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New York Times, Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Author:
Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Kind of gift
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11411.6292255%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 49 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. There are unchecked squares Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Sewell. This is puzzle # 104 for Mr. Chen. Wednesday freshness: 60%
Constructor notes:
MATTHEW: I'm afraid to look at how many iterations we went through on this puzzle. I think the germ of the idea (ha) was mine, but the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
We constructors talk about "seed ideas" (for themed puzzles) or "seed entries" (for themelesses). Why not actual seeds — or S E E ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times11/27/19 ( No. 25,586 )
Across
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Rejuvenating resorts : SPAS
5
Energy source for plants : SUN
8
Word after base or space : CAMP
12
Pitch in : HELP
13
Subtitle preceder, often : COLON
15
Courtroom claim : PLEA
16
Zenith : ACME
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Singer/actress Lenya : LOTTE
18
"___-daisy!" : UPSY
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Ungainly boat : SCOW
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Central courtyards : ATRIA
21
Enthusiastic Spanish assent : SISI
22
Former M&M's color : TAN
23
R&B singer with the 2002 hit "Foolish" : ASHANTI
25
Tandoori bread : NAN
26
Venomous vipers : ADDERS
28
Delicate surface for Aboriginal art : EMUEGG
30
Syrup of ___ : IPECAC
32
Pittance : TRIFLE
33
Fractional part? : SLASH
34
"You wish!" : HAH
36
Inexperienced gamers, in slang : NOOBS
38
Ice Bucket Challenge cause, for short : ALS
39
"Eureka!" : IHAVEIT
42
Forest female : DOE
43
Foldable bed : COT
44
See 32-Down : VANGOGH
45
Kind of gift : GAG
46
One of the Wayans brothers : KEENEN
48
Period that's "ushered in" : NEWERA
50
Payroll dept. IDs : SSNS
52
Catch 40 winks : DOZE
53
Diktat : FIAT
54
Son of Aphrodite and Ares : EROS
55
Ability of a company to expand ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : GROWTHPOTENTIAL
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"Eureka!" : AHA
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Clamor : ADO
64
Entrepreneur's deg. : MBA
65
Herb garden vessel ... as depicted four times by black squares in this puzzle : POT
66
Classic cowboy nickname : TEX
67
Place of worship : PEW
Down
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Peak that's the home of California's longest glacier : SHASTA
2
Minor indiscretions : PECCADILLOES
3
Bear claw filling : ALMONDPASTE
4
Vent violently : SPEW
5
Truth, to Shakespeare : SOOTH
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Extremely : ULTRA
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Away at the moment : NOTIN
8
Apple cores, for short : CPUS
9
Après-ski quarters : ALPINELODGE
10
Where trolls may lurk : MESSAGEBOARD
11
Remunerative : PAYING
13
Like some shares and baseball teams : CLASSA
14
Comparatively tidy : NEATER
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Where records of old web pages can be accessed : ARCHIVESITE
24
Declaration from someone on a hot streak : IMINTHEZONE
27
Many Caltech grads, for short : EES
29
Sci-fi sighting : UFO
31
Jackie of "Shanghai Noon" : CHAN
32
With 44-Across, Dutch art dealer who supported his artist brother : THEO
33
Fire : SACK
35
Stock market fig. : AVG
37
Dreamcast maker of old : SEGA
40
Palindromic woman's name : HANNAH
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Overlook : IGNORE
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[Warning: explicit content] : NSFW
49
Direction that wagon trains headed : WEST
51
Annual parade honoree, familiarly : STPAT
52
Do a juice cleanse, say : DETOX
55
Disparity : GAP
56
Fraternity letter that's a homophone of where fraternities might be found : RHO
57
Feedbag tidbit : OAT
58
Salute in stanzas : ODE
59
Little hellion : IMP
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Prez in a stovepipe hat : ABE
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Bar code? : LAW

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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