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New York Times, Saturday, March 25, 2017

Author:
Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Down : Supplement brand
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
577/28/201211/10/20249
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8213572011
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
221.7147990%
Sam Ezersky
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1116/16/201112/21/202322
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
107891534262
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
6211.6365067%
David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Ezersky. This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. Steinberg. Saturday freshness: 36%
Constructor notes:
SAM: My first of many collaborations with David! We talk a bunch outside of crossword meetups--we're on the same wavelength solving ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
11-letter entries can be tough to triple-stack cleanly, so HORROR MOVIE / AMERICAN ELM / NOBODY CARES with only a minor EMS to hold ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times3/25/17 ( No. 24,609 )
Across
1
2016 #1 Kanye West album, with "The" : LIFEOFPABLO
12
Rave's opposite : PAN
15
Treat on a stick : ICECREAMBAR
16
Time of one's life, maybe : ERA
17
Coffee, in military slang : BATTERYACID
18
Container whose letters appear in "container" : TIN
19
Abbr. for a two-striper : NCO
20
False modesty, e.g. : ACT
21
Torrent : DELUGE
23
Gray matter : ASH
24
"Get a ___!" : CLUE
25
Cry of denial : ARENOT
26
Running slowly : SEEPY
28
Move : TURN
30
Finished elegantly : GILT
31
Seder celebration : PESACH
33
Classic case of making life choices? : ROEVWADE
35
Rate of speed : CLIP
37
Have a bad view? : OGLE
38
Raised sharply : JACKEDUP
42
Diving athlete : GOALIE
46
Company investing in self-driving cars : UBER
47
Literary waiter : ENID
49
Aid package component : GRANT
50
Locale in two James Bond films : MONACO
52
British ends : ZEDS
54
___ big : YEA
55
Freebie at a rally : BUTTON
56
Director DuVernay : AVA
57
Text ___ : BOX
58
Printer setting: Abbr. : LTR
59
"Frankenstein," e.g. : HORRORMOVIE
63
Exotic jerky meat : EMU
64
Species of the Liberty Tree : AMERICANELM
65
Wiz Khalifa's "We ___ Boyz" : DEM
66
"Just stop talking already" : NOBODYCARES
Down
1
Justin Trudeau's party: Abbr. : LIB
2
"Got it" : ICANSEE
3
Gets : FETCHES
4
Prefix with -derm : ECTO
5
Extractions are made from it : ORE
6
Unbroken : FERAL
7
Bad job news : PAYCUT
8
___ hour : AMATEUR
9
Media inits. since 1922 : BBC
10
Failed ignominiously : LAIDANEGG
11
Group of families : ORDER
12
Tobacco flower relative : PETUNIA
13
Movie agent on "Entourage" : ARIGOLD
14
Broadway title character who runs off to Atlantic City : NANETTE
22
Hose and such : LEGWEAR
23
It may raise its hood : ASP
24
Washer/dryer unit? : CYCLE
27
Hoarder : PACKRAT
29
Joey of children's literature : ROO
32
Pitcher who was the 1995 N.L. Rookie of the Year : HIDEONOMO
34
Some YouTube uploads : VLOGS
36
"Horse voice," e.g. : PUN
38
Mixed up : JUMBLED
39
Introduction to bio? : ABOUTME
40
Supplement brand : CENTRUM
41
Conqueror of Cuzco : PIZARRO
43
Part of many international flights : LAYOVER
44
Banished : INEXILE
45
Supposed end of a flight, for short : ETA
48
Missing, with "of" : DEVOID
51
Subject of the 1942 film musical "Yankee Doodle Dandy" : COHAN
53
Proud "Pride and Prejudice" character : DARCY
57
___ fide : BONA
60
Fort Sumter victor, informally : REB
61
Bub : MAC
62
What moms have that dads don't? : EMS

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

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