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New York Times, Monday, February 19, 2018

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Soccer blocker
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Haight. Monday freshness: 93%
Bruce Haight notes:
I did an anagrams +1 puzzle on 5/16/17 with state names, so I decided to try one with president's names. There are some sites online ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
It's the second time around for Bruce's "+letter then anagram" concept, and I still don't get it. I mean, I get it — toss in a random ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times2/19/18 ( No. 24,940 )
Across
1
Skirt bottoms : HEMS
5
Ticklish Muppet : ELMO
9
Gets thin on top : BALDS
14
With: Fr. : AVEC
15
Banquet : MEAL
16
Lewis and ___ Expedition : CLARK
17
GARFIELD + U = Beach V.I.P. : LIFEGUARD
19
"___ at the Bat" : CASEY
20
City NW of Detroit : FLINT
21
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi," e.g. : PLEA
23
Home for Nixon and Reagan: Abbr. : CAL
24
"It's a date!" : WEREON
26
MADISON + A = "Me, too!" : ANDSOAMI
29
Shakespearean cries : AYS
30
Bounding main : SEA
32
Pathetic group : SADLOT
33
Mysterious sighting in the Himalayas : YETI
35
Some rulings on PolitiFact : LIES
38
Mortgage, e.g. : LOAN
39
FILLMORE + V = Movie buff : FILMLOVER
42
Like racehorses' feet : SHOD
44
Who asks "What can I help you with?" on an iPhone : SIRI
45
Author Silverstein : SHEL
49
Soccer blocker : GOALIE
51
President pro ___ : TEM
53
Lab eggs : OVA
54
HARDING + P = Squeezable exercise tool : HANDGRIP
57
Actor Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump" : WESLEY
59
Approves : OKS
60
Famous ___ cookies : AMOS
62
River of Cologne : RHINE
63
Uncle Sam's land, for short : USOFA
66
COOLIDGE + P = Narc's four-footed helper : POLICEDOG
68
Humdingers : LULUS
69
Panache : ELAN
70
Pistol sound : BANG
71
Hybrid picnic utensil : SPORK
72
Philosophies : ISMS
73
First half of a Senate vote : AYES
Down
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Two-year mark, in a presidential term : HALFWAY
2
Wicked look : EVILEYE
3
Egoistic demand : MEFIRST
4
National Mall, for a presidential inauguration : SCENE
5
Six-foot bird : EMU
6
___ years (when presidents are elected) : LEAP
7
Maples formerly married to Donald Trump : MARLA
8
Like the days of yore : OLDEN
9
Send covertly, as an email : BCC
10
Leader in a state roll call: Abbr. : ALA
11
Milan opera house : LASCALA
12
"You wish!" : DREAMON
13
Like atria : SKYLIT
18
Onetime Pontiac muscle cars : GTOS
22
What a majority of campaign spending goes toward : ADS
25
Dickens's Little ___ : NELL
27
Store sign on Presidents' Day : SALE
28
Aromas : ODORS
31
Gets ready to shoot : AIMS
34
"Too rich for my blood" : IFOLD
36
QB Manning : ELI
37
Separate, as whites from colors : SORT
40
"Got it!," beatnik-style : IDIG
41
ABC show on weekday mornings, with "The" : VIEW
42
Absorbs : SOAKSUP
43
"Star Wars" pilot : HANSOLO
46
There's one to honor presidents every February : HOLIDAY
47
The slightest amount : EVENONE
48
What hens do : LAYEGGS
49
Grave robbers : GHOULS
50
Word after many presidents' names : ERA
52
Bygone Ford make, briefly : MERC
55
Celebrated Chinese-born architect : IMPEI
56
Diving venues : POOLS
58
Queen of ___ (visitor of King Solomon, in the Bible) : SHEBA
61
Poetry competition : SLAM
64
Mink or sable : FUR
65
Query : ASK
67
Political connections : INS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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