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New York Times, Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Author:
Evan Mahnken
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Like a good surgeon's hands
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Mahnken. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 55%
Evan Mahnken notes:
It was a big goal of mine to get a puzzle accepted into the Times before I turned 21, and I just barely got there. And boy, it was not ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Fun debut! At first, I thought it was a simpler concept I'd seen before — listing the very next word in the dictionary AFTER HOURS as ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times10/4/17 ( No. 24,802 )
Across
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
4
John Glenn famously had three of them : ORBITS
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It's found by the radius : ULNA
14
Bathroom sign : MEN
15
Brought home : EARNED
16
Poverty : NEED
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Where "house party" is in the dictionary? : AFTERHOURS
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Op-Ed writer Maureen : DOWD
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German industrial region : RUHR
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Bring home the gold : WIN
22
Itches : YENS
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Where "new" is in the dictionary? : NEARMINT
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Actor Depardieu : GERARD
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___-rock : ALT
29
Dwarf brother in "The Hobbit" : ORI
30
Manumit : SETFREE
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Along with pain, one of "the two enemies of human happiness," per Schopenhauer : BOREDOM
33
What a cartoon light bulb represents : IDEA
34
Something to do with one's time : BIDE
37
The day of M.L.K. Day: Abbr. : MON
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Bundle of coins : ROLL
39
Edward ___, longtime archbishop of New York : EGAN
40
Sit : LIEIDLE
43
Water-repellent material : GORETEX
45
Help for an actor : CUE
46
Moo goo ___ pan : GAI
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Like a good surgeon's hands : STEADY
50
Where "isolated" is in the dictionary? : BYITSELF
52
Things faultfinders pick : NITS
53
Arafat's grp. : PLO
54
"Render ___ Caesar ..." : UNTO
55
Chicken wire, e.g. : MESH
56
Where "midday" and "one" are in the dictionary? : AROUNDNOON
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Procedure at a doctor's office : EXAM
60
Malcolm X facial feature : GOATEE
61
A small amount in science or a large amount in business : MIL
62
Eye sore : STYE
63
Book before Job : ESTHER
64
Big name in ice cream : EDY
Down
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Cuneiform discovery site : AMARNA
2
Put more gas in the tank : REFUEL
3
Because : INTHAT
4
Anthem contraction : OER
5
When doubled, enthusiastic : RAH
6
Betty Crocker product : BROWNIEMIX
7
Certain Alaskan : INUIT
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Bird found on all continents, including Antarctica : TERN
9
Activist campus org. : SDS
10
Where "flanked" is in the dictionary? : UNDERFIRE
11
One of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : LEONARDO
12
Old-time premovie fare : NEWSREEL
13
Recipe instruction : ADD
18
Blunder : ERR
22
Nevertheless : YET
24
Herd noise : MOO
25
Like some sale items: Abbr. : IRR
26
Glam rock? : GEM
27
One may be made with a handshake : DEAL
30
Band featured in the documentary "1991: The Year Punk Broke" : SONICYOUTH
31
Where "menial" is in the dictionary? : BENEATHME
32
John or Jane, at court : DOE
34
Pleads : BEGS
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"After this, it's my turn" : IGOTNEXT
36
Lead-in to a controversial comment : DAREISAY
40
Science writer Willy : LEY
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You could get one if you're over .08% : DUI
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Rent out : LET
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Scores for Seahawks and Eagles, for short : TDS
46
It wasn't mapped until 2003 : GENOME
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Alternative to a Tic Tac : ALTOID
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"I wish!" : IFONLY
50
Swell : BLOAT
51
What Helios personified : SUN
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Arguments for : PROS
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Parisian possessive : MES
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Word after golden or old : AGE
57
Once called : NEE
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German article : DER

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

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