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New York Times, Saturday, December 28, 2024

Author:
Sam Berriman
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
12-Down : One asked "to change his ways," per a 1988 hit
TotalDebut
112/28/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.551065%
Sam Berriman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 43 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Berriman. Saturday freshness: 11%
Jim Horne notes:

43 blocks is a lot for a Saturday. In fact, it's a lot for any 15x15.

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© 2024, The New York Times12/28/24 ( No. 27,444 )
Across
1
Fans flip for it : SPORTSPAGE
11
Deflection technique : WHATABOUTISM
13
Iconic accessory worn by 1-Down : DEERSTALKERCAP
15
Acts human, proverbially : ERRS
16
Medical container : VIAL
17
Infamous bushranger Kelly : NED
19
Hand-drawn frame : CEL
20
Posthumous title : SAINT
22
Far from floor-reaching : MINI
23
One for the books, in brief? : CFO
24
Hurt : STUNG
25
Feature of English, but not Chinese : TENSE
26
Narrative thread : ARC
27
Classic red rubber dog toy : KONG
28
Get lost : BEATIT
29
Manage : EKEOUT
31
Call to a crew : LANDHO
32
Letter-shaped apparel : TSHIRT
33
Unit cost? : RENT
34
Tree creature of fiction : ENT
36
Wanting : SHORT
37
Singles, say : SONGS
38
Juilliard offering, in brief : MFA
39
+ or – : POLE
40
Compromises : BENDS
41
Birth control option : IUD
42
Simple operation : SUM
43
Jenkins known as "The First Lady of Children's Music" : ELLA
44
Kind of vaccine : MRNA
45
Sesquipedalia : TENDOLLARWORDS
50
Some celebrity memorabilia : SIGNEDPHOTOS
51
Current from currents : HYDROPOWER
Down
1
Guinness's second-most-portrayed literary character in film, after Dracula : SHERLOCKHOLMES
2
Target scores : PARS
3
They start with coin tosses, in brief : OTS
4
Singer in the family? : RAT
5
Schedule inits. : TBA
6
What are you doing? : SOLVING
7
First trimester woe, informally : PUKING
8
Bothered : ATEAT
9
Part of some superhero names : GIRL
10
What's left of F1 : ESC
11
"Sorry, that's the last one" : WEREFRESHOUT
12
One asked "to change his ways," per a 1988 hit : MANINTHEMIRROR
13
Label that first signed the Rolling Stones : DECCA
14
Sources of retirement income : PENSIONFUNDS
18
Paleolithic, for example : DIET
20
Strong draft : STOUT
21
Hilda or Zelda, to Sabrina the Teenage Witch : AUNT
22
Beverage that begins with a bee? : MEAD
24
Hybrid sportswear : SKORT
25
Gear that's a homophone of 25-Across : TENTS
28
Fringe : British English :: ___ : American English : BANGS
30
Snakes were famously driven from it, in legend : EIRE
31
Impart : LEND
32
There are nine in a shot glass: Abbr. : TSPS
33
World's highest-paid athlete in 2024 : RONALDO
35
Cues for applause : TADAS
37
One side of a deal : SELLER
40
Lightheaded? : BLOND
43
High-strung : EDGY
44
Bit of dust : MOTE
46
Major inits. in biomedical research : NIH
47
Clock, e.g. : APP
48
Corinthian character : RHO
49
"Neat!" : WOW

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