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New York Times, Saturday, December 9, 2017

Author:
Stu Ockman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : Baby shower
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Stu Ockman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Ockman. Saturday freshness: 81%
Stu Ockman notes:
When I received the acceptance email in January, I did a double-take. After submitting over a hundred puzzles, several multiple times, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'm mostly in agreement with Stu. 66-word grids are no joke — so tough to get both smooth and sparkly. There's a reason so few ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times12/9/17 ( No. 24,868 )
Across
1
Spanish pronoun : ESAS
5
In equally good shape : ASFIT
10
Whence many paintings of Pueblo Indians : TAOS
14
Longtime first name in gossip : RONA
15
Poet who was a friend of Dalí : LORCA
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___ more : ONCE
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Desperate : INDIRENEED
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Speed : RATE
20
Side dish at a Southern barbecue : CORNBREAD
21
Nut whose name has multiple pronunciations : PECAN
22
Catch phrase? : IGOTIT
23
Figure skater Witt : KATARINA
25
Spends time on-line? : DRIES
26
Some Christmas decorations : PINECONES
27
"Shane" star : LADD
28
Canaries, e.g. : FINCHES
29
Four characters in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" : EMS
30
"How Deep Is Your Love" group, 1977 : BEEGEES
31
Site ___ (web page listing) : MAP
34
Doctor of 1960s TV : KILDARE
35
"___ bing!" : BADA
36
Certain media constraints : LIBELLAWS
39
"A rich man is nothing but a poor man with ___": W. C. Fields : MONEY
40
Without putting in any effort : ONAPLATE
41
Waters in Washington : MAXINE
42
Links things? : CARTS
43
Passing concern : ESTATETAX
45
Cher, for one : ALTO
46
Talked over, say : DROWNEDOUT
47
Gladly, old-style : LIEF
48
Former Red Sox slugger Tony : ARMAS
49
___ Technologies, massively popular 2009 start-up : UBER
50
Old-time worker : SERF
51
1980s attorney general : MEESE
52
Professional aide, for short : PARA
Down
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Who wrote and sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" : ERICIDLE
2
Baby shower : SONOGRAM
3
Some "Star Wars" figures : ANDROIDS
4
Like Joan of Arc : SAINTED
5
"Incoming!," e.g. : ALERT
6
Volume measure : SONE
7
Fantabulous : FREAKINGAWESOME
8
Some Winter Olympians : ICEDANCERS
9
Minute amount : TAD
10
Ones whose work may have sticking points? : TOREROS
11
Product with the old catchphrase "Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!" : ANACIN
12
Measure of ping resistance : OCTANE
13
Considered : SEENAS
18
Slugger's stat : RBIS
21
Duel measure : PACES
24
Giggle : TEHEE
26
Home away from home : PIEDATERRE
28
Buster : FELLA
30
Ones in the U.S., but not in Canada : BILLS
31
One side of the border-straddling International Peace Garden : MANITOBA
32
First chancellor of West Germany, 1949-63 : ADENAUER
33
Suffer price gouging, e.g. : PAYEXTRA
34
Avoided : KEPTOFF
35
Ready to ship, say : BOXEDUP
36
Townies : LOCALS
37
One way to be caught : INALIE
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Simple kind of economy : BARTER
39
Dating service success : MATE
41
Stately home : MANSE
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First word of "Jabberwocky" : TWAS
46
Channel changer? : DAM

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