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New York Times, Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Author:
Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : Hall-of-Fame pitcher Warren
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
407/17/200710/5/202410
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812521012
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
471.6128367%
Natan Last
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2711/3/20137/26/202416
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
51374331
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
151.6218059%
Andy Kravis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Last. This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Kravis. Tuesday freshness: 89%
Constructor notes:
ANDY: At the beginning of the semester, we set out to make a Monday puzzle (the only day of the week JASA hasn't yet had an NYT puzzle ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Some deliciously youthful fill coming from the JASA class today! What's the DEALIO, you might ask, with YOSHI the dinosaur? I say Si ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times10/9/18 ( No. 25,172 )
Across
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Sends to eternal punishment : DAMNS
6
Apple desktop : IMAC
10
Kind of tide : NEAP
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Kindle purchase : EBOOK
15
Greek goddess of Earth : GAIA
16
"Free Willy" creature : ORCA
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Easter hopper : BUNNY
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Not mine alone : OURS
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Platypus feature : BILL
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Coined phrase? : EPLURIBUSUNUM
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Bob who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature : DYLAN
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What a kitten is picked up by : NAPE
25
Something Linus carries in "Peanuts" : SECURITYBLANKET
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Buds : PALS
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What it takes to tango : TWO
33
Canine, e.g. : TOOTH
34
2016 Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala : ALI
35
Collections for afternoon socials : TEASETS
38
Reticent : SHY
39
Ballet dancer in "Fantasia" : HIPPO
41
Regal initialism : HRH
42
Physics prereq., maybe : CHEM
43
"Just as I expected!" : NOSURPRISETHERE
47
"The Giving ___" (Shel Silverstein title) : TREE
48
Civil rights leader Medgar : EVERS
49
2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across : HIDDENFIGURES
54
Frozen yogurt mix-in : OREO
55
Item cut up for a salad, informally : CUKE
56
Dental care brand : ORALB
59
Tilt : SKEW
60
"That makes perfect sense now!" : ISEE
61
Crude carrier : OILER
62
"SportsCenter" airer : ESPN
63
Unauthorized disclosure : LEAK
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"Be prepared," for example : MOTTO
Down
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One at a coming-out party, briefly : DEB
2
___ Dhabi : ABU
3
Wallet alternatives : MONEYCLIPS
4
Puzzle : NONPLUS
5
Actor Astin of "Pitch Perfect" : SKYLAR
6
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
7
Island east of Lanai : MAUI
8
Website with a lot of home pages? : AIRBNB
9
Laid-back : CASUAL
10
Mock Spanish expression of disapproval : NOBUENO
11
The Emerald Isle : ERIN
12
Rights org. : ACLU
13
It can be greased : PALM
21
Wed : UNITE
22
Footwear for a dandy : SPATS
23
"What's the ___?" (slangy "How's it going?") : DEALIO
25
Hall-of-Fame pitcher Warren : SPAHN
26
Onetime Pan Am rival : TWA
27
Dinosaur in the Super Mario world : YOSHI
28
Passover brisket seasoning : KOSHERSALT
29
Anesthetics of old : ETHERS
30
"Parsley, sage, rosemary and ___" ("Scarborough Fair" lyric) : THYME
35
Longtime Yankees manager Joe : TORRE
36
Triage sites, for short : ERS
37
What's exited in Brexit, for short : THEEU
40
Insult : PUTDOWN
42
"Ta-ta!" : CHEERIO
44
Tentatively schedule, with "in" : PENCIL
45
Say no to : REFUSE
46
Remote location? : TVROOM
49
It may wind up at the side of a house : HOSE
50
Annoys : IRKS
51
Profound : DEEP
52
Company whose how-to manuals lack words : IKEA
53
Tech whiz : GEEK
57
Tennis do-over : LET
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"Dude!" : BRO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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