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New York Times, Friday, April 22, 2022

Author:
Daniel Sheremeta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : James Baldwin, e.g.
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Daniel Sheremeta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Sheremeta. Friday freshness: 73%
Jeff Chen notes:
It's uncommon to experience a themeless featuring a long, one-word answer, but PHOTOSYNTHESIZE is a triple-sizzler! It's not only a ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times4/22/22 ( No. 26,463 )
Across
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Cheap trick, perhaps : LIFEHACK
9
Apply pressure to : LEANON
15
"Stupid me!" : IMAMORON
16
Recherché : ARCANE
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Food, water, a place to live, etc. : BARENECESSITIES
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Decreases? : IRONS
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Who wrote "The poetry of earth is never dead" : KEATS
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Drawing method : LOT
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"___ I do!" (informal assent) : DEED
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Rivals of the 1980s "Showtime" Lakers, to fans : CELTS
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Part of a pool : GENE
25
Regulation followers, for short : OTS
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Cuts (down) : PARES
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"Wassup, my dude" : YODOG
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Intended : AIMED
29
Winter slopes activity : TUBING
30
One born in the wrong generation, maybe : OLDSOUL
33
Expands : DILATES
34
Works with 17 units : HAIKUS
35
Like speeders, often : FINED
36
Features of some glasses : STEMS
37
Wade in the Baseball Hall of Fame : BOGGS
38
Manhattan campus around Washington Sq. Park : NYU
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Where to set une couronne : TETE
42
Name spelled with six dashes and six dots : MORSE
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Air : MIEN
44
Where Wonder Woman first worked: Abbr. : OSS
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Words of agreement : SODOI
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"Gotcha" : ROGER
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Soak up the sun, say : PHOTOSYNTHESIZE
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What I might be in a lab? : IODINE
51
Multiheaded dog guarding the gates of the underworld, in myth : CERBERUS
52
Features of some accents : TWANGS
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James Baldwin, e.g. : ESSAYIST
Down
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What an aphrodisiac boosts : LIBIDO
2
Eastern lodging : IMARET
3
North Atlantic island group : FAROES
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Tweak : EMEND
5
Sweeties : HONS
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Modern "art" : ARE
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Young male chicken : COCKEREL
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Prepared to propose, perhaps : KNEELED
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Holds up : LASTS
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Greek counterpart of Discordia : ERIS
11
See 18-Down : ACT
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"Perfect!" : NAILEDIT
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Dealing directly (with) : ONEONONE
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They're saved for a rainy day : NESTEGGS
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High school alternatives to the 11-Down : SATS
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After Kipling, the youngest-ever Literature Nobelist (1957, 44 years) : CAMUS
24
Turn : GOBAD
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Reverential : PIOUS
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Historically Germanic observances : YULES
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Offer to help : ASKME
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Shade : TINGE
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"You're such a tease!" : OHSTOPIT
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It ends after midnight in New York, with "The" : LATESHOW
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Pepsi Max, e.g. : DIETSODA
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Spots for archaeologists : DIGSITES
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As an exception : FORONCE
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Word with shop, shot or shape : BODY
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Sushi variety : NIGIRI
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2013 #1 album from Kanye West : YEEZUS
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Civil disturbance : UNREST
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Biblical figure with a large staff : MOSES
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Walk in a leisurely way : MOSEY
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Track, say : SONG
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"___: Duets" (2007 country album) : REBA
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Main component of britannium : TIN
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Invoice info: Abbr. : HRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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