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New York Times, Saturday, July 4, 2015

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
51-Across : Pink slip
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QV} Scrabble average: 1.98 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Ezersky. Saturday freshness: 78%
Sam Ezersky notes:
This puzzle was constructed just over a year ago, inspired by the interesting intersection of BABA GHANOUJ and JEDI MIND TRICK at the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Nice offering from one of the 20-something constructors. I sometimes do Sam's puzzles on his indie site, and I must confess the vibe ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times7/4/15 ( No. 23,979 )
Across
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Mates : BROS
5
Fancies : WHIMS
10
Zinger : MOT
13
Staple of Mediterranean cuisine : BABAGHANOUJ
16
Prefix with biology : EXO
17
Character-building event? : SPELLINGBEE
18
___ shoe : GYM
19
He became the fastest sprinter in the U.S. in 2009 : TYSONGAY
20
Goes on and on ... and on : DRAGS
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Takes credit? : OWES
23
Job holder? : BIBLE
24
Flubbed : MISDID
27
Former TLC reality show set in a Florida tattoo parlor : MIAMIINK
30
Many a catchphrase coiner : ADMAN
31
"Super Bass" singer Minaj : NICKI
32
Inappropriate detail, for short : TMI
33
See 24-Down : MIA
34
What a plot may do : THICKEN
36
Ring-toss item? : HAT
37
Neighbor of W. Sahara : MOR
38
Badger : HARRY
39
Classification for faint stars? : DLIST
41
Where "giraffes are insincere," in a Simon & Garfunkel hit : ATTHEZOO
43
Like many a football player : STOCKY
44
Dr. No or Mr. Hyde : BADDY
45
[Yecch!] : BARF
46
Say hi, in modern lingo : HOLLA
47
Question before and after "or" : AMIRIGHT
51
Pink slip : AXE
52
Best turnout ever : RECORDCROWD
55
Work's counterpart, briefly : REC
56
Treat with a polar bear in its logo : KLONDIKEBAR
57
Finger wag accompanier : TSK
58
Skipping words? : IPASS
59
Not merely interested : NOSY
Down
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Not-so-big shot : BBS
2
Glued to something : RAPT
3
Earn a treat, say : OBEY
4
Stain-removing compound : SALSODA
5
Was a crybaby : WHINED
6
Chills : HANGS
7
Actress Cadranel of TV's "Lost Girl" : INGA
8
Musician who's a great-great-grandnephew of Herman Melville : MOBY
9
Try to have tried? : SUE
10
Like Stonehenge : MEGALITHIC
11
Breather? : OXYGENMASK
12
___ River, N.J. : TOMS
14
Like some rave accessories : GLOWINTHEDARK
15
Skill used by Obi-Wan Kenobi : JEDIMINDTRICK
21
Result of a squeeze, briefly : RBI
23
Get within range? : BAKE
24
With 33-Across, musical set on the island of Kalokairi : MAMMA
25
Boob tubes : IDIOTBOXES
26
Wise one : SMARTALECK
27
It means very little : MICRO
28
Like creepy-crawlies : ICKY
29
Pool in a casino : KITTY
31
"De ___: A Life" (2014 biography) : NIRO
35
Confused : HAZY
40
Longtime E Street Band guitarist : LOFGREN
42
Cholesterol panel letters : HDL
43
Eatery known for its celebrity caricatures : SARDIS
45
They often come down to the wire : BIRDS
46
Either of two married supersleuths of 1970s-'80s TV : HART
47
Rent-___ : ACOP
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Villainess Vanderwaal of TV's "Pretty Little Liars" : MONA
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Type tending to drift : HOBO
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"___ not to be" : TWAS
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One adopting the motto "Lux et veritas" : ELI
54
Without any toppings, in restaurant-speak : DRY

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

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