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New York Times, Friday, March 23, 2018

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Down : Trying time
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
281.6054563%
Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QW} Scrabble average: 1.86 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Agard. Friday freshness: 75%
Erik Agard notes:

My thanks to whoever wrote the clues at 16-Across and 57-Across, two of my favorites in the puzzle.

Jeff Chen notes:
Learn something new every day! JANET MOCK was unfamiliar to me, but Erik did such a nice job making all the crossings friendly and ... read more
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M
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A
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L
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T
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E
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P
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F
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L
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B
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M
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R
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R
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P
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C
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X
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K
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N
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K
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C
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H
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O
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S
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C
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N
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V
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D
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J
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N
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O
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R
S
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R
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I
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K
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B
B
U
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Z
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C
O
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E
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D
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A
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S
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D
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H
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M
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P
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L
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© 2018, The New York Times3/23/18 ( No. 24,972 )
Across
1
Island nation with a cross on its flag : MALTA
6
Series installments, for short : EPS
9
Unit of energy: Abbr. : FTLB
13
Had, as food : ATEOF
14
Secure : MOOR
16
ssorcA-41? : ROOM
17
Edwin of 1960s-'70s R&B : STARR
18
Cop's station in England : POLICEBOX
20
Sweet farewell : KISSONTHECHEEK
22
Given to picking fights : CHIPPY
23
States of confusion : HAZES
24
Part of the English translation of "Notre Dame" : OUR
25
Part of Act 4 of "Antony and Cleopatra" in which Antony attempts suicide : SCENEXIV
28
Islamic spirit : DJINN
31
Things rested on, metaphorically : OARS
32
Bollywood actress Mukerji : RANI
33
Scottish John : IAN
34
Agricultural commune : KIBBUTZ
37
How a package may arrive : COD
38
Lady in Arthurian legend : ENID
40
One with a big mouth in Africa? : NILE
41
Corporate giant named for a mountain : AETNA
43
Make some definite plans : SETADATE
45
"Interesting ..." : HMM
46
Spares, maybe : TIRES
47
Dishonest sort : FIBBER
50
Beauty lesson : MAKEUPTUTORIAL
54
One for whom a flash in the pan is a good thing : GOLDMINER
55
Title woman of a classic 1928 André Breton novel : NADJA
56
Ronald Reagan ___ Medical Center : UCLA
57
Where bills pile up : TILL
58
Trap until it gets warmer, say : ICEIN
59
Grey Goose competitor : SKYY
60
8-bit game console released in 1985 : NES
61
Wait on : SERVE
Down
1
Hide : MASK
2
Web developer? : ATTIC
3
Something a shepherd may have on : LEASH
4
Twisting effect : TORSION
5
Alternative music subgenre : AFROPUNK
6
Like some tanks and promises : EMPTY
7
"Oh, baloney!" : POOH
8
One and only : SOLE
9
Ice cream holder : FREEZER
10
Precisely : TOBEEXACT
11
Monitors : LOOKSINON
12
___ bike : BMX
15
Superlative for a cake : RICHEST
19
Jackie of "Rush Hour" : CHAN
21
Letters associated with WNYC and KQED : NPR
25
Shade of black : SABLE
26
Mötley ___ : CRUE
27
"Livin' La ___ Loca" : VIDA
28
Is mortified, so to speak : DIES
29
Transgender rights activist and best-selling author of "Redefining Realness" : JANETMOCK
30
At the outset : INITIALLY
31
End piece? : OBIT
35
Dressed up, maybe : INASUIT
36
Crease smoothers? : ZAMBONIS
39
Trying time : DARKDAY
42
Warmly welcome : EMBRACE
44
Judge : DEEM
45
Search engine result : HIT
47
Rolls up : FURLS
48
Where to get down from? : EIDER
49
One of the Gandhis : RAJIV
51
Titular professor in a Nabokov novel : PNIN
52
Rhyming prefix with novela : TELE
53
"Stay in your ___" : LANE
54
Gloomy one : GUS

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

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