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New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Down : Self-satisfied smile
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Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQX} This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Agard. Wednesday freshness: 87%
Erik Agard notes:
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© 2019, The New York Times11/20/19 ( No. 25,579 )
Across
1
Univ. entrance exam : ACT
4
Scores worth six pts. : TDS
7
Grates, as a lemon : ZESTS
12
Take the risk : CHANCEIT
15
Pricey bars : INGOTS
17
Spanish greeting : COMOESTA
18
Stadium cheer : GOTEAM
19
"Fiddler on the Roof" star : TOPOL
20
Light: Sp. : LUZ
22
___ Fridays : TGI
23
2018 blockbuster film based on a Marvel comic : BLACKPANTHER
28
"TMI!" : EWW
31
Time for a trip to Cabo San Lucas or Miami Beach : SPRINGBREAK
32
Oohs' counterparts : AAHS
34
III, to Jr., say : SON
35
High-level math, informally : CALC
36
Its license plates say "Life Elevated" : UTAH
37
Attraction in Bay Lake, Fla. : EPCOT
40
Hand, informally : MITT
42
Latin list ender : ETAL
44
"___ Believer" : IMA
45
Wine ___ : SNOB
46
Bring about : ORCHESTRATE
50
Baseball stat that's better when it's lower : ERA
51
Sturdier alternative to a cardboard box : PLASTICCRATE
53
Lair : DEN
54
___-de-sac : CUL
55
German philosopher Georg : HEGEL
59
Sheep : OVINES
62
Latin American pastry : EMPANADA
65
Give ownership of : CEDETO
66
Long fish with a row of barbs : SPINYEEL
67
Boston airport : LOGAN
68
Ticklee's syllable : HEE
69
Actress Ortiz : ANA
Down
1
No. at an insurance agency : ACCT
2
When repeated, a toy train : CHOO
3
Press (down) : TAMP
4
Immune system protectors : TCELLS
5
Bleu ___ Causses (French cheese) : DES
6
Command before "Shake!" : SIT
7
Shape of a lightning bolt : ZIGZAG
8
Composer Brian : ENO
9
Police dept. member : SGT
10
Follow directions : TOETHELINE
11
Laurence Olivier, notably : STAGEACTOR
13
Tyro, in modern parlance : NOOB
14
Argue repetitively ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme : TALKINCIRCLES
16
Self-satisfied smile : SMIRK
21
Old TV channel that aired "Moesha" : UPN
24
Church part that sounds like what you might have on your smartphone : APSE
25
Wheat or soybeans : CROP
26
"This Is Us" network : NBC
27
Cable cars : TRAMS
28
What fills un lac : EAU
29
What rises and falls in a lake : WATERLEVEL
30
Question from a helpful person (or a helpless one) : WHATCANIDO
33
Bygone leaders : SHAHS
38
Actor Dorsey of TV's "Queen Sugar" : OMAR
39
Line out the door? : TATA
41
Abbr. meaning "We'll fill this slot in later" : TBA
43
Wimbledon call : LET
46
Nonfiction film with a point of view, in brief : OPDOC
47
Sends after : SICSON
48
Lone Star State sch. : TCU
49
Gas that's a man's name + E : ETHANE
52
"___, meeny ..." : EENY
56
Greek earth goddess : GAEA
57
Biblical paradise : EDEN
58
In ___ land : LALA
60
Below zero: Abbr. : NEG
61
Athenian vowel : ETA
63
Dashboard stat: Abbr. : MPH
64
Chart shape : PIE

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

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