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New York Times, Saturday, April 2, 2022

Author:
Kyle Dolan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : Preposterous
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Kyle T. Dolan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Dolan. Saturday freshness: 75%
Kyle T. Dolan notes:
This is the second complete grid I built around the seed entry SPREZZATURA during development of this puzzle in late 2020. The first ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Sometimes constructors wanting to hit for the cycle ask me how they can get their themeless targeted for a Saturday instead of a ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times4/2/22 ( No. 26,443 )
Across
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Office held five times by Julius Caesar : CONSUL
7
Not physically, say : INSPIRIT
15
Program commemorated on the back of the Eisenhower dollar coin : APOLLO
16
Do some wedding planning : SETADATE
17
Withdraw : RECANT
18
Preposterous : FARCICAL
19
Word with club or queen : DRAMA
20
Stuff, but not junk : SATE
21
Where "the cheese stands alone," in a classic song : DELL
22
They're tops to Scots : TAMS
23
Lug : SCHLEP
25
Faulty: Prefix : DYS
26
Grow up : AGE
27
Color not generated by light : SPRAYTAN
29
Very nearly resemble : BORDERON
31
Livened (up) : SPICED
35
Picked up : LEARNED
36
Sushi chef's tasting menu : OMAKASE
37
Literally, "substitute" : ERSATZ
38
Midwife's focus in the third stage of labor : PLACENTA
39
Dazzling skill : WIZARDRY
41
2019 World Series winner, in brief : NAT
42
Org. with clubs, in two senses : PGA
45
"Anything!" : NAMEIT
46
Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" trilogy : ROTH
47
Orange candleflower, for example : ARUM
49
"Mastering the Art of French Cooking," for one : TOME
50
Expert with picks : MINER
51
"Whatever you say ..." : SURESURE
53
___ chai (Indian beverage) : MASALA
54
Short hooking pitch : TEASERAD
55
Eventually : ONEDAY
56
Herbalists' panaceas : ALLHEALS
57
Muscle connectors : SINEWS
Down
1
Setting for drinks and deals : CARDTABLE
2
Met someone? : OPERAGOER
3
Policy around the publicity-shy, say : NOCAMERAS
4
In-verse functions? : SLAMS
5
It runs up the arm : ULNA
6
Offering for a developer : LOT
7
Capital of ancient Persia : ISFAHAN
8
In an elegant way : NEATLY
9
Canny : STREETSMART
10
Campaign fund-raising letters : PAC
11
"That ___ love thee, Caesar, O, 'tis true": Shak. : IDID
12
Tore : RACED
13
Where 23-Down was coined : ITALY
14
Flushes, e.g., in poker : TELLS
20
Gloucester catch : SCROD
23
The art of appearing effortlessly nonchalant : SPREZZATURA
24
Institution roughly two millennia old : PAPACY
27
Submitted : SENTIN
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It started in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports : NIKE
30
Allure : DRAW
32
Salvo from Old Ironsides : CANNONADE
33
Acts of will? : ESTATELAW
34
Sci-fi effects that are beyond stunning : DEATHRAYS
36
Source of some nostalgia : OLDIE
38
Many human anatomy students : PREMEDS
40
Unlikely to pontificate, say : AMORAL
42
Some ribbons and shells : PASTA
43
Congee, e.g. : GRUEL
44
Coming in waves, in a way : AURAL
46
Up now : RISEN
48
Barrier against burrowers : MESH
50
Digital job, in brief : MANI
52
Match : SEE
53
1-12: Abbr. : MOS

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

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