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New York Times, Friday, November 29, 2013

Author:
Ned White
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Down : One shot in a cliffhanger
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Ned White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. White. Friday freshness: 59%
Will Shortz notes:
A very handsome construction today. My favorite entries are PUDDY TAT, KELLOGG'S, JEWISH RYE, MINT JELLY, COOL IT, ONE OR TWO, MEL ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I really enjoyed corresponding with Ned. He declined to write a Constructor Note for this particular puzzle, but we had some ... read more
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© 2013, The New York Times11/29/13 ( No. 23,397 )
Across
1
Cartoon canary's bane : PUDDYTAT
9
Lymph liquid : PLASM
14
Launch : INITIATE
15
Many a predictable plot : CLICHE
16
Rests : LIESDOWN
17
One with a game collection, maybe : HUNTER
18
Gate announcement, briefly : ETD
19
Longtime model Parkinson of "The Price Is Right" : DIAN
20
One with a game collection : ARCADE
21
Home to Bar-Ilan Univ. : ISR
22
Grp. supported by 17-Acrosses : NRA
23
Something groundbreaking : AFIRST
27
Post rival : KELLOGGS
32
"That is so obvious!" : NODUH
33
What corned beef is often served on : JEWISHRYE
34
Weights, to a weightlifter : IRON
35
Heart-felt thing? : PULSE
36
Where to take stock? : BARN
37
Lamb accompaniment : MINTJELLY
39
Shade similar to bay : COCOA
40
One getting into briefs? : ATTORNEY
41
Least brazen : COYEST
42
"Eldorado" inits. : EAP
43
Forbid : BAR
44
Urban phenomenon : SPRAWL
48
Coastal diver : TERN
49
Sun Devil Stadium's sch. : ASU
52
Chill : COOLIT
53
Labor leader? : HERCULES
55
Ray Charles's Georgia birthplace : ALBANY
56
A sprinkling : ONEORTWO
57
Inc. magazine topic : REORG
58
Voice of 1-Across : MELBLANC
Down
1
Ton : PILE
2
Ton, e.g. : UNIT
3
Quit running : DIED
4
Detoxing woe : DTS
5
Bagel source? : YIDDISH
6
Many a Taiwanese : TAOIST
7
More than bickering : ATWAR
8
It has eight neighbors: Abbr. : TENN
9
Stars and stripes, say : PLURALS
10
Tod's sidekick on "Route 66" : LINC
11
Court records : ACTA
12
Hammer and sickle holder, maybe : SHED
13
Trivial : MERE
15
Delta lead-in : CHARLIE
22
Like many holiday letters : NEWSY
23
Jungian principle : ANIMA
24
In favor of the idea : FORIT
25
Words before know and care : IDONT
26
Total : RUNTO
27
See 29-Down : KELLY
28
Sarcastic "I can't wait" : OHBOY
29
With 27-Down, her last film was "High Society" : GRACE
30
Some food festival fare : GYROS
31
French body of law? : SENAT
33
Derby favorite : JULEP
35
10 or 15 yards, say : PENALTY
38
One shot in a cliffhanger : JREWING
39
Inner ear? : CORNCOB
41
Stall near the stacks : CARREL
43
Designer Geoffrey : BEENE
44
Evidence of damage : SCAR
45
John Paul II, e.g. : POLE
46
___-call : ROBO
47
Creator of bad apples? : ALAR
48
Hartmann of talk radio : THOM
49
Mont. neighbor : ALTA
50
Wrapped (up) : SEWN
51
Grp. with national antidoping rules : USOC
54
It might end in "mil" : URL

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

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