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New York Times, Saturday, November 27, 2021

Author:
Trenton Charlson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Across : Those tending to the fallen warriors called einherjar, in myth
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Trenton Charlson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Charlson. Saturday freshness: 14%
Trenton Charlson notes:
This puzzle began with a vague desire to embed a sort of mini-theme in a central "stair-stack" of long answers. Once I got the idea ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I enjoy seeing Trenton's byline because it's nearly a guarantee that I'll feel smug as I solve — my knowledge of Trenton's love for ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/27/21 ( No. 26,317 )
Across
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Act the cynic, maybe : SCOFF
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Embarks on a newly righteous path : REPENTS
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Felt off : AILED
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"This is no laughing matter!" : BESERIOUS
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Operative : UNDERCOVERAGENT
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Realizes : NETS
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Where Jesse Owens ran college track, in brief : OSU
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Kitchen extension? : ETTE
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Soirée invitee : AMI
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Big gun, you might say : BICEP
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Brilliant display : BLAZE
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Small boat of East Asia : SAMPAN
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Draft letters : IPA
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Spot early on? : PUP
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Gardening practice that minimizes the need for water : XERISCAPING
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The book of numbers : YELLOWPAGES
36
Low member of a marine ecosystem : ZOOPLANKTON
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Symbol on an ancient sarcophagus : ASP
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People credited with discovering mechanoluminescence, using quartz crystals to generate light : UTE
42
More like mud : OOZIER
44
Savage : BEAST
46
Something out standing in its field : STALK
49
Head of Hogwarts? : LOO
50
Bit of hunting gear, for short : CAMO
51
Today preceder : USA
52
It started smoking again in 2021 : ETNA
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"You can come out now" : THECOASTISCLEAR
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Those tending to the fallen warriors called einherjar, in myth : VALKYRIES
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Collage application : PASTE
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Dangerous place for a leak : GASLINE
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Put up : ANTED
Down
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Hot spots : SAUNAS
2
Channel owned by HBO : CINEMAX
3
Prompting nostalgia, say : OLDTIMEY
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Schedule listings : FEES
5
Who famously offered this speaking advice: "Be sincere, be brief, be seated," in brief : FDR
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Variety offering : REVUE
7
Sri Lanka-to-Singapore dir. : ESE
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___ curiam (by the court) : PER
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Reconstruction, e.g. : ERA
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Man's name that's an African country if you change the last letter : NIGEL
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Maneuver in dancing or football : TOETAP
12
He wrote "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak" : SUNTZU
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Anjou alternative : BOSC
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Rather inclined : STEEP
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It welcomes change : COINSLOT
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Rescue : BAILOUT
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England's Middleton, younger sister of Kate : PIPPA
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The world's most-visited city (20+ million travelers annually) : BANGKOK
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5-Down, e.g., in brief : PREZ
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Self-playing instruments : PIANOLAS
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Deals : COPES
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Tool with an eye : AWL
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Jazz great Stan : GETZ
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One might determine fertility : SOILTEST
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Newborn : NEONATE
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Where "Lost" could be found : ABCTV
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Foe of Popeye : SEAHAG
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Emmy-winning actress Adlon : PAMELA
43
Didn't just tee-hee : ROARED
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Hits hard : SOCKS
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One in a one-on-one session : TUTEE
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Unchanged : ASIS
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Vivacity : ELAN
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Castor ___ (old cartoon character) : OYL
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Lennox of R&B : ARI
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Vice principle : SIN
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Book reviewer? : CPA

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

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