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New York Times, Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Author:
Timothy Polin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Across : Classic 1976 Ramones song that begins "Hey! Ho! Let's go!"
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Timothy Polin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Polin. Wednesday freshness: 99%
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© 2017, The New York Times6/7/17 ( No. 24,683 )
Across
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Worthless mounds : ASHHEAPS
9
Bay Area campus, in brief : UCSF
13
Reliable source of income : STEADYJOB
15
Impossible chess ending with a king and knight versus a lone king : MATE
16
Slimy outdoor pest : GARDENSLUG
18
"Save yourself!," e.g. : PLEA
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Didn't get takeout : ATEIN
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At the apex of : ATOP
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"___ Misérables" : LES
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Unwind : REST
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Item in the lingerie department : GARTERBELT
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Not allowing sales of alcohol : DRY
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Aquamarine or amethyst : GEM
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Had as a customer : SOLDTO
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Determined to accomplish : SETON
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Away from the office, say : NOTIN
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Classic 1976 Ramones song that begins "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" : BLITZKRIEGBOP
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Wade noisily : SLOSH
38
French girlfriends : AMIES
39
Liane ___, longtime NPR host : HANSEN
41
"Moreover ..." : AND
42
Inexperienced : RAW
45
Diamond-patterned footwear : ARGYLESOCK
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___-tiller : ROTO
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"I've seen better" : MEH
50
Campus V.I.P. : PROF
51
U.S. base in Cuba, informally : GITMO
52
Kick (out) : BOOT
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Improvised : OFFTHECUFF
57
Tempt : LURE
58
Safely run down the clock, in football : TAKEAKNEE
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Mediterranean volcano : ETNA
60
Road-scraping custom car : LOWRIDER
Down
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Home of the Norse gods : ASGARD
2
Granite ___ (New Hampshire resident) : STATER
3
Religious unorthodoxy : HERESY
4
Lost all patience : HADIT
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Old Testament paradise : EDEN
6
"The Fountainhead" author Rand : AYN
7
Comfy sleepwear : PJS
8
Kind of renewable energy : SOLAR
9
Baseball boobird's target, often : UMP
10
Hailed from afar : CALLEDTO
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Hardy work shoe feature : STEELTIP
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Enjoy heartily, as a banquet : FEASTON
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Keister : BUTT
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"There ___ the neighborhood" : GOES
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Like antlers and pitchforks : PRONGED
24
Jazzman Stan : GETZ
25
Wild way to run : AMOK
26
Amorphous shapes : BLOBS
28
Entreaty to Lassie : GETHELP
30
Actress Spacek : SISSY
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Second Amendment advocacy grp. : NRA
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Announce loudly : BLAREOUT
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University of Texas athlete : LONGHORN
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Apple desktop : IMAC
36
Text-displaying technology on Kindles : EINK
37
Walk with an awkward gait : SHAMBLE
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Wolfe of crime fiction : NERO
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Roly-poly : ROTUND
43
Withdrawal charge : ATMFEE
44
Low-frequency stereo component : WOOFER
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Velvety : SOFT
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Butcher's scraps : OFFAL
48
Lake of daytime TV : RICKI
51
Flippers, scuba tank, etc., for a diver : GEAR
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Nonalcoholic brew : TEA
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Boxing decision, for short : TKO
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Take an ax to : HEW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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