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New York Times, Saturday, June 22, 2019

Author:
Joe Deeney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : Handles with care?
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Joe Deeney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Deeney. Saturday freshness: 43%
Joe Deeney notes:
I'm pumped to have another puzzle published in the Times! Glad to see my clues for 40-Across and 15-Down survived. I was amused to ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
What a great feeling to drop in DOCTOR DOOM with no crosses needed. [Archenemy of the Fantastic Four], a gimme! I knew being a ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times6/22/19 ( No. 25,428 )
Across
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Impromptu places to conk out for the night : CRASHPADS
10
Prime spot for a tat : PEC
13
Archenemy of the Fantastic Four : DOCTORDOOM
15
Home to Matisse, Mondrian and Monet, informally : MOMA
16
Addendum to a common pentad : SOMETIMESY
17
Sierra Nevadas, e.g. : ALES
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Finally chooses : SETTLESON
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Media big Zuckerman : MORT
20
Either constituent of table salt : ION
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One of the Three Musketeers : ARAMIS
23
Ceases production : WRAPS
26
Enjoys oneself immensely : HASABALL
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Spike Lee's "___ Gotta Have It" : SHES
29
With 53-Across, one whom you might blame for something bad that you did : EVIL
31
Brand owned by Kraft Foods : JELLO
32
What 100-proof alcohol has : KICK
33
Island in NW Greece : CORFU
35
Touched the ground : ALIT
36
Paris is found in it : ILIAD
38
Race : TEAR
39
Fires (up) : REVS
40
Handles with care? : PETNAMES
42
Perform a Thanksgiving cooking task : BASTE
44
"Thumbs down from me" : ISAYNO
45
Grp. that Ronald Reagan once supported : SAG
46
Grp. that Ronald Reagan once supported : NATO
47
Congressman who served the most consecutive years as speaker of the House (1977-87) : TIPONEILL
53
See 29-Across : TWIN
54
Radio sign-off : OVERANDOUT
56
Go on and on about something : RAVE
57
Seatbelts, e.g. : RESTRAINTS
58
"Listen!": Sp. : OYE
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Sabermetrics whiz, e.g. : STATSGEEK
Down
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Stack at a music store : CDS
2
They're all over Down Under, informally : ROOS
3
Top : ACME
4
Leave in : STET
5
Tout's offering : HOTTIP
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Brand that treats acid reflux : PRILOSEC
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They might work on something for 60 seconds : ADMEN
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Pulls off : DOES
9
Meh : SOSO
10
Object seen in the Ralph Lauren logo : POLOMALLET
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Old Food Network show with the catchword "Bam!" : EMERILLIVE
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Practices cleromancy : CASTSLOTS
14
Natural mimics : MYNAS
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Cubs' supporters : MAMABEARS
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Rule that Gandhi opposed : RAJ
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Passes idly : WHILESAWAY
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Operatic song-speech : RECITATIVE
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"Come on! It's common knowledge!" : ASKANYONE
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Crystal clear, as an image : HIRES
27
Letter before Lima and after Foxtrot when spelling 27-Down : ALFA
28
Clickable message at the start of an online TV show : SKIPINTRO
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Democracy in action : VOTE
34
Graffiti and such : URBANART
37
Sci-fi author Simmons with the 1989 Hugo-winning novel "Hyperion" : DAN
41
___ skill : MOTOR
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Old boosted rocket stages : AGENAS
45
"Ish" : SORTA
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"Central Park in the Dark" composer : IVES
49
Little noodge : PEST
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"Gotcha" : IDIG
51
Unaccompanied : LONE
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Caravaggio's "The ___ Player" : LUTE
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Oral admonishment : TSK

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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