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New York Times, Monday, April 1, 2019

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : "Here's what you have to realize ..."
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. Fagliano. Monday freshness: 88%
Jeff Chen notes:
Great April Fool's joke, gettable for newbs and entertaining for longtime solvers. [Tea set?] is literally a set of 15 Ts, to go with ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times4/1/19 ( No. 25,346 )
Across
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Part of a jacket where a hands-free mic is attached : LAPEL
6
Powder for a gymnast : TALC
10
Part of a constellation : STAR
14
Michelle with the 2018 hit memoir "Becoming" : OBAMA
15
Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
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Columbus's home : OHIO
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The end : FINIS
18
Unruly crowds : MOBS
19
Nevada casino city : RENO
20
Tea set? : TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
24
Five cards of the same suit, in poker : FLUSH
25
Tune you just can't get out of your head : EARWORM
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On fire : LIT
30
Suffragist ___ B. Wells : IDA
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Rice or wheat : GRAIN
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Slowly swivel sideways, as a camera : PAN
35
Unknown author, for short : ANON
36
G-string? : GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
40
French assents : OUIS
41
Bit of financial planning for old age, in brief : IRA
42
"The Little Mermaid" princess : ARIEL
43
Cory Booker or Cory Gardner: Abbr. : SEN
44
Spanish article : UNA
45
All together, as a crowd : ENMASSE
47
Like many people after eating beans : GASSY
49
Main squeeze, modernly : BAE
50
Beeline? : BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
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Earsplitting : LOUD
58
Peter Fonda title role of 1997 : ULEE
59
"... and sometimes y" preceder : AEIOU
60
Org. fighting for immigrants' rights : ACLU
61
Lack of practice, metaphorically : RUST
62
Touches down on the tarmac : LANDS
63
Corridor : HALL
64
Receives : GETS
65
Olympic sleds : LUGES
Down
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Apartment in an old warehouse district, say : LOFT
2
Not much : ABIT
3
Breathe like a tired runner : PANT
4
Give off : EMIT
5
Band's closing number : LASTSONG
6
Drum with a repetitive name : TOMTOM
7
Tons and tons : ALOT
8
Rainbow symbol of pride : LGBTFLAG
9
Chess move involving the king and rook : CASTLING
10
Out of ___ (discombobulated) : SORTS
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"Here's what you have to realize ..." : THETHINGIS
12
Slangy negative contraction : AINT
13
Tree anchor : ROOT
21
What cigarette filters are supposed to block : TAR
22
Egyptian boy king : TUT
25
Certain frozen waffles : EGGOS
26
Squabble : ARGUE
27
1980 Scorsese/De Niro classic : RAGINGBULL
28
What many of the founding fathers wore : WIGS
31
Old Venetian rulers : DOGES
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An obtuse one is more than 90° : ANGLE
34
Links org. : PGA
35
Home of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
37
Supreme Court justice nicknamed "The Notorious R.B.G." : GINSBURG
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Shade similar to slate : GRAYBLUE
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N.B.A. souvenir : GAMEBALL
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Thumb drive port, for short : USB
45
___ Field, onetime home of the Brooklyn Dodgers : EBBETS
46
Catch red-handed : NAB
48
Paula who once judged on "American Idol" : ABDUL
50
When tripled, "and so on and so forth" : BLAH
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___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
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Common email sign-off word : BEST
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Lover : BEAU
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Microsoft search engine : BING
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Be an omen of : BODE
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Kiss : BUSS

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

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