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New York Times, Saturday, November 13, 2021

Author:
Adam Aaronson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : "Anyone who has ever worn a ___ spells it '___,'" per a 2018 New York Times article
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Adam Aaronson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FQW} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Aaronson. Saturday freshness: 20%
Adam Aaronson notes:
I first encountered the phrase CLEAN PLATE CLUB in the YouTube cooking show Binging With Babish, finding it so evocative and fun that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Great quantity of long slots, and even better utilization. With 16 long slots (8+ letters), it seemed like I was uncovering goodies ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/13/21 ( No. 26,303 )
Across
1
Maker of the Karma quadcopter drone : GOPRO
6
East Timor's capital : DILI
10
Call to a mate : GDAY
14
Like white-eyes and wheatears : AVIAN
15
River that's a letter off from 20-Across : URAL
16
Default result, maybe : REPO
17
Chilling : EERIE
18
Capital whose name means "smoky bay," referencing the steam from its hot springs : REYKJAVIK
20
Sea that's a letter off from 15-Across : ARAL
21
Hockey star Patrick : KANE
22
___-friendly (ecolabel) : OZONE
23
Netflix series that caused a 2017 surge in Eggo sales : STRANGERTHINGS
26
Stadium refrain : OLEOLE
27
Palme d'Or field : CINE
28
Groups with lots of issues to talk through : DEBATETEAMS
31
Not-so-big shot : BBS
34
Needing to be charged : DEAD
35
Donnie ___, title role for Jake Gyllenhaal : DARKO
36
"Slick" : NEAT
37
Monitor of a tap : SPY
38
Activity with a drawing of names : SECRETSANTA
40
Car music player button : SEEK
41
Epitome : HEIGHT
42
Something good eaters "join" : CLEANPLATECLUB
47
Passages in a long story? : HALLS
48
___ Parker (handbag retailer) : EDIE
49
Suddenly show (up) : CROP
51
"Ah, yes, of course ..." : IREMEMBER
53
Director Sam : RAIMI
54
Lead-in to medicine : NANO
55
Savory sauce made with chocolate : MOLE
56
Most likely, in a text : PROBS
57
Home of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque : OMAN
58
Got rid of : AXED
59
Collection of brains : MENSA
Down
1
Mother (and wife!) of Uranus : GAEA
2
Stay out for too long? : OVERSLEEP
3
Notorious online hub for illegal file sharing, with "The" : PIRATEBAY
4
Reading, for instance : RAILROAD
5
With 39-Down, "Wait!" : ONE
6
"Anyone who has ever worn a ___ spells it '___,'" per a 2018 New York Times article : DURAG
7
Nobel-winning daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie : IRENE
8
What bakers might do their level best to make? : LAYERCAKE
9
Sort : ILK
10
"Prego" preceder : GRAZIE
11
County that's home to Plymouth, England : DEVON
12
Mocking, maybe : APING
13
Joins : YOKES
19
Heads : JOHNS
21
Heavily engaged (in) : KNEEDEEP
24
___-country : ALT
25
Chalamet of 2021's "Dune" : TIMOTHEE
26
9-to-5, e.g. : ODDS
29
You might take the bait from one : TACKLEBOX
30
Foul up : ERR
31
Eponym of Israel's largest airport : BENGURION
32
Scented products that cause underwater "explosions" : BATHBOMBS
33
"Don't wait!" : STAT
36
You might have a file for this : NAILCARE
38
Word with talking or horse : SENSE
39
See 5-Down : SEC
40
Shade of pink : SALMON
42
Casual pants material : CHINO
43
2019 Super Bowl loser, for short : LARAM
44
Lead role in "The Vampire Diaries" : ELENA
45
First person to appear simultaneously on the American and British covers of Vogue (Oct. 2021) : ADELE
46
Played out : TIRED
50
Site of a famous tilt in European history : PISA
52
Sport with a big pay-per-view audience, in brief : MMA
53
Spinning inits. : RPM

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

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