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New York Times, Friday, October 2, 2015

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : The Sun King's infamous declaration
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 203 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 73%
Jeff Chen notes:
Hardly anyone attempts 4x8 corners because they're so hard to fill cleanly and snazzily. And that middle, such a giant chunk of space ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Jeff and I don't always agree. To me, "Fits on a hard drive" is a Clue of the Year candidate.

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© 2015, The New York Times10/2/15 ( No. 24,069 )
Across
1
Threads : GARB
5
Continental ___ : SHELF
10
1930s film canine : ASTA
14
Jesus in the outfield : ALOU
15
Pacific island country that uses U.S. currency : PALAU
16
Veal cut : CHOP
17
Result of standing too long, maybe : STAGNATION
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Merlin Olsen's team : RAMS
20
Mixed numbers? : MEDLEY
21
Cause of "fainting in the air" : GFORCE
23
Dropped the ball : ERRED
24
Colorer of papers? : MEDIABIAS
27
Material problem : TEAR
28
Horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu" : LOVECRAFT
29
Breakfast dish with hollandaise sauce : EGGSBENEDICT
31
Fish hatchery yield : ROE
32
Ruin a private moment : INTRUDE
33
Diminution : EBB
36
The Sun King's infamous declaration : LETATCESTMOI
38
Black winds : CLARINETS
40
Provided backup, say : SANG
41
Civil War ships : IRONCLADS
42
Paying attention, with "in" : TUNED
43
Señor seen on "The Ed Sullivan Show" : WENCES
44
With 6-Down, bit of summer wear : PANAMA
45
"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" speaker, in Shakespeare : IAGO
46
Came up with : ORIGINATED
50
Stalk : STEM
51
Not working out? : UNFIT
52
"Beowulf" beverage : MEAD
53
"___, boy" : HERE
54
Cadaverous : PASTY
55
How doodles are drawn : IDLY
Down
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It's read for a bill : GASMETER
2
You again? : ALTEREGO
3
Fits on a hard drive? : ROADRAGE
4
Base players : BUGLERS
5
Fix : SPAY
6
See 44-Across : HAT
7
Typical Bulldogs fan : ELI
8
Southeast Asian tongue : LAO
9
Some crop-dusting chemicals : FUNGICIDES
10
Worker with a flexible schedule? : ACROBAT
11
Streisand's "Funny Girl" co-star : SHARIF
12
Promiscuous guy, in slang : TOMCAT
13
Cathedral features : APSES
18
Land in a nautical adventure : NED
22
Plot-heavy comedies : FARCES
24
Cattle drive destination in "Lonesome Dove" : MONTANA
25
Turned inside out : EVERTED
26
Takes away : DEDUCTS
28
Food that Esau sold his birthright for : LENTILSOUP
30
"The Devil's Dictionary" author : BIERCE
33
Gave out : EMANATED
34
Organic fertilizer : BONEMEAL
35
Plantation owner in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" : BIGDADDY
36
Popular name in cosmetics : LANCOME
37
Coastal hazard : TSUNAMI
38
Fashion : CREATE
39
Like the small intestine vis-à-vis the large one : LONGER
41
Words of longing : IWISH
42
Khaki : TAN
44
Regrettable situation : PITY
47
Single-stranded macromolecule : RNA
48
They may or may not happen : IFS
49
Dogpatch yell : GIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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