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New York Times, Saturday, November 7, 2015

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Cluster in a marquise
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FQ} This is puzzle # 90 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 19%
Jeff Chen notes:
Stacking 11-letter answers is a tough task — there are so many crossings that must work out, and too often that results in some ugly ... read more
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L
2
A
3
C
4
R
5
A
6
D
7
I
8
O
9
G
10
A
11
L
12
A
13
X
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Y
15
I
M
O
16
A
B
R
A
C
A
D
A
B
R
A
17
N
A
M
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I
C
E
C
U
B
E
T
R
A
Y
19
E
Z
P
20
A
S
S
21
O
L
E
22
H
A
Y
S
23
J
O
U
L
E
24
M
C
A
25
G
E
M
S
26
U
N
T
O
27
M
I
C
R
28
O
N
S
29
D
I
E
U
30
A
L
A
S
K
A
31
J
32
A
33
S
34
G
A
R
D
35
E
N
36
A
T
37
H
E
N
A
38
E
N
S
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T
O
40
E
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C
42
A
P
43
A
W
O
L
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B
O
N
J
O
V
I
45
Z
I
M
A
46
T
47
H
O
N
48
E
R
A
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C
E
S
A
R
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R
E
O
S
51
A
C
S
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R
A
S
H
L
Y
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U
S
S
N
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A
U
T
I
55
L
U
S
56
R
I
C
57
P
L
E
I
S
T
O
C
E
N
E
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Y
E
A
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P
A
R
A
P
H
R
A
S
E
S
60
E
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© 2015, The New York Times11/7/15 ( No. 24,105 )
Across
1
Mer d'Aral, e.g. : LAC
4
Centaurus A is one : RADIOGALAXY
15
Texter's qualifier : IMO
16
Disappearing word? : ABRACADABRA
17
Where the VC fought : NAM
18
Mold in the freezer? : ICECUBETRAY
19
Turnpike timesaver : EZPASS
21
Ring rouser : OLE
22
"Airplane!" actor : HAYS
23
About a quarter of a calorie : JOULE
24
Longtime record label for Elton John : MCA
25
Cluster in a marquise : GEMS
26
Word that may precede itself : UNTO
27
Tiny lengths : MICRONS
29
Foe of le diable : DIEU
30
"Ice Road Truckers" locale : ALASKA
31
Book between Hebrews and I Peter: Abbr. : JAS
34
N.B.A. venue, with "the" : GARDEN
36
She taught Prometheus many arts : ATHENA
38
Quartet in "No, No, Nanette" : ENS
39
Boot feature : TOECAP
43
Like base runners? : AWOL
44
Band with the 1988 7x platinum album "New Jersey" : BONJOVI
45
Former competitor of Smirnoff Ice : ZIMA
46
End of some charity events? : THON
48
Cy Young Award consideration : ERA
49
French film award : CESAR
50
They competed with Franklins : REOS
51
Ones shooting the breeze, for short? : ACS
52
Bad way to make a decision : RASHLY
53
First nuclear-powered submarine : USSNAUTILUS
56
Financial adviser Edelman : RIC
57
When modern humans developed : PLEISTOCENE
58
Voting choice : YEA
59
Shortens a sentence, say : PARAPHRASES
60
It goes head to head, for short : ESP
Down
1
Offside detector : LINEJUDGE
2
Like piranhas and electric eels : AMAZONIAN
3
Apple field : COMPUTERS
4
Good news from upstairs? : RAISE
5
Simple studies : ABCS
6
Founder of the record label Aftermath Entertainment, familiarly : DRE
7
Auto executive who developed the Mustang : IACOCCA
8
Eyepieces : OCULARS
9
1998-2010 major-leaguer Kapler : GABE
10
Suffix on an AriZona can : ADE
11
Wood shop equipment : LATHES
12
Norm of "This Old House" : ABRAM
13
Some 4-Across output : XRAYS
14
Reactions to good news : YAYS
20
One way to wonder : ALOUD
24
Unit equal to 254,000 angstroms : MIL
25
Annoying sort : GNAT
27
Title heroine of a Massenet opera : MANON
28
Striped animal in a zoo : OKAPI
31
Pastrami holder : JEWISHRYE
32
They're not what's expected : ANOMALIES
33
Higher-up sports figure? : SALARYCAP
35
Captain Hook attended it : ETON
37
Puts through the gantlet, say : HAZES
40
Firearm mechanism : EJECTOR
41
One of the 27 regions of France : CORSICA
42
"Selma" director DuVernay : AVA
44
Banja Luka is its second-largest city : BOSNIA
46
They charge a lot for their cars : TESLA
47
North-of-the-border boor : HOSER
49
Cold ones haven't been cracked : CASES
50
Lexington's ___ Arena : RUPP
51
Card catalog abbr. : AUTH
52
It may be written in stone : RUNE
54
Hieroglyphics symbol : ASP
55
Issy-___-Moulineaux, France : LES

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

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