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New York Times, Thursday, September 6, 2018

Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Ribs
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 88 for Mr. Chen. Thursday freshness: 19%
Jeff Chen notes:

Sometimes you look at a phrase and a fully-formed crossword idea jumps out at you.

This wasn't one of those times.

Roughly eleventy-six iterations later ...

Jeff Chen notes:
Trickiest part of this construction was figuring out to get enough of the seven "theme" entries to be 1.) long and 2.) interesting. ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times9/6/18 ( No. 25,139 )
Across
1
City where you can view Edvard Munch's "The Scream" : OSLO
5
Japanese roadster : MIATA
10
Images on Australia's 50-cent coins : EMUS
14
Dweller along the Don : SLAV
15
Shades for many window shades : ECRUS
16
Mom's mom : NANA
17
Success for a closer in baseball : SAVE
18
___ and Link (popular online comedy duo) : RHETT
19
Compact arms : UZIS
20
Mosque of ___ (shrine in Jerusalem) : OMAR
21
"Check it out for yourself!" : GOSEE
22
Keepsakes for March Madness victors : NETS
23
So-called "Goddess of Pop" : CHER
25
Idle on the set : ERIC
27
Ribs : JOSHES
30
"Heck if I know" : NOIDEA
34
Apex predators of the deep : ORCAS
35
Phishing target, for short : SSN
38
Sticks, as a landing : NAILS
39
Peter or Paul : CZAR
40
Tasted : ATEOF
42
Sub : TEMP
43
Major ___, "Dr. Strangelove" character who rides the bomb : KONG
44
Blather : PRATE
45
Exchange of swear words? : IDOS
46
Literally, "a hopeful person" : ESPERANTO
49
It may involve dips, in two different senses : SALSA
52
Nickname : TAG
53
Ingredient in black jelly beans : ANISE
57
Culinary phrase : ALA
58
Ones reading the Book of Shadows : WICCANS
61
Kind of operation in number theory, for short : MOD
62
Hidden trouble indicator ... or what you'll need to finish this crossword? : TIPOFTHEICEBERG
65
Superhero's defining quality : ABILITY
66
Recount : NARRATE
67
It's between an A and a B : NINETY
68
Yoga poses : ASANAS
Down
1
___ buco : OSSO
2
It's symbolized by a star and crescent : ISLAM
3
It flows and glows : LAVA
4
Entry fees : COVERCHARGES
5
Comes out : EMERGES
6
Blood of the gods, in Greek myth : ICHOR
7
Exposes : BARES
8
Alexander the Great, to Aristotle : TUTEE
9
Like Confucianism or Taoism : EASTERN
10
Formal rejection : RENUNCIATION
11
Puzzle in which people take turns solving : MAZE
12
Put the pedal to the metal : GUNIT
13
Stylishness : SASS
24
Fathers and sons : HES
26
F-, e.g. : ION
27
Athletic type ... or athletic wear : JOCK
28
Pasta common in minestrone : ORZO
29
Digitize : SCAN
31
Word on a gravestone : DIED
32
Muppet who refers to himself in the third person : ELMO
33
The snakes in the movie line "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" : ASPS
35
Like one-size-fits-all garments : STRETCHY
36
The Admiral's Cup, e.g. : SEARACE
37
Words after "Oh, no!" : NOTAGAIN
40
Waze or WeChat : APP
41
Bog : FEN
47
Deemed appropriate : SAWFIT
48
Shockers : TASERS
49
Leader of the land down under? : SATAN
50
Out : ALIBI
51
Rabbit fur : LAPIN
54
"Let me clarify ..." : IMEAN
55
In a way : SORTA
56
Nips : EDGES
59
Teensy : ITTY
60
Indianapolis-based sports org. : NCAA
63
"Hurrah!" : OLE
64
No ___ Day (October 13) : BRA

Answer summary:
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