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New York Times, Friday, December 31, 2021

Author:
Meghan Morris
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Looks the other way
TotalDebutLatest
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Meghan Morris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Morris. Friday freshness: 61%
Meghan Morris notes:
I started constructing this puzzle just by building a grid that I thought looked nice and open. I then worked on the 15-letter entries ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
LETS THINGS SLIDE is a great marquee entry. Usually, I'd categorize OBSESSED OVER as more neutral than an asset, although crossing it ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times12/31/21 ( No. 26,351 )
Across
1
Colorful custardy confection : FRUITTART
10
Sudden inspirations : GASPS
15
Waltz onomatopoeia : OOMPAHPAH
16
Love : ADORE
17
Classic diner orders : TUNAMELTS
18
Apply, as ointment : RUBON
19
Kitchen brand whose name is an ambigram : OXO
20
Pit-___ : APAT
21
More might come before it : ORLESS
22
Its employees might get under your skin : XRAYLAB
24
Thing with rings : TREE
25
Legal action : APPEAL
28
Some Disney-inspired Halloween costumes : ELSAS
30
"___ me!" (request to a fridge-goer) : BEER
31
Like blue and green ski trails, vis-à-vis black diamonds : EASIER
33
Pep : VIM
36
Looks the other way : LETSTHINGSSLIDE
39
Modern ___ : ERA
40
"A ___ place is in the House, and in the Senate" (bumper sticker) : WOMANS
41
Actress Kendrick : ANNA
42
Sharon's predecessor as Israeli P.M. : BARAK
43
One of the Blues Brothers : ELWOOD
45
One of the Coen brothers : JOEL
48
Relative by marriage : STEPDAD
50
Where to do as others do, it's said : INROME
52
Stain : BLOT
53
Sprinkling : FEW
56
Canon competitor : LEICA
57
Street featured in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (that's also 50-Across) : VIAVENETO
59
Still sticky : TACKY
60
Make thin : ATTENUATE
61
Crushes it : SLAYS
62
Couple in the back of a car : REARTIRES
Down
1
Snap : FOTO
2
Component of three of the five French "mother sauces" : ROUX
3
"That's ... never gonna happen" : UMNO
4
"Double" or "triple" drink : IPA
5
Actress Taylor of TV's "Bones" : TAMARA
6
Agatha Christie novel named after Death's mount in Revelation : THEPALEHORSE
7
Make ___ for : APLAY
8
Danger for desert hikers : RATTLESNAKEBITE
9
Ending with four or six, but not five : THS
10
Teri of "Mr. Mom" : GARR
11
Does laundry or pays bills, in modern lingo : ADULTS
12
Clearheaded : SOBER
13
Novel content : PROSE
14
Tell : SENSE
21
Couldn't let go of : OBSESSEDOVER
22
Group portrayed in "Slacker" and "Reality Bites," familiarly : XERS
23
Straighten : ALIGN
25
Proficient : ABLE
26
___ review : PEER
27
One quadrillion: Prefix : PETA
29
Trio of horrors? : ARS
32
Target : AIMAT
33
Rosso o bianco : VINO
34
Driver's license fig. : IDNO
35
Ren Faire concession : MEAD
37
United competitor, once : TWA
38
"Heavens!" : LAWD
42
Squarish : BLOCKY
44
Not yet manifest : LATENT
45
Spurns : JILTS
46
Longtime "Inside the N.B.A." commentator : ONEAL
47
Writer Jong : ERICA
49
South America's Río de la ___ : PLATA
51
Eponym of the World Series M.V.P. award : MAYS
53
"Have no ___ of perfection - you'll never reach it": Dalí : FEAR
54
Suffix with towel : ETTE
55
Melancholiac's list : WOES
57
Dictionary abbr. : VAR
58
Rapa ___ (Easter Island) : NUI

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

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