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New York Times, Saturday, November 4, 2017

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : Strong sprays
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Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {Z} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Shteyman. Saturday freshness: 8%
Michael Shteyman notes:
This is not a concept you haven't seen before, but I think it's a perfect way to illustrate the literal T-R-U-T-H stretching. Some ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
THROUGH THE YEARS, BUTTERNUT SQUASH, DON'T ARGUE WITH ME all share the fact that they STRETCH THE TRUTH, i.e., they contain the ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times11/4/17 ( No. 24,833 )
Across
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Spelling aid? : MOJO
5
Band of warriors : CADRE
10
Cavil : CARP
14
One of the Twelve Olympians : ARES
15
Undercover lover : AMOUR
16
Grandmother of 14-Across : RHEA
17
Automaker with the slogan "Wir leben Autos" : OPEL
18
Goes on ... and goes off : RANTS
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They may respond for the unresponsive, for short : EMTS
20
Over time : THROUGHTHEYEARS
23
Big tower letters : AAA
24
Actress Negri of the silents : POLA
25
Tribal V.I.P. : ELDER
26
Split down the middle : INTWO
28
Rebate requirement, at times: Abbr. : RCPT
31
Fraternity letter : TAU
32
Island on which Mount Obama is the highest point : ANTIGUA
35
Strong sprays : JETS
36
Garden fruit that tastes pumpkin-y : BUTTERNUTSQUASH
40
Working without ___ : ANET
41
Just manages : EKESOUT
42
RR stop : STN
43
Annual music and film festival founded in 1987, briefly : SXSW
44
"___ is about finding your own space": Kareem Abdul-Jabbar : ISLAM
48
One who can't keep a secret : SIEVE
50
Setting for many shipwreck movies : ISLE
53
Co-director and co-star of the 2011 film "Bed Peace" : ONO
54
Exaggerate ... or a hint to five nonconsecutive letters in 20-Across, 36-Across and 7-Down : STRETCHTHETRUTH
58
Engineering college in Needham, Mass. : OLIN
59
Was amazed by, with "at" : AAHED
60
Home to the Ronald Reagan Med. Ctr. : UCLA
61
It's just not right : LEFT
62
Bad state to be in : LIMBO
63
"That wasn't easy at all!" : PHEW
64
Dryden's "Alexander's Feast" and others : ODES
65
Like renewable energy : CLEAN
66
Brighten (up) : PERK
Down
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Strong Chinese liquor : MAOTAI
2
Tom Sawyer or Oliver Twist : ORPHAN
3
Mock : JEERAT
4
Capital situated on the same latitude as St. Petersburg, Russia : OSLO
5
Hold things : CARGO
6
Menotti's "___ and the Night Visitors" : AMAHL
7
"Because I said so!" : DONTARGUEWITHME
8
Compassion for the misery of others : RUTH
9
Scot's tongue : ERSE
10
Bit of fishing gear : CREEL
11
Alternative to Twinings : AHMADTEA
12
Camp David and others : RETREATS
13
Defensive football tactic : PASSRUSH
21
Winning, but barely : UPONE
22
So far : YET
27
One joule per second : WATT
29
Salon jobs : CUTS
30
___ Robles, Calif. : PASO
33
Museum of natural history attraction, in brief : TREX
34
Signs : INKS
35
What a cape does : JUTS
36
Certain rock concert improvisation : BASSSOLO
37
No-name? : UNTITLED
38
Largest of the Canaries : TENERIFE
39
Need to sleep, maybe : QUIET
43
Fix : SET
45
Disreputable : LOUCHE
46
Improvised place to hang a hat, say : ANTLER
47
Hiawatha, for one : MOHAWK
49
Doesn't keep one's emotions pent up : VENTS
51
Biblical land on the Arabian Peninsula : SHEBA
52
Deceived, in a way : LEDON
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Advanced H.S. class : CALC
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Greet rapturously : HAIL
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Kentucky's ___ Arena : RUPP

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

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