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New York Times, Saturday, January 10, 2015

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Water cycle studiers, e.g.
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Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 67, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 9, (3 triple stacks) Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Krozel. Saturday freshness: 21%
Joe Krozel notes:
My last revision of this puzzle was submitted almost two years prior to the publication date, so when I sat down to solve this final ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Neat pattern! A visual treat to drink in this sort of wide-open grid, the likes of which I've never seen before. I love that Joe takes ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Grid-spanning triple-triple stacks are not that uncommon any more but this is the first time they've intersected. All previous examples laid them out horizontally.

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© 2015, The New York Times1/10/15 ( No. 23,804 )
Across
1
Subs' subs : CTEAMS
7
"My old lady" : THEMRS
13
Many a Bedouin : ARABIAN
15
Cigar with both ends open : CHEROOT
16
Wraps around an island? : SARONGS
17
City across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Tex. : REYNOSA
18
What may precede itself : UNTO
19
Lover of Mattie in an Edith Wharton novel : ETHAN
21
Sulk : SNIT
22
Flue flake : ASH
23
Mocha alternative : CHAITEA
25
Souvenir sometimes made with shells : LEI
26
Vocalist's warm-up run : LAS
27
Gathering of stockholders? : HERDERS
28
L.A. law notable, once : ITO
29
Scorer of the first double eagle in U.S. Open history, 1985 : TCCHEN
31
"The Internship" co-star, 2013 : VAUGHN
33
"Really?" : ITIS
34
Celsius, for one : SWEDE
38
The other side : THEM
39
Noted preschool sequence? : EIEIO
41
Question of introspection : AMI
42
Four at the fore? : TETRA
43
Dolphin facility : SONAR
44
Fizzler : DUD
45
Ugly ___ : ASSIN
46
It's west of James Bay: Abbr. : ONT
47
Adrenaline, informally : EPI
49
Drug delivery options, briefly : IVS
51
Important union members? : OVA
52
Guarantor of financial accounts, for short : FDIC
54
How a champagne bottle may arrive : INICE
56
Natural thing to feel : ONEG
57
Locale of five major U.S. volcanoes : WASHINGTONSTATE
60
Big wave, e.g. : ATTENTIONGETTER
61
Takes a breather : RESTSONONESOARS
Down
1
Fighting losses : CASUALTIESOFWAR
2
Invoice information : TRANSACTIONDATE
3
Water cycle studiers, e.g. : EARTHSCIENTISTS
4
"Pink-___" (1966 Pink Panther short) : ABOO
5
One of two extremes: Abbr. : MIN
6
Nevadans : SAGEHENS
7
"Such gall!" : THENERVE
8
Common 60-Across : HEY
9
Shoreline avifauna : ERNS
10
Masterpiece designated "quasi una fantasia" : MOONLIGHTSONATA
11
Per a 1942 song, "She's making history, working for victory" : ROSIETHERIVETER
12
Radio heads : STATIONMANAGERS
14
Many an old red giant : NSTAR
15
Packing option : CRATE
20
Tucked away : HID
23
Revolutionary figure : CHE
24
Thick plank insert? : ASA
30
Early Chinese dynasty : HSIA
32
Trojans' foes : UTES
35
Joining the fray : WADINGIN
36
Dingo dodger : EMU
37
Frenchy portrayer in "Grease" : DIDICONN
40
What might be grabbed in a rush : ORE
42
Profs' backups : TAS
48
One with patches : PINTO
50
Settle a score, old-style : VENGE
53
Lemon who played for the 1984 World Series-winning Tigers : CHET
55
Langston Hughes poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen,' / Then" : ITOO
56
Good name for a chauffeur? : OTTO
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Lead-___ : INS
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French possessive : SES

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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