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New York Times, Thursday, April 15, 2021

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Across : On a need-to-know basis
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
25/3/20204/15/20212
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1000100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.561056%
Ben Zimmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 188 for Mr. Quigley. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Zimmer. Thursday freshness: 77%
Constructor notes:
BEQ: Before COVID forced me into "seclusion" (i.e. covering for Tabtiha's homeschoolin' and otherwise trying to keep Chez BEQ chuggin' ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
MIDDLE C … ? CALCIUM has a middle C (4th out of 7 letters). HALCYON, too. TAXICAB and PUSSYCAT's Cs aren't exactly in the middle, but ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times4/15/21 ( No. 26,091 )
Across
1
"Yep, took care of it!" : SUREDID
8
King-like, in a way : MACABRE
15
Turn into a cliché : OVERUSE
16
Wrongly : INERROR
17
City transport, redundantly : TAXICAB
18
Most common mineral in the human body : CALCIUM
19
Severe : HARSH
21
Court proceedings : ACTA
22
Gentle, mild-mannered sort : PUSSYCAT
26
Gets one's feet wet? : WADES
28
Goes (for) : OPTS
29
Eel, on a menu : UNAGI
31
Ring thing : STONE
33
Warm-up time for pro athletes : PRESEASON
37
___ Jima : IWO
38
"I'm back" : MEAGAIN
40
G.I. with stripes : NCO
41
On a need-to-know basis : TOPSECRET
43
One of the sisters on TV's "Braxton Family Values" : TRACI
45
It's a start : INTRO
46
A ways away : AFAR
47
Astronaut Cooper as portrayed in "The Right Stuff" : GORDO
49
Camping pests : NOSEEUMS
53
Bell Biv DeVoe or Bananarama : TRIO
54
Pale as a ghost : ASHEN
55
Happy, as bygone days : HALCYON
58
Starting point for a piano student, or a phonetic hint to 17-, 18-, 22-, 33-, 41-, 49- and 55-Across : MIDDLEC
63
Words supporting a motion : ISECOND
64
Emperor who abdicated in 2019 after 30 years : AKIHITO
65
Topping for a vegan burger : SPROUTS
66
On and on and on : NONSTOP
Down
1
Lush : SOT
2
A.C.C. school : UVA
3
"Regal" pet name : REX
4
Verdi's "___ tu" : ERI
5
Luxembourg is a grand one : DUCHY
6
Hayes who scored "Shaft" : ISAAC
7
Messing of "Will & Grace" : DEBRA
8
State whose northern residents are known as Yoopers: Abbr. : MICH
9
Newswoman Navarro : ANA
10
Frame in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" : CEL
11
Idyllic spot of myth : ARCADIA
12
Streisand role in "Funny Girl" : BRICE
13
Hammerings : ROUTS
14
Aretha's sister who sang "Piece of My Heart" : ERMA
20
Once-plentiful endangered fish nicknamed "Albany beef" : STURGEONS
22
Put forth, as a hypothesis : POSIT
23
Leading by a basket : UPTWO
24
Go low, in a way : STOOP
25
ID datum : SSN
26
"___ close?" : WASI
27
Word with free or double : AGENT
30
Straight up : NEAT
32
Make corrections to : EMEND
33
Surname of the Incredibles : PARR
34
Big bungle : SNAFU
35
Philosopher who favored simple explanations : OCCAM
36
Gritty films, informally : NOIRS
39
Prefix with -plasmic : ECTO
42
Dry wind in the Sahara : SIROCCO
44
Issa of "Insecure" : RAE
47
Get : GRASP
48
Many a sight on the Suez Canal : OILER
50
"Hoo-ee!" : OHMAN
51
Brand name that means "exquisite" in Japanese : SEIKO
52
___ a tie : ENDIN
53
"Get ___ ..." ("Here's the best part ...") : THIS
54
They may lead to longer sentences : ANDS
56
Thou, now : YOU
57
8-Down's northern neighbor: Abbr. : ONT
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M.L.B.'s "10th men" : DHS
60
Happening, in slang : LIT
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1940s combat zone, in brief : ETO
62
Extra in a procedural : COP

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

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