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New York Times, Thursday, May 10, 2018

Author:
Caitlin Reid
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Personnel director, at times
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Caitlin Reid

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Reid. Thursday freshness: 85%
Caitlin Reid notes:
Hello fellow crossword enthusiasts! It'd be an understatement to say I'm positively thrilled about making my debut in the New York ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Great debut! Interesting and twisty theme, perfect for a Thursday, where I want all my hard solving work to have a big payoff. DEAD ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times5/10/18 ( No. 25,020 )
Across
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Very sore : IRATE
6
Monday feeling, with "the" : BLAHS
11
Take flight? : LAM
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Overhaul : REFIT
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Unsettling, in a way : EERIE
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Something found near a temple : EAR
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Kismet : KARMA
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SAG partner : AFTRA
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Kind of degree : NTH
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Big piece of a sheet cake : SLAB
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Well-aimed : ONTHEMONEY
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Street clearer : SIREN
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2015 "Mad Max" reboot, familiarly : FURYROAD
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Debate figure : MODERATOR
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"You've Got a Friend ___" (song from "Toy Story") : INME
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Part of L.A.P.D. : LOS
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Skyscraper support : IBAR
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Football kickoff aid : TEE
33
"Break a leg!" : KNOCKEMDEAD
35
In any condition, as an outlaw : DEADORALIVE
39
Snitch : RAT
40
Honey bunches? : BEES
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Spread (out) : FAN
42
Gaelic language : ERSE
45
Finished, as a term of office : SERVEDOUT
47
"You're clever!" : NICEIDEA
50
Baseball's Lefty : ODOUL
51
Bull's-eye ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : DEADCENTER
53
Being broadcast : ONTV
55
Spectrum or Xfinity, briefly : ISP
56
Dwelling : ABODE
57
Guitarist Van Halen : EDDIE
58
Fork in the road, basically : VEE
59
Diego Rivera's specialty : MURAL
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Twinkle : GLINT
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Half of none? : ENS
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Bygone equivalent of "OMG!" : EGADS
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Beginning, informally : GETGO
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Peeves : IRKS
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Not too far from now : REALSOON
3
"Yes, unfortunately" : AFRAIDSO
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Sound quality : TIMBRE
5
Gate info : ETA
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Noggin : BEAN
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Abandoned while there still might have been hope : LEFTFORDEAD
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PBS Kids' cartoon aardvark : ARTHUR
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Personnel director, at times : HIRER
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Sordid : SEAMY
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One of the Fab Four : LENNON
12
Jackson Generals or Portland Sea Dogs : AATEAM
13
One half of a "strange case" : MRHYDE
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How money may be lost : ONABET
22
Bay window : ORIEL
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"Parenthood" actress Christensen : ERIKA
26
Jan. honoree : MLK
27
Laddie topper : TAM
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"The Daily Show" host after Jon : TREVOR
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Soothed : EASED
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Rifleman's ___ (part of Marine training) : CREED
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"The Strife Is ___, the Battle Done" (old hymn) : OER
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"Eureka!" : IFOUNDIT
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Springing over : VAULTING
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Tolkien creature : ENT
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Certain absentee parent : DEADBEATDAD
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Salad vegetable : ENDIVE
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German chocolate brand : RIESEN
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Views from sea or land : SCAPES
45
Half of a Spanish union : SENORA
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Output during a boring meeting, say : DOODLE
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Start of an old boast : ICAME
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Put through beta testing : DEBUG
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Certain reef dwellers : EELS
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Reject : VETO
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It may be beaten and eaten : EGG

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

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