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New York Times, Friday, February 9, 2018

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Down : Ska band instrument
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {WX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 177 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 37%
Brendan Emmett Quigley notes:
This is one of my go to grids when making themelesses. Peter Gordon was the first (I believe) to do a pattern like this with the 12s ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Fun to get that pile-up of rare letters in the middle of the puzzle, Q J J Z Z nearby. Loved it! I like BOOK PROPOSAL a lot, ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times2/9/18 ( No. 24,930 )
Across
1
"No, really" : IINSIST
8
Sort : COLLATE
15
Carpet cleaner : STEAMER
16
High-minded sort? : AVIATOR
17
Give a flat fee? : LEASETO
18
Back in the stadium : ROOTFOR
19
[Can you believe they wrote this?!] : EMPHASISMINE
21
TV commentator Navarro : ANA
22
Abbr. in math class : QED
23
Stock at a wine bar : CABS
27
Off the wall : ZANY
30
Battle of Soissons setting : GAUL
32
Place for a miniature flag : LAPEL
33
Goon : APE
34
Weapon with a rope and balls : BOLA
35
Literary nickname for Dolores : LOLITA
36
One of the Smithsonian buildings : PORTRAITGALLERY
39
What "they" can only be, to grammar sticklers : PLURAL
40
Enliven, with "up" : JAZZ
41
Signal : CUE
42
Iowa town where Grant Wood's "American Gothic" is set : ELDON
43
Shade of red : RUBY
44
Word with chicken or news : FEED
45
Go here and there : ROAM
46
Tight spot : JAM
47
Scare quote? : BOO
49
Pitch to a publisher : BOOKPROPOSAL
55
Paper that runs mots croisés : LEMONDE
58
Seeing someone, say : ONADATE
59
When Caesar says "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look" : SCENEII
60
Prized sheep : MERINOS
61
1831 Poe work : TOHELEN
62
Prizes : ESTEEMS
Down
1
Carnival Cruise stop : ISLE
2
Twosome : ITEM
3
___ tide : NEAP
4
Walk alluringly : SASHAY
5
"Well ..." : IMEAN
6
Aspires to do something : SETSAGOAL
7
"Star Trek: T.N.G." role : TROI
8
Mount near Haifa : CARMEL
9
Like a squashed circle : OVOID
10
Peugeot symbol : LION
11
It may come long after the play : LATECALL
12
Gangbusters, for short? : ATF
13
"___ soon?" : TOO
14
Go astray : ERR
20
Exercise started by crouching : SQUATJUMP
24
Per : APIECE
25
Not stray : BETRUE
26
Did phenomenally onstage : SLAYED
27
Debugging tool? : ZAPPER
28
Cyclops killer of myth : APOLLO
29
Poet who wrote "Tonight I can write the saddest lines" : NERUDA
31
Ayaan Hirsi ___, Somali-born advocate for women's rights and religious freedom : ALI
32
Online hilarity : LOLZ
34
Healthful breakfast choice : BRAN
35
Do-nothing : LAZYBONES
37
Ska band instrument : TROMBONE
38
Be garrulous : GAB
43
Make hand over fist : RAKEIN
44
Epicure : FOODIE
46
"Doctor Who" actress Whittaker : JODIE
48
Good genre for a maze maker : OPART
50
Intro to Torts student : ONEL
51
"The Bicycle Thief" setting : ROME
52
All together, so to speak : SANE
53
Bond collector? : ATOM
54
Not so great : LESS
55
W.W. II craft: Abbr. : LST
56
Pro-sustainability, in lingo : ECO
57
"It doesn't excite me" : MEH

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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