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New York Times, Monday, December 14, 2015

Author:
Timothy Polin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Across : Statement such as "They misunderestimated me"
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Timothy Polin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Polin. Monday freshness: 99%
Jeff Chen notes:
Terms derived from US PRESIDENTS today; a fun set of colorful answers. So many options to choose from when it comes to BUSHISMs! My ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times12/14/15 ( No. 24,142 )
Across
1
Exiled leader of Iran : SHAH
5
Queries : ASKS
9
Rugby formation : SCRUM
14
Like early vinyl records : MONO
15
[Kiss!] : MWAH
16
Sonnets, odes and such : POESY
17
National health insurance overhaul : OBAMACARE
19
Range through Peru and Chile : ANDES
20
Clay monster of Jewish folklore : GOLEM
21
Fed. agents : GMEN
23
___ Lauderdale, Fla. : FORT
24
Supply-side fiscal policy popularized in the 1980s : REAGANOMICS
27
"I'm paying" : ITSONME
30
Commence : START
31
Cat's cry : MEOW
32
Low-level Dungeons & Dragons monster : ORC
34
Puts a protective shield on : ARMORS
37
Dog's bark : ARF
38
Statement such as "They misunderestimated me" : BUSHISM
40
Competition in which the winner always gets the last word? : BEE
41
Winter hand warmer : MITTEN
43
Record producer Brian : ENO
44
Lustful Le Pew : PEPE
45
Benjamin of "Law & Order" : BRATT
47
Nuclear reactor insert : FUELROD
49
Depression-era shantytown : HOOVERVILLE
51
Container in a dairy barn : PAIL
52
Stopped working : DIED
53
Fundamentalist Palestinian group : HAMAS
57
Opposite of empties : FILLS
59
Title held by the people who lent their names to 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across : PRESIDENT
61
Naval battle group : FLEET
62
Gaze longingly upon : OGLE
63
"Fare thee well!" : TATA
64
Seductive nightwear : TEDDY
65
Chick's place : NEST
66
Downward force felt on the surface of the earth, informally : ONEG
Down
1
Airborne urban hazard : SMOG
2
Wanderer in search of work : HOBO
3
Rigidly uptight : ANAL
4
A to L and beyond, on a keyboard : HOMEROW
5
Channel for cinephiles : AMC
6
Walks with a brash air : SWAGGERS
7
Buddhist principle of fate : KARMA
8
Lusters : SHEENS
9
Wellness retreat : SPA
10
Verify : CONFIRM
11
Submarine in a Tom Clancy best seller : REDOCTOBER
12
Junkies : USERS
13
Pioneering first-person computer game : MYST
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"You said it!" : AMEN
22
Nobody at all : NOTASOUL
25
Added up (to) : AMOUNTED
26
Teacher in a one-room schoolhouse : MARM
27
Muslim cleric : IMAM
28
Hatcher who co-starred in "Tomorrow Never Dies" : TERI
29
Sentimental : SOFTBOILED
33
Revolutionary Guevara : CHE
35
Vehicle seized for auction : REPO
36
Tournament front-runner : SEED
38
Wally's kid bro, in 1950s-'60s TV : BEAV
39
Nonbelievers, to believers : INFIDELS
42
Baited with incendiary remarks : TROLLED
44
Accept, as a lesser charge in exchange for admitting guilt : PLEADTO
46
Stumble over : TRIPON
48
K-12 : ELHI
49
___ Selassie, old Ethiopian leader : HAILE
50
Threshold : VERGE
51
Fizzling sound : PFFT
54
Vicious : MEAN
55
Initial money for the pot : ANTE
56
Going without a date : STAG
58
Room where it looks like a bomb went off : STY
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Theater décor : SET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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