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New York Times, Saturday, August 15, 2015

Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Snarky sort
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Chen. Saturday freshness: 95%
Jeff Chen notes:
I like exploring rough waters. Low word count themelesses are really tricky, so most of my ventures in this area haven't been very ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:

I owe Joe Krozel for all the good advice he's given me over the years. Hearing from him and reading commentary he's written for his older puzzles has been invaluable.

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© 2015, The New York Times8/15/15 ( No. 24,021 )
Across
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Not diverge : ACTASONE
9
Its plantation features the Pineapple Garden Maze : DOLE
13
U.S. freight measure : SHORTTON
14
Italian admiral for whom several ships were named : DORIA
15
Symbol of the Franciscan order : TAUCROSS
16
Jays' fan, maybe : BIRDER
17
Greatly magnified : INCLOSE
18
One letting off steam at the dinner table? : HOTMEAL
19
Jazz trumpeter Jones : THAD
20
Witness by chance : PASSERBY
21
Setting of many a revival : EMERGENCYROOM
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Pranks : PUTONS
25
South Pacific's largest city : SUVA
26
Sigma signification : SUM
29
Recipient of Argus's 100 eyes, in myth : PEACOCK
32
Base of many operations : TEN
33
Per : APOP
35
Singer/actress once called the "Black Venus" : FALANA
37
Iconoclast stiflers : THOUGHTPOLICE
41
Ones with halting speech? : SENTRIES
42
Cold-weather wear : FURS
44
Longtime jeweler to royals : CARTIER
45
Peter Fonda cult film about an acid experience : THETRIP
48
Eggs, e.g. : OVOIDS
49
Cubs' supporters, maybe : SHEBEARS
50
Makeup of humanity : RACES
51
Crude, in slang : TEXASTEA
52
Group started as the Jolly Corks : ELKS
53
Snarky sort : SMARTASS
Down
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Bubbly option : ASTI
2
"De-fense! De-fense!," e.g. : CHANT
3
Comeback to a comeback : TOUCHE
4
Searchlight light : ARCLAMP
5
Approached like John Wayne, with "to" : STRODEUP
6
Relatives of Winnebagos : OTOS
7
1-Down quality : NOSE
8
Enterprise position: Abbr. : ENS
9
Loft additions : DORMERS
10
Call for Chinese, say : ORDEROUT
11
Be superposed on : LIEABOVE
12
Concern of paleoanthropology : EARLYMAN
14
Like a rattlebrain : DITSY
16
Good pear for poaching : BOSC
18
Film figure who said "I take orders from just one person: me" : HANSOLO
20
Things removed before signing : PENCAPS
22
GPS output: Abbr. : RTE
23
Pursue : GOAFTER
26
Consideration for college admission : SATSCORE
27
Sturm und Drang : UPHEAVAL
28
Apollo collection : MOONROCK
30
One side in college football's annual Big Game, informally : CAL
31
Accessory with a magnetic strip on a kitchen wall : KNIFEBAR
34
Glaziers' supplies : PUTTIES
36
Maximally intense : ACUTEST
38
Plotting aids : GRIDS
39
Speeds : HIES
40
Slips of paper? : ERRATA
43
Studbook figures : SIRES
45
One side of a feud : THEM
46
Prefix related to benzene's shape : HEXA
47
G.I. Joe's "Knowing is half the battle" spots, e.g. : PSAS
49
GPS input: Abbr. : STS

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