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New York Times, Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Author:
Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Down : Release from one's clutches
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Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QV} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Trudeau. Tuesday freshness: 94%
Ross Trudeau notes:
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© 2019, The New York Times5/7/19 ( No. 25,382 )
Across
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Green carving stone : JADE
5
Execs who handle the green : CFOS
9
Brunch item often topped with sugar or fruit : CREPE
14
Alternatives to lagers : ALES
15
Aid to accessibility : RAMP
16
Word before "the bar" or "the boom" : LOWER
17
___ Blanc : MONT
18
Ones making written comments on text : ANNOTATORS
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Purchase something sight unseen : BUYAPIGINAPOKE
22
Prosecutors, for short : DAS
23
Big wind : GUST
24
Chinchilla or macaw, e.g. : EXOTICPET
28
Snowfall unit : INCH
32
"Cousin" of 1960s TV : ITT
33
Not deceived by : ONTO
34
Battlefield renown : GLORY
35
1984 mockumentary with a lot of ad-libbed dialogue : THISISSPINALTAP
39
Anti-rust coatings : ZINCS
40
Smell : ODOR
41
Unified : ONE
42
Smoothie berry : ACAI
43
Danger of laboring outdoors in the summer : SUNSTROKE
46
Panache : ELAN
48
___ Lingus : AER
49
Icing on the cake ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 35- and 43-Across : FINISHINGTOUCH
56
Brain region linked to speech : BROCASAREA
57
What someone who's never satisfied wants : MORE
58
Minaret, e.g. : TOWER
59
"Me neither," formally : NORI
60
Qatari leader : EMIR
61
Sch. whose athletes are the Minutemen and Minutewomen : UMASS
62
Pest control brand : DCON
63
"My b" : OOPS
Down
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Frame component : JAMB
2
Felipe or Moises of baseball : ALOU
3
Refute : DENY
4
Nueva York or Dakota del Norte : ESTADO
5
Ocean Spray fruit snacks : CRAISINS
6
Scary part of a wolf : FANG
7
Upscale hotel chain : OMNI
8
Quick learner, say : SPONGE
9
Thunder sounds : CLAPS
10
Turn soil by machine : ROTOTILL
11
Furry "Star Wars" creature : EWOK
12
Father, in France : PERE
13
Bustling hosp. locales : ERS
19
Stretched tight : TAUT
21
Local dialect : PATOIS
24
System of moral values : ETHIC
25
Singer Aguilera's nickname : XTINA
26
Abbr. for change : CTS
27
Quickly attach, as a top to a bottle : POPON
29
Taboo : NOTOK
30
Popular bird in origami : CRANE
31
Promote excessively : HYPE
32
Chichén ___ (Mayan ruins) : ITZA
34
Attic : GARRET
36
Arts and ___ : SCIENCES
37
Names, briefly : IDS
38
"[sigh] ... We just dealt with this" : NOTAGAIN
43
Say "Talk to the hand, 'cause the face ain't listenin'," say : SASS
44
Release from one's clutches : UNHAND
45
Theatrical cry from a balcony : OROMEO
47
Ones failing polygraphs : LIARS
49
Native to : FROM
50
Hawkeye's home : IOWA
51
Classic Camaro : IROC
52
Master detective Wolfe : NERO
53
Man, in Milan : UOMO
54
Blood's foe : CRIP
55
The wife's, e.g. : HERS
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A/C stat : BTU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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