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New York Times, Saturday, March 26, 2022

Author:
Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Down : Imperfection
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1411/16/20093/26/20228
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0100094
ScrabDebutFresh
1.627777%
Ashton Anderson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2511/16/20093/26/20227
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
012001012
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015078%
James Mulhern

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Anderson. This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Mulhern. Saturday freshness: 46%
Constructor notes:
ASHTON: In the early days of the pandemic, James and I suddenly had some time on our hands to collaborate on a puzzle again, and ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I haven't seen such a fresh trio of marquee central answers in ages. All of them are NYT debuts, and only one was already in our XWI ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times3/26/22 ( No. 26,436 )
Across
1
Wave one's arms? : BRANDISH
9
Maker of some replacement heads : ORALB
14
Lose focus, in a way : SEEDOUBLE
15
Sight from Maui's west shore : LANAI
16
Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" : MRSANDMAN
17
"The same" : DITTO
18
Fan belt? : OLE
19
Headache : PEST
20
Load off : RELIEF
21
Not totes : KINDA
23
Mire : FEN
24
Repeated voice role for Steve Carell : GRU
25
Lacking zip? : ENTIRE
27
"Duke" for Marmaduke : PAW
28
Item on a library shelf : TOME
29
Sarcastic "Oh, like you thought of that yourself" : REALORIGINAL
32
"Who's with me?" : CANIGETANAMEN
34
Horizontal group hug session : CUDDLEPUDDLE
35
Code with tags : HTML
36
Like some telephone nos. : RES
37
What "chicken" and "egg" are examples of : SALADS
41
Philanthropist Broad : ELI
42
Polaroid's SX-70 camera, for one: Abbr. : SLR
43
Traffic marker : PYLON
44
Ragtag : MOTLEY
46
Best-selling sports video game franchise : FIFA
49
Bank in London, for example: Abbr. : STA
50
West Point grad, informally : LOOIE
51
Animal that can grow up to 3,000 teeth in its lifetime : ALLIGATOR
53
Child's play : ASNAP
54
"I've heard enough" : SAYNOMORE
55
Ones making the rounds? : BEERS
56
Final act : SWANSONG
Down
1
Home to Museum Island : BERLIN
2
Begrudge : RESENT
3
Tube letters : ADA
4
Ne plus ultra : NONPAREIL
5
Bro : DUDE
6
Watson and others : IBMS
7
Something found under a mattress : SLAT
8
Female salmon : HEN
9
Hoary : OLDEN
10
Inveigh (against) : RAIL
11
Sophocles heroine : ANTIGONE
12
"Peace, bro" : LATERMAN
13
Algae, at times : BIOFUEL
14
Draw on, in a way : SMOKE
20
Goes back to the beginning : REWINDS
22
Alpine folk dress : DIRNDL
23
Supercapacitor unit : FARAD
26
With gusto : EAGERLY
27
Washington nickname : POTUS
28
Of the moment : TIMELY
30
Outcast : LEPER
31
Setting for Melville's "The Encantadas" : GALAPAGOS
32
Live a little : CUTLOOSE
33
Words on a ticket : ADMITONE
34
Place where students can find solutions : CHEMLAB
38
Charles ___, artist whose bust of M.L.K. Jr. was the first image of an African American displayed at the White House : ALSTON
39
The end of Wikipedia? : DOTORG
40
Ostinato provider in Ravel's "Boléro" : SNARE
42
Oozes : SEEPS
45
"Not so!" : LIAR
46
Imperfection : FLAW
47
Slavic form of Elijah : ILYA
48
Member of the world's happiest people, per repeated World Happiness Reports : FINN
51
Something of your neighbor's not to covet, per the Ten Commandments : ASS
52
Te-___ (Mexican cigar brand) : AMO

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

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