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New York Times, Friday, August 6, 2021

Author:
Seth A. Abel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : When repeated, name in 1968 news
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Seth A. Abel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 6 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Abel. Friday freshness: 41%
Seth A. Abel notes:
The seed entry for this puzzle was 32-Across. One evening after dinner we asked Siri a trivia question and got a typical response: ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
It is so difficult to make a themeless based on a "tic-tac-toe" pattern of interlocking grid-spanners. (The nine intersecting letters ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times8/6/21 ( No. 26,204 )
Across
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Fruit used to flavor the liqueur patxaran : SLOE
5
Culture medium : AGAR
9
Fertile soils : LOAMS
14
Element next to iron on the periodic table : MANGANESE
16
Trifling amount : OUNCE
17
Threat that's hard to take seriously : IMEANITTHISTIME
19
"Gracious!," informally : LAWDY
20
"___ has poor memory": Gabriel García Márquez : SHAME
21
Lead-in to night or day : MID
22
Things sometimes named after queens : ERAS
23
Invigorating : CRISP
24
Fictional operator of the Discovery One spaceship : HAL
25
Put on the line, say : DRY
26
Psychoanalyst Fromm : ERICH
27
Chap : FELLA
29
The end of time? : OCLOCK
31
When repeated, name in 1968 news : SIRHAN
32
Response from Siri : HERESWHATIFOUND
35
Charlotte ___, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands : AMALIE
36
Trifling amounts : SHREDS
37
So-called "Father of the Italian Language" : DANTE
38
Most highly prized collectible coins : RARES
39
Poster impostor? : BOT
42
Trig function : COS
43
Dice, for instance : CUBES
44
Source of ruin : BANE
45
Something you might throw in frustration : FIT
46
Foil alternative, in Fulham : SABRE
47
Lisa of "A Different World" : BONET
48
"Well, aren't you so darn special!" : LAHDIFRICKINDAH
51
Completely bought : ATEUP
52
Juice bar ingredient : ACAIBERRY
53
Fathers, abroad : PERES
54
1970s-'80s sitcom station : WKRP
55
Sylvia of jazz : SYMS
Down
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Got ready for a photo, say : SMILED
2
Old Hollywood actress born in Austria-Hungary : LAMARR
3
Title rock lyric before "I'm gonna find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya" : ONEWAYORANOTHER
4
"Heavens to Murgatroyd!" : EGADS
5
Alex and ___ (jewelry chain) : ANI
6
Hits the jackpot, say : GETSRICH
7
Exceedingly obtuse : ASTHICKASABRICK
8
Go over : REHASH
9
With 10-Down, miss the boat : LOSE
10
See 9-Down : OUT
11
Branch of agriculture pertinent to dairy farmers and cattle ranchers : ANIMALHUSBANDRY
12
Longtime N.B.A. head coach Nate : MCMILLAN
13
___ money : SEED
15
Partner of all : ANY
18
Pain to a pediatrician? : IMP
23
Director Cameron : CROWE
24
Judean king : HEROD
26
Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched : ELSIE
27
Marching band instruments : FIFES
28
What "n" might mean : AND
30
Foes of the Romans : CELTS
31
Fathers : SIRES
32
"I was ___!" : HAD
33
Starve : EMACIATE
34
Like a large garage or small pileup : THREECAR
38
Badly chafe : RUBRAW
40
Feature of Herman on "The Simpsons" : ONEARM
41
Moon of Saturn : TETHYS
43
Half-___ (latte order) : CAF
44
Stirrups, e.g. : BONES
45
Kerfuffle : FLAP
46
Tries, in a way : SIPS
47
Lobster catcher? : BIB
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Just deserts : DUE
50
Currency of Laos : KIP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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