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New York Times, Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Second addendum to a letter, for short
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQW} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. Gordon. Tuesday freshness: 41%
Jeff Chen notes:
I've heard anecdotes that the average crossword solver doesn't even notice themes, just mindlessly filling in squares until it's done, ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Fun puzzle. I like this one.

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© 2018, The New York Times12/4/18 ( No. 25,228 )
Across
1
Commonly sprained joint : ANKLE
6
Smurf with a white beard : PAPA
10
Sounds when settling into a hot bath : AAHS
14
Good name for a dyslexic neurosurgeon? : BRIAN
15
Each : APOP
16
Four Corners state : UTAH
17
Clothing store event to get rid of excess merchandise : SAMPLESALE
19
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
20
French writer who refused the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature : SARTRE
21
Evita of "Evita" : PERON
22
Government agency charged with protecting the first family : SECRETSERVICE
24
Tolerate : ABIDE
26
Prefix with -phyte : NEO
27
Participate in a prizefight : BOX
28
Nursery rhyme character who met a pieman : SIMPLESIMON
36
Old Russian autocrat : CZAR
38
Prank : CAPER
39
Steakhouse specification : RARE
40
In the near future : SOMEDAYSOON
43
Word before sells or cells : SEX
44
Exclamation on "The Simpsons" : DOH
45
Admission of defeat : ILOST
47
Brooke Shields sitcom set at a trendy magazine : SUDDENLYSUSAN
54
"Hurray!" or "Olé!" : CHEER
55
Really small, informally : TEENSY
56
Destruction : RUIN
57
Nightclub singer who was given the nickname "Buddha" by Frank Sinatra : SYLVIASYMS
61
Strong desire : URGE
62
___ Stanley Gardner of detective fiction : ERLE
63
Christmas carols : NOELS
64
Hot Chocolate or Vanilla Fudge : BAND
65
Professional org. : ASSN
66
Plumber's device : SNAKE
Down
1
"Washboard" muscles : ABS
2
Org. opposed by Everytown for Gun Safety : NRA
3
North Korean leader : KIM
4
Expired, as a membership : LAPSED
5
Intertwines : ENLACES
6
Cut's partner in word processing : PASTE
7
Separately : APART
8
Firehouse fixtures : POLES
9
Orangutan, for one : APE
10
Bye at the French Open? : AUREVOIR
11
Company that created Pong : ATARI
12
Destruction : HAVOC
13
Bootblack's job : SHINE
18
Drop the ball : ERR
21
Air Force One passenger: Abbr. : PRES
22
Schoolteacher's wake-up time, perhaps : SIXAM
23
First month of el año : ENERO
24
Basic facts : ABCS
25
Nincompoop : BOZO
29
Billionaire Carl : ICAHN
30
Last full month of spring : MAY
31
Second addendum to a letter, for short : PPS
32
Summer zodiac sign : LEO
33
One who works with bricks : MASON
34
Bonanza discoveries : ORES
35
Barbershop call : NEXT
37
Blushed or flushed : REDDENED
41
Active person : DOER
42
Popular Japanese cars : NISSANS
46
Applies, as a thick coat of paint : LAYSON
47
Second-stringer : SCRUB
48
Communications officer on the Enterprise : UHURA
49
Condescend (to) : DEIGN
50
Distance units in astron. : LTYRS
51
Shouts : YELLS
52
Commonest craps roll : SEVEN
53
Prefix with cellular : UNI
57
Where the buoys are : SEA
58
Affirmative vote : YEA
59
Jan. honoree : MLK
60
NNW's opposite : SSE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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