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New York Times, Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Author:
Will Treece
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : Source of pâté
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Will Treece

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Treece. Tuesday freshness: 90%
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© 2015, The New York Times11/10/15 ( No. 24,108 )
Across
1
Jazz combo's cue : HITIT
6
Place of utter chaos : ZOO
9
Like Caitlyn Jenner, for short : TRANS
14
Tehran resident : IRANI
15
River to the Tigris : EUPHRATES
17
Tilters' contest : JOUST
18
Slam-on-the-brakes sounds : SCREECHES
19
"Les Misérables" actress [or] Wife of the Bard : ANNEHATHAWAY
21
On the mend : BETTER
22
___ nibs (self-important one) : HIS
23
Fossil preserver : TAR
26
New Left org. of the '60s : SDS
27
"Bleah!" : ICK
30
One unlikely to have tan lines : NUDIST
32
"Dances With Wolves" actor [or] "The Third Man" author : GRAHAMGREENE
35
Source of pâté : FOIE
37
Cardholder's charge, for short : APR
38
Within: Prefix : ENDO
39
"Friends" actor [or] Naval officer who sailed to Japan in 1853 : MATTHEWPERRY
42
Like the name Robin : UNISEX
43
Hubbub : ADO
44
Landscaping supply grown on farms : SOD
47
Classic British sports cars : MGS
48
"I'm ___ loss" : ATA
50
Squeal : TATTLE
53
"The Great Escape" actor [or] "12 Years a Slave" director : STEVEMCQUEEN
56
Risking calamity : ONTHINICE
59
Used as a dining surface : ATEON
60
Front part of a jet engine : AIRINTAKE
61
Built like a bouncer : BURLY
62
One-night stand, say : FLING
63
"Just kidding!" : NOT
64
Nincompoops : ASSES
Down
1
Muslims' headscarves : HIJABS
2
Pressed : IRONED
3
Talks trash to : TAUNTS
4
Photo within a photo : INSET
5
Give 10% to a church : TITHE
6
Tabasco quality : ZEST
7
Response to a bad pun : OUCH
8
O, The ___ Magazine : OPRAH
9
One keeping everything in balance? : TREASURER
10
Risqué : RACY
11
Greek capital, to airlines : ATH
12
Alumna's bio word : NEE
13
Sound of a leaky tire : SSS
16
Chopping down : HEWING
20
Diva's delivery : ARIA
23
Caught up to, in a way : TIED
24
Come ___ surprise : ASNO
25
Mail deliverer's assignment: Abbr. : RTE
28
Tobacco plug : CHAW
29
Letter before lambda : KAPPA
31
Refuse to grant : DENY
32
Beats it, in rural lingo : GITS
33
Preparing, as leftovers : REHEATING
34
Sitcom equine of the '60s : MRED
35
Venom conduit : FANG
36
Redding of R&B : OTIS
39
Tight-lipped : MUM
40
Full range : EXTENT
41
Campus org. protested by the 26-Across : ROTC
44
Some beef cattle : STEERS
45
World Cup chant : OLEOLE
46
Chain serving breakfast around the clock : DENNYS
49
Like Audubon's subjects : AVIAN
51
Jordanian seaport : AQABA
52
"Swan Lake" attire : TUTUS
53
___ splints (jogger's woe) : SHIN
54
Clothing brand with a long vowel mark in its name : ECKO
55
Comply with : MEET
56
Klutzy sort : OAF
57
Zero, in soccer : NIL
58
___-color pasta : TRI

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

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