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New York Times, Saturday, October 27, 2018

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : "That's lousy"
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 91 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 97%
Byron Walden notes:
When I started the puzzle with SCHLUBBY, I had in mind cluing it as [Like many sitcom dads], but SITCOMMY precluded that. SITCOMMY was ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Continuing with my analogy from yesterday, today brings us a daunting dive of deathly difficulty. This 64-word, wide-open grid is not ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times10/27/18 ( No. 25,190 )
Across
1
Overweight and untidy : SCHLUBBY
9
Fertilizer ingredient : POTASH
15
Sybaritic pursuit : PLEASURE
16
City on the Douro River : OPORTO
17
Bro-ey shout-out : YOUDAMAN
18
1973 Best Actor winner for "Save the Tiger" : LEMMON
19
Knotty tree growth : BURL
20
Took sick leave, say : MISSEDWORK
22
Slobbery toon : ODIE
23
Subject of the documentary "Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of W.W. II" : ENIAC
24
Torah vessels : ARKS
25
"Happy Days" hangout, informally : ALS
26
Waiting for a delivery : PREGNANT
28
Miss, e.g. : TITLE
30
23andMe services : DNATESTS
33
Ones going on runs : SKIERS
35
Got on the board : SCORED
37
Like oil spills and clearing of rain forests : ECOCIDAL
41
Jack's other name : KNAVE
42
Certain Febreze targets : PETODORS
44
Paragon : GEM
45
Played with the bow, in music : ARCO
48
"Say Anything ..." director : CROWE
49
Embroil : MIRE
50
Ads that get lots of traffic? : BILLBOARDS
52
Confident self-assessment : ICAN
53
Tarzan's realm : APEDOM
54
What a hack has : NOTALENT
56
Do a double take? : REFILM
57
Progressive competitor : ESURANCE
58
Being : ENTITY
59
Hinged : DEPENDED
Down
1
Some disguised fishing trawlers : SPYBOATS
2
Nebulous : CLOUDLIKE
3
Method of solving : HEURISTIC
4
Transferrer of stock? : LADLE
5
Today preceder : USA
6
"That's lousy" : BUMMER
7
Clocked : BRAINED
8
"Y" with a bar : YENSIGN
9
Skunks : POLECATS
10
Take in the paper : OPED
11
Winner of five British Opens between 1975 and 1983 : TOMWATSON
12
Hardwear? : ARMOR
13
One with a frog in its throat? : STORK
14
Signs of rush hour : HONKS
21
Capital across the Red Sea from Asmara : SANA
26
Idaho's Nez ___ County : PERCE
27
Makes out : NECKS
29
Belgium's longest-reigning monarch (44 years) : LEOPOLDII
31
Macbeth met one at Dunsinane Hill : TRAGICEND
32
Cabbage for canning? : SEVERANCE
34
Formulaically humorous : SITCOMMY
36
Mad : DEMENTED
38
Woman's name meaning "gift" : DORA
39
Decked out : ADORNED
40
Like some aspirin regimens : LOWDOSE
43
Prepare for a long day ahead : RESTUP
45
At ___ minimum : ABARE
46
Turn yellow or red, say : RIPEN
47
Fissure : CLEFT
49
Where "The Last Supper" is located : MILAN
51
Fabric purchase : BOLT
55
Add up to : ARE

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

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