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New York Times, Friday, December 8, 2017

Author:
Paolo Pasco
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Across : Powerful sedative
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Paolo Pasco

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Pasco. Friday freshness: 65%
Paolo Pasco notes:
It started with NINJA STARS, which someone mentioned in a TV show I was watching (either "Parks and Rec" or "The Office," I don't ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Loved that little QUAALUDE / PUZZLE BOX section! Something so awesome about all those rare letters worked in so smoothly. And ... read more
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C
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A
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J
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E
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A
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N
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S
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O
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R
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T
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S
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P
O
P
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C
A
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R
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O
M
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F
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C
T
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D
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N
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T
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E
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K
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E
L
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W
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N
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R
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A
D
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G
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G
A
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C
H
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T
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I
M
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L
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D
A
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B
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C
A
V
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B
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S
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A
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T
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O
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Q
U
A
A
L
U
D
E
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M
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A
M
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P
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Z
Z
L
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B
O
X
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C
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L
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B
A
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Z
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A
M
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A
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G
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C
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R
P
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K
N
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W
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B
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R
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C
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N
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K
O
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© 2017, The New York Times12/8/17 ( No. 24,867 )
Across
1
"Get outta here!" : SCAT
5
Casual cutoffs : JEANSHORTS
15
Law force, slangily : POPO
16
Breakout entertainment? : ESCAPEROOM
17
Truth we hold to be self-evident? : FACT
18
Latest thing : DERNIERCRI
19
Some low clouds : STRATI
21
Tupper of Tupperware fame : EARL
22
Orange-soda-loving character of 1990s Nickelodeon : KEL
23
Big '70s-'80s band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 : ELO
24
Start to go out : WANE
25
Point in a kitchen : TINE
26
Queen hit with the lyric "So don't become some background noise" : RADIOGAGA
29
Baker in a studio : CHET
30
Comment from the smitten : IMINLOVE
31
Kim ___-jung, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize : DAE
32
Subterranean hideout in comics : BATCAVE
33
Tries to nip : BITESAT
37
Sportsman whose #4 was retired : OTT
38
Powerful sedative : QUAALUDE
39
"We Need a Little Christmas" musical : MAME
41
Frustrating thing to open : PUZZLEBOX
42
___ slaw : COLE
43
Female singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 : BAEZ
44
Withdrawal fig. : AMT
45
Director Lee : ANG
46
News ___ (media giant) : CORP
47
"I was right!" : KNEWIT
50
Rodeo event : BARRELRACE
53
Indie singer ___ Case : NEKO
54
"That is ..." : IMEANTOSAY
55
Many a Generation Z member, now : TEEN
56
Throwable weapons used by assassins : NINJASTARS
57
Time at a hotel : STAY
Down
1
15, 30 and 50 are common ones, in brief : SPFS
2
Layer : COAT
3
Reward for an accelerated course, in brief : APCREDIT
4
Line on a 1040 : TOTALINCOME
5
___ knight : JEDI
6
San Jose-to-San Antonio dir. : ESE
7
Figure that can describe a lot : ACREAGE
8
Refrain syllables : NANANA
9
What may be on the horizon? : SPIRE
10
Cad : HEEL
11
Alexander ___, pioneer and early head of New York's subway system : ORR
12
Mile-high player : ROCKIE
13
Sign of availability : TORENT
14
"You're about to be photographed!" : SMILE
20
"That ship has sailed" : TOOLATE
24
Aspect of hydrodynamics : WAVE
25
Weather : THEELEMENTS
26
Tease : RIB
27
Drs.' order? : AMA
28
C-Span focus: Abbr. : GOVT
29
Language banned under Franco's dictatorship : CATALAN
31
Cameron of Hollywood : DIAZ
33
Telephone, informally : BUZZ
34
Social media post that refers to another user without directly mentioning that person : SUBTWEET
35
Trouble : ADO
36
Ranch moniker : TEX
38
"What say, José?" : QUEPASA
39
Friendly French term of address : MONAMI
40
Nelson ___, author of "The Man With the Golden Arm" : ALGREN
41
Mimic : PARROT
42
Kind of fever : CABIN
43
Parts of a Frankenstein costume : BOLTS
46
W.W.E. star John : CENA
47
See 52-Down : KEYS
48
Store with a three-syllable name in four letters : IKEA
49
High-class : TONY
51
Literally, "rule" : RAJ
52
With 47-Down, some frequently misplaced items : CAR

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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