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New York Times, Saturday, March 18, 2017

Author:
Roland Huget
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Set electricians
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Roland Huget

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Huget. Saturday freshness: 94%
Roland Huget notes:
This puzzle was constructed in January 2015, and a revision was suggested in June 2015. After re-submission the revision was accepted ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Like Roland's others with similar grid designs, there are very few long (8+ letters) slots, but he does well with the ones he has: ... read more
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M
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R
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F
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Q
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T
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B
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T
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S
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W
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J
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D
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U
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N
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D
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P
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M
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H
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P
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W
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© 2017, The New York Times3/18/17 ( No. 24,602 )
Across
1
Even faster than overnight : SAMEDAY
8
Creator of Bluto and Wimpy : ECSEGAR
15
From the heart, in Latin : EXANIMO
16
Heart : COURAGE
17
He played an escaped convict in "We're No Angels" : ALDORAY
18
Bad representation? : LUCIFER
19
Bucket of bolts : CRATE
20
Central U.S.'s ___ Plateau : OZARK
22
Keys are found in it: Abbr. : FLA
23
So-called "Caput Mundi" ("Head of the World") : ROME
24
Phrase usually abbreviated : IDEST
25
Longtime Cunard flagship, for short : QEII
26
Polymer add-on? : ASE
27
The Allegheny and Wabash, to the Ohio: Abbr. : TRIBS
28
Succession in a board game : TURNS
29
One for the record books : BESTEVER
31
"Clearly!" : SOISEE
32
"How ludicrous!" : WHATAJOKE
34
Town in Connecticut's Gold Coast : DARIEN
37
Tweak : FINETUNE
41
Rte. that ends in 22-Across : USONE
42
Lounge piece : DIVAN
43
Competitor of Baker's Joy : PAM
44
River of York : OUSE
45
"Death and the ___" (Bosch painting in the National Gallery of Art) : MISER
46
Confusion : HAZE
47
"The Cocktail Party" inits. : TSE
48
With 9-Down, hit sitcom of the 1980s-'90s : NIGHT
49
Prepare for a close-up : PANIN
50
It could be a blooper : OUTTAKE
52
Like stars in a review : AWARDED
54
Longtime locals : NATIVES
55
School address : LECTURE
56
Commoner contemner : ELITIST
57
One of a pair a gardener might wear : KNEEPAD
Down
1
Marine 10-legger : SEACRAB
2
"Welcome to the Jungle" singer, 1988 : AXLROSE
3
Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie, e.g. : MADAMES
4
Line online : ENOTE
5
More than serious : DIRE
6
Org. for many residents : AMA
7
Go in and out of middle management? : YOYODIET
8
Mid-luxury Mercedes-Benz line : ECLASS
9
See 48-Across : COURT
10
Be lousy : SUCK
11
Form of the Italian verb "to be" : ERI
12
Set electricians : GAFFERS
13
Crow's-foot, e.g. : AGELINE
14
Aggressive poker play : RERAISE
21
Aquarium denizen with horizontal stripes : ZEBRAFISH
24
1991 Daytona 500 winner Ernie : IRVAN
25
Classroom command : QUIET
27
Tickling response : TEHEE
28
Coin at an arcade : TOKEN
30
Packing supply : TWINE
31
Whale facility : SONAR
33
Cat's tongue : JIVETALK
34
Photoshop color effect : DUOTONE
35
Predictably : ASUSUAL
36
Mozart contemporary Antonio ___ : ROSETTI
38
Honest or respectable course : UPANDUP
39
It ended after W.W. II : NAZIERA
40
Like first drafts, usually : EMENDED
42
Think over : DIGEST
45
Studio equipment : MIKES
46
"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" author : HARTE
48
Pandorans in "Avatar" : NAVI
49
Distance unit of about 30 inches : PACE
51
European crested ___ : TIT
53
___ Jiabao, 2003-13 premier of China : WEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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