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New York Times, Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Author:
Josh Radnor and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Down : It has no point
TotalDebutCollabs
11/31/20181
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0001000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.51758%
Josh Radnor
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1577/5/201010/27/2024109
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431017263711121
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
11411.6292255%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Radnor. This is puzzle # 80 for Mr. Chen. See all the celebrity crosswords. Wednesday freshness: 88%
Notepad: CELEBRITY CROSSWORD
This puzzle is a collaboration by the actor Josh Radnor, the star of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," as well as the writer/director of two films (to date), working together with Jeff Chen, a writer in Seattle. This is Jeff's 80th crossword for The Times.
More information about the making of today's puzzle appears in the Times's daily crossword column (nytimes.com/column/wordplay).
Constructor notes:
JEFF: Very cool to get a chance to work with Josh! My wife had just listened to a podcast about meditation in which he was featured, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Letter(s)-addition puzzles usually have all sorts of themer possibilities, and OM is a pretty common doublet. So it came as a surprise ... read more
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O
2
F
3
F
4
S
5
T
6
A
7
G
8
E
9
A
10
V
11
I
12
S
13
D
R
O
N
E
S
O
N
14
S
N
I
V
E
15
L
16
S
O
R
O
R
I
T
Y
17
P
I
N
A
T
A
18
O
M
A
H
A
19
M
O
M
E
N
T
S
20
P
21
E
22
R
P
23
B
R
U
S
H
E
S
24
O
M
A
L
25
L
26
E
27
Y
28
C
A
T
S
29
O
R
E
30
M
I
N
I
O
R
E
O
31
N
E
S
S
32
O
M
E
N
V
33
O
34
G
35
U
E
36
E
37
R
38
I
N
39
E
P
I
S
T
40
L
41
E
42
S
43
L
E
N
44
O
45
M
46
I
T
S
N
O
J
O
K
E
47
O
C
T
48
O
P
O
D
49
U
B
E
R
50
P
R
E
M
E
D
I
51
T
52
A
53
T
54
E
D
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E
U
G
E
N
E
56
E
M
E
R
G
57
E
58
N
59
C
60
S
I
E
G
E
L
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S
I
M
M
E
R
E
D
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T
R
A
D
63
T
D
P
A
S
S
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S
© 2018, The New York Times1/31/18 ( No. 24,921 )
Across
1
Not seen by the theater audience : OFFSTAGE
9
Company that acquired Zipcar in 2013 : AVIS
13
Emulates the teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" : DRONESON
14
Speak partly through the nose : SNIVEL
16
Women rush to get into it : SORORITY
17
Hit it! : PINATA
18
Some wonderful times in Nebraska? : OMAHAMOMENTS
20
___ walk : PERP
23
Brief encounters, as with the law : BRUSHES
24
Good name for politico Martin's jazz band? : OMALLEYCATS
29
Extraction target, often : ORE
30
Small version of a popular cookie : MINIOREO
31
Untouchable leader : NESS
32
Portentous fashion magazine? : OMENVOGUE
36
Poetic Ireland : ERIN
39
Letters : EPISTLES
43
Actor Cariou : LEN
44
Makes an unabridged humor book? : OMITSNOJOKE
47
Multi-armed mollusk : OCTOPOD
49
Lead-in to mensch : UBER
50
Calculated ... or a punny hint to 18-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across : PREMEDITATED
55
Pushkin's "___ Onegin" : EUGENE
56
Vitamin brand with a hyphen between its last two letters : EMERGENC
60
"Dirty Harry" director Don : SIEGEL
61
Kept on the down-low? : SIMMERED
62
Like much folk music: Abbr. : TRAD
63
Important stat for QBs : TDPASSES
Down
1
Has too much, for short : ODS
2
To's opposite : FRO
3
A word between the two A's in N.A.A.C.P. : FOR
4
Reggae persona for a noted rapper : SNOOPLION
5
Politician's time : TERM
6
Area traversed by Marco Polo : ASIA
7
Sort of person heavily into eyeliner : GOTH
8
One-named New Age singer : ENYA
9
Personal enmity : ANIMUS
10
Transports for Tarzan : VINES
11
Sir Walter Scott novel : IVANHOE
12
"English" and "Irish" canines : SETTERS
14
Wear : SPORT
15
Lads' loves : LASSES
19
Aid in climbing the corp. ladder : MBA
20
Juice brand with a distinctive bottle : POM
21
Virgin ___ (record label) : EMI
22
Kurosawa's adaptation of "King Lear" : RAN
25
Herbert of the "Pink Panther" movies : LOM
26
Before, in poetry : ERE
27
Itch : YEN
28
Extremely fancy? : COVET
31
Court officials whose jobs have now been replaced by technology : NETJUDGES
33
Special ___ : OPS
34
Spirit once made in bathtubs : GIN
35
Tour grp. : USO
36
Runs off (with) : ELOPES
37
New enlistee : RECRUIT
38
It has no point : INTEGER
40
High ball : LOB
41
Squeeze (out) : EKE
42
Être : French :: ___ : Spanish : SER
44
Had a first night in a theater : OPENED
45
Wear on a runway : MODEL
46
Mean Amin : IDI
48
Symbol for the resistance? : OMEGA
51
Try : TEST
52
In the thick of : AMID
53
Day worker : TEMP
54
Singer Franklin who was Aretha's elder sister : ERMA
57
Lifesaving locales, for short : ERS
58
Word on many a wedding announcement : NEE
59
Bank offerings, for short : CDS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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