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New York Times, Thursday, January 3, 2019

Author:
Timothy Polin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : May and others, for short
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Timothy Polin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QVYZ} This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Polin. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Thursday freshness: 88%
Jeff Chen notes:
I love blasphemous rule-breaking in the crossworld! I especially love it when there's a grid separated in two, with something nifty ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times1/3/19 ( No. 25,258 )
Across
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Got the attention of : GRABBED
8
Followers of the Baal Shem Tov : HASIDIM
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Author known for the intelligence of his writing? : LECARRE
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Outer layer of a membrane : EXODERM
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Crystallizing substance in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" : ICENINE
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Conglomeration : AMALGAM
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With 20-Across, pattern in back of a window : DESKTOP
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See 19-Across : PAPER
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Cut down, possibly : EDIT
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Cold-weather product prefix : SNO
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Reading ability? : ESP
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Can't stomach : DETESTS
30
"De profundis," e.g. : PSALM
32
Best-selling erotic novelist ___ Leigh : LORA
33
Germ-free state : ASEPSIS
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With 37-Across, hit Leonardo DiCaprio film, with "The" : WOLFOF
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See 35-Across : STREET
38
Narrow tube in chemistry : PIPETTE
39
Get better : HEAL
40
App customers : USERS
41
Cinches : ENSURES
45
Boardom? : PEN
46
Playing card marking : PIP
49
Word with full or file : NAME
50
With 52-Across, commander at the First Battle of Bull Run : STONE
52
See 50-Across : JACKSON
55
Kobe or Shaq, notably : LALAKER
57
Recruits : ENLISTS
58
Steam locomotive workers : STOKERS
59
Black Panther's co-creator : STANLEE
60
Reduction of tension : DETENTE
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Choir composition : SINGERS
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Chasséd, say : GLIDED
2
Withdraw : RECEDE
3
Gets a 5 on an A.P. exam, say : ACESIT
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One who may help you keep your balance? : BANKTELLER
5
Lancastrian or Liverpudlian : BRIT
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___ Laszlo (cosmetics brand) : ERNO
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Not easily understood : DEEP
8
Stacks : HEAPS
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Lumberjack : AXMAN
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Daytime TV fare : SOAPOPERAS
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Pass the time : IDLE
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Prepare, as hides for tanning : DEGREASE
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Org. that supported the Good Friday Agreement : IRA
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"Scrumptious!" : MMM
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Razor cut : SLIT
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May and others, for short : PMS
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Hard to hear, perhaps : SOFTSPOKEN
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Quick pace : TROT
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A good one is hard to crack : SAFE
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Underground activity : SPELUNKING
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1970 Australian Open winner : ASHE
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W.W. II weapon : STEN
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Full of sass : WISE
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Gap in a schedule : OPENSLOT
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Lightweight boxer? : PUP
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Brawl in the backwoods : RASSLE
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Possible candidate for a Razzie Award : EMOTER
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Has a funny feeling : SENSES
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Like atoms with complete valence shells : INERT
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Inherently : PERSE
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Stomach : TAKE
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The new girl on Fox's "New Girl" : JESS
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Disfavoring : ANTI
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Group with a tartan : CLAN
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Subject of many '60s hits? : LSD
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Had something : ATE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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