel, as the hair : MUSS
61
Work ___ sweat : UPA
63
Extra 15% or so for a waiter : TIP
64
Simple as ___ : ABC
65
Henna, for one : DYE

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

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