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New York Times, Monday, July 17, 2017

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Martial art that's an Olympic sport
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. McCoy. Monday freshness: 27%
Tom McCoy notes:
When constructing a crossword, the more flexibility you have in your theme answers, the easier it is to fill the grid. This means that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
ODDS AND ENDS played upon today, construed as "phrases whose last words are odd numbers." I hesitated when I got to the revealer — ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times7/17/17 ( No. 24,723 )
Across
1
Building material for the first little pig : STRAW
6
Some bank offerings, for short : CDS
9
___ and cheese : HAM
12
Swim meet coverage? : SPEEDO
13
Nancy who solves mysteries : DREW
14
Words said at the altar : IDO
15
President's plane : AIRFORCEONE
17
___-Mex : TEX
18
Roadside stops : INNS
19
Wrestling for 400-pounders : SUMO
20
Rod-shaped bacterium : ECOLI
22
Broadway's "___ Miz" : LES
23
Cry before "You're out!" : STRIKETHREE
25
Dorm figs. : RAS
26
Actor Hemsworth of "The Hunger Games" : LIAM
27
Material for a tight-fitting glove : LATEX
30
"Up top!" : GIMMEFIVE
35
Landed, as on a branch : ALIT
36
Actions on the dance floor : MOVES
37
"Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm" : ISEE
38
Conclusion of a close World Series : GAMESEVEN
40
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
41
Flair : ELAN
42
Brand of sheepskin boots : UGG
43
Ecstatic : ONCLOUDNINE
48
He-sheep : RAM
51
Beauty's partner, with "the" : BEAST
52
Charged particles : IONS
53
Martial art that's an Olympic sport : JUDO
54
Big feature on a donkey : EAR
55
Miscellany ... or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across : ODDSANDENDS
58
Since Jan. 1 : YTD
59
Word repeated in "It's ___, all ___!" : MINE
60
Tax cheats' fears : AUDITS
61
"Hel-l-lp!" : SOS
62
Suffix with differ : ENT
63
Insurance company with a lizard mascot : GEICO
Down
1
Backbone : SPINE
2
Shore birds : TERNS
3
Officials crying "Offside" and "Pass interference" : REFS
4
Commotion : ADO
5
Opposite of bests : WORSTS
6
No-good thief : CROOK
7
Lair : DEN
8
Hon : SWEETIE
9
Sometimes good, sometimes bad : HITORMISS
10
"Hello" singer of 2015 : ADELE
11
Gumption : MOXIE
12
Take a yacht out : SAIL
13
Singer Lovato : DEMI
16
Scoundrel : CUR
21
Rubbing the wrong way? : CHAFING
23
"Wailing" instrument : SAX
24
Stately shade trees : ELMS
25
Gives a new account of : RETELLS
27
Annoying feature of an online stream : LAG
28
In the manner of : ALA
29
Means of tracking workers' hours : TIMECARDS
30
www.healthcare.___ : GOV
31
"Now ___ seen it all!" : IVE
32
Restroom sign : MEN
33
Flying geese formation : VEE
34
Sea slitherer : EEL
36
It's fixed for a prix fixe meal : MENU
39
Príncipe's sister island : SAOTOME
40
6 or so, for first graders : AGE
42
Release from being caught on a nail, say : UNSNAG
43
Adheres to, as a rule : OBEYS
44
Old-fashioned "Awesome!" : NEATO
45
"I ___ see that coming!" : DIDNT
46
What smells : NOSE
47
Pigs ___ blanket : INA
48
Like some ancient characters : RUNIC
49
Embellish : ADDTO
50
What rolling stones don't gather : MOSS
53
Force-ful characters? : JEDI
56
Cacophony : DIN
57
Like some library books and babies : DUE

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

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