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New York Times, Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Author:
John Guzzetta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : Car registration fig.
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John Guzzetta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Guzzetta. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 36%
John Guzzetta notes:
I had this math theme sitting in my notebook for a couple of years. Hope faded that I would ever find a phrase that started with ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I have a feeling this one is going to leave some solvers cold, but I'm a sucker for most anything math-related. John gives us types of ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times2/10/16 ( No. 24,200 )
Across
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Many Latin ones end in -are : VERBS
6
Some jazz sessions : JAMS
10
Doorstep item : MAT
13
Right-leaning : ITALIC
15
The munchies, e.g. : URGE
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Homage in verse : ODE
17
Tsunami, for one : NATURALDISASTER
20
Bone-chilling : EERIE
21
Hobos' conveyances : RAILS
22
Grinder input : WHOLEBEANCOFFEE
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Caucus locale : IOWA
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Mansard overhang : EAVE
29
Regatta teams : CREWS
31
Attack from a blind, say : SNIPE
33
Airer of Super Bowl 50 : CBS
36
"This is ___" (TV slogan) : CNN
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The first parts of 17- and 22-Across are always this, the first part of 46-Across is sometimes this, and the first part of 55-Across is never this : INTEGER
39
Back talk : LIP
40
___-backwards : ASS
41
Doggy : POOCH
42
Problem for a comb : SNARL
44
Pronoun in letter greetings : WHOM
45
Relative of contra- : ANTI
46
Sound judgment : RATIONALTHOUGHT
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Hatch of Utah : ORRIN
54
Blow one's top : ERUPT
55
Hobbes, in "Calvin and Hobbes" : IMAGINARYFRIEND
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___ Pérignon : DOM
62
Scrubbed, as a mission : NOGO
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Leno's late-night successor : FALLON
64
'16 people in '16, e.g. : SRS
65
___ Goose vodka : GREY
66
Broom-___ of the comics : HILDA
Down
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Car registration fig. : VIN
2
H, on a fraternity house : ETA
3
Mob hit victim, sometimes : RAT
4
Sunday shopping ban : BLUELAW
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"No ___, Bob!" : SIREE
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Herod's realm : JUDEA
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"Exodus" hero ___ Ben Canaan : ARI
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Classic British sports cars : MGS
9
Pirates, or their ships : SEAROVERS
10
Dominant theme : MOTIF
11
Singer with the 2015 album "25" : ADELE
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Hardly long-winded : TERSE
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Potato or pasta, informally : CARB
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It's not true : LIE
19
Something behind a painting, maybe : SAFE
22
Pagan belief : WICCA
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Most big band instruments : HORNS
24
Jesse of the 1936 Olympics : OWENS
25
Sound from a stable : NEIGH
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Superhero accessory : CAPE
30
Stealing, as gasoline : SIPHONING
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Leaf pore : STOMA
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Japanese PC maker : NEC
33
Trolley sound : CLANG
34
Blessed event : BIRTH
35
The 7-10 is a nasty one : SPLIT
38
It comes before one : NOON
43
Spiral-shelled mollusks : NAUTILI
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Kristen of "Bridesmaids" : WIIG
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Bodybuilder's dirty secret, informally : ROIDS
47
Hard wear? : ARMOR
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J.F.K.'s AirTrain and others : TRAMS
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"Bad, bad" Brown of song : LEROY
50
Have a go at : TRY
51
Fit of pique : HUFF
52
Celeb parodied by Maya Rudolph on "S.N.L." : OPRAH
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___'easter : NOR
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Dating site datum : AGE
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90° bend : ELL
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Oscar nomination, informally : NOD
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"CSI" evidence : DNA

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

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