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New York Times, Friday, May 6, 2022

Author:
Aaron Ullman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Suck up, in a way
TotalDebut
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Aaron Ullman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Ullman. Friday freshness: 90%
Aaron Ullman notes:
As a father myself, here's a bit of DADVICE: try to avoid inserting your kids into every conversation. Most people will just inwardly ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times5/6/22 ( No. 26,477 )
Across
1
Blue print? : SEAMAP
7
Water wings, for example : FLOATS
13
Toasted treat : POPTART
15
Japanese for "teacher" : SENSEI
16
Skating expos : ICESHOWS
18
Bearing : TOTING
19
Paragon : GEM
20
Suck up, in a way : SIPHON
22
Author of "The Kitchen God's Wife" (1991) : TAN
23
There's no coming back from this : ONEWAYTRIP
26
Initialism that might have a ring to it? : WBA
27
1000 hrs. : TENAM
28
Scale notes : TIS
29
Agent of immunity : TCELL
31
"Did I just hear him say that?!" : HEWENTTHERE
34
Principle indicating "No second chances" : WINORGOHOME
35
Outer border for 36-Across : WINDOWFRAME
36
See-through items : PANES
37
Two-time Olympic gymnast Raisman : ALY
38
Male's name hidden backward in this clue : ANSEL
42
Barely make, with "out" : EKE
43
Whet bar? : GRINDSTONE
45
Make lace : TAT
46
Longtime Disney chief Michael : EISNER
47
Big ___ : BEN
48
Hair holders : SNOODS
50
Descriptor for a champion : GREATEST
53
Half-page, perhaps : ADUNIT
54
Fatherly tips, to use a portmanteau coinage : DADVICE
55
Decks with major and minor arcana : TAROTS
56
Lean against : RESTON
Down
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Turn-on for a bartender? : SPIGOT
2
Big epoch for mammals : EOCENE
3
Hypothetical missing links : APEMEN
4
Chain parts: Abbr. : MTS
5
"This is the life!" : AAH
6
Lacking literary sparkle : PROSY
7
Setting for a shot : FSTOP
8
Historic kingdom of Spain : LEON
9
Most populous Canadian prov. : ONT
10
So to speak : ASITWERE
11
Sound : TENABLE
12
Traffic light : SIGNAL
14
Some social media back-and-forths : TWITTERWARS
17
Short relationship : SPRINGFLING
21
One who loves to bring up the past : HISTORYNERD
24
Surfer girl : WAHINE
25
Doctors : AMENDS
29
Poet who wrote "A Child's Christmas in Wales" : THOMAS
30
Firmly bond : CEMENT
32
Court : WOO
33
"___ Carter III" (best-selling Lil Wayne album) : THA
34
Napa excursion : WINETOUR
35
Fictional African country of film : WAKANDA
36
Took care of a dog or cat, maybe : PETSAT
39
"Alrighty then" : SOBEIT
40
"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer : ENESCO
41
Like the days following Mardi Gras : LENTEN
43
Cruxes : GISTS
44
Gloomy, poetically : DREAR
46
Sub text, maybe : EDIT
49
Hawaiian fish also called the wahoo : ONO
51
Juice suffix : ADE
52
Some Best Buy buys : TVS

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

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