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New York Times, Friday, October 9, 2015

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Star protector
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVWX} This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 34%
David Steinberg notes:
I constructed this puzzle in March 2014, during my junior year of high school. Wait a second, what's high school? Oh yeah, that's so ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Very nice construction from the recent Stanford matriculate. I very much appreciate his quest to stay further and further away from ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times10/9/15 ( No. 24,076 )
Across
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Pro accompanier? : RATA
5
Automaker that originally sold sewing machines : OPEL
9
League of nations : BLOC
13
Add some sparkle to : ADORN
15
Star protector : BODYGUARD
17
"Hands off!" : LETGO
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Apple tech station : GENIUSBAR
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Bunny habitat : PLAYBOYMANSION
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Holy terror : HELLION
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It leads to a logical conclusion : ERGO
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Old English letter : EDH
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High-tech pointer : LASERPEN
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Chooses a course : OPTS
32
Pro counterpart : LAYMAN
34
Blade in a lock : OAR
35
Patriotic org. founded in 1889 : SAR
36
Partnership : CAHOOTS
37
Uplifting feet? : ODE
38
___ broche (skewered) : ALA
39
Boards on a ship : PLANKS
40
Ran across the border : BLED
41
Workplaces where speed is the first order of business? : METHLABS
43
Spray source : UZI
45
Bubbly source : ASTI
46
Parrot or ape : IMITATE
50
Ones working near the poles? : TOPLESSDANCERS
55
Table game in a rec room : AIRHOCKEY
56
Insinuated : GOTAT
57
Piquant deli order : ONIONROLL
58
"___ when?" : SINCE
59
Spring : LEAP
60
Risk territory west of Siberia : URAL
61
"Big ___" (comic strip) : NATE
Down
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"Lord of the Flies" chief : RALPH
2
Singer of the 2012 Bond film theme : ADELE
3
Smash to bits : TOTAL
4
Holders of diamonds? : ARGYLES
5
Delivery specialist : OBGYN
6
46-Down, for one : POEM
7
Buchanan of mystery : EDNA
8
"___ Eyes" (1975 #2 hit) : LYIN
9
Comparatively ornamented : BUSIER
10
Potential employees : LABORPOOL
11
Fruit-flavored refreshment : ORANGEADE
12
Burnable medium, briefly : CDR
14
Like some shady contracts, from an auditor's standpoint : NOBID
16
Grissom aboard Apollo 1 : GUS
20
"Lux-x-xurious!" : OOHLALA
23
How some legal rights are made : ONRED
25
Where Interpol is headquartered : LYONS
26
Out of control : AMOK
27
Citrus fruit from Japan : SATSUMA
28
U.S. Navy O-1: Abbr. : ENS
29
Former cave dweller, informally : OSAMA
30
It was divided after W.W. II : PALESTINE
31
Mediterranean bistro : TRATTORIA
33
Starbuck's order giver : AHAB
36
U.S. Army E-4: Abbr. : CPL
40
Modern transaction unit : BITCOIN
42
Subject of XXL magazine : HIPHOP
44
Sharp knocks : ZINGS
46
Tennyson composition : IDYLL
47
Hartford-based Fortune 100 company : AETNA
48
Plot for development : TRACT
49
Accented perfume bottle name : ESTEE
51
Former N.B.A. coach Kruger : LON
52
Linen shade : ECRU
53
Candy bar with a crown logo : SKOR
54
Ward in pictures : SELA
55
Tech company that was the subject of a 1997 Time cover : AOL

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

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