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New York Times, Saturday, September 9, 2023

Author:
Robert S. Gard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Grounds
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Robert S. Gard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 35 Missing: {J} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Gard. Saturday freshness: 96%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/9/23 ( No. 26,968 )
Across
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Many opera villains, traditionally : BASSES
7
Top-notch : GRADEA
13
Latin for "last" : ULTIMA
14
Clipper's bounty : COUPONS
15
Political subject of the 2018 memoir "Nino and Me" : SCALIA
16
Thieves who targeted pedestrians, in historic parlance : FOOTPADS
17
Some futuristic personal transports : HOVERBOARDS
19
Piddling amount : SOU
20
Square : EVEN
21
Suss (out) : SNIFF
22
Dance move done in a prone position, with "the" : WORM
23
Sports bar fixture, in brief : LEDTV
25
Like some tests : TRUEFALSE
27
Time for self-care : MEDAY
29
Half sister of Meredith Grey on "Grey's Anatomy" : LEXIE
30
Prepare to put in storage, in a way : BOXUP
31
Worked steadily at : PLIED
32
Folds : CAVES
33
Kvetches : MOANS
34
Opening day? : CHRISTMAS
36
Some neighborhood mischief, informally : TPING
40
Choice for checkout : LANE
41
First coed and racially integrated college in the South : BEREA
43
Old concert halls : ODEA
44
___ mission : ONA
45
Branch of study that challenges heteronormativity : QUEERTHEORY
47
Some client arrangements : ACCOUNTS
49
Grounds : MOTIVE
50
Temperature units in physics : KELVINS
51
Has the stomach for : ABIDES
52
Like a Lothario : SLEAZY
53
Complimentary : NOCOST
Down
1
Apple quantity : BUSHEL
2
Spot to curl up with a book, maybe : ALCOVE
3
Fended (off) : STAVED
4
Art form accompanied by a theater organ : SILENTMOVIE
5
Title that shares an etymology with "admiral" : EMIR
6
Onetime Scandinavian exports : SAABS
7
Family man? : GOODFELLA
8
Monotonies : RUTS
9
Starter, for short : APP
10
Help out, informally : DOASOLID
11
Sign : ENDORSE
12
"So many ___. So little know" (proverb) : ASSUME
14
Vacation destination in the Ionian Sea : CORFU
16
___ cakes (cupcakes, in the U.K.) : FAIRY
18
Coming up next : ONTAP
22
Is windy, perhaps : WAXESPOETIC
24
Makes cross : VEXES
26
Bit of deception : FEINT
28
Unwanted discovery under the bed : DUSTBUNNY
30
Clingy type? : BARNACLE
31
Fake person : POSER
32
Church part near the altar : CHANCEL
33
Certain zebras : MARES
34
Attire for Count Dracula and Doctor Strange : CLOAKS
35
Gets with : MEETS
37
Overexcited volunteer's response : IDOIDO
38
Whim-whams : NERVES
39
Superlatively buoyant : GAYEST
42
Universal self of Hinduism : ATMAN
45
Pepper with questions, say : QUIZ
46
___ bag (purse type) : HOBO
48
Monthly releases? : OVA

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

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