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New York Times, Saturday, June 1, 2019

Author:
Ari Richter
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Down : Dark-skinned grape used in winemaking
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Ari Richter

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Richter. Saturday freshness: 95%
Ari Richter notes:

A 62-answer debut?

In the words of Bob Seger, "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then..."

Jeff Chen notes:
Something gorgeous about the flow of this grid. Most themelesses pack their punch in the four corners, so I admire the novelty of this ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times6/1/19 ( No. 25,407 )
Across
1
Baseball great who was the subject of the 2006 best seller "Game of Shadows" : BONDS
6
Authorize, as a digital contract : ESIGN
11
Takes heat from : UNARMS
13
Political figure who became a CNN commentator in 2015 : AXELROD
15
Won back : RETOOK
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Advance showing of a film : SCREENER
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Annoying bedmate : BLANKETHOG
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"___ doomed!" : WERE
21
Subject of an overnight lab study : SLEEPAPNEA
23
D.O.T. branch : FAA
24
Right now : THISSECOND
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Winner of the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in N.F.L. history (16 total points) : PATRIOT
30
Overindulge : GORGE
31
:( : SADFACE
32
Pool party? : SWIMMER
34
Word before bait or buzz : OSCAR
35
Certain grain source : RYESEED
36
Hot wheels? : STOLENCARS
39
Boston skyscraper, with "the" : PRU
40
They're spotted at fire stations : DALMATIANS
45
"___ so" ("Nuh-uh") : AINT
47
Classic baby food : MASHEDPEAS
49
Like Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo : DECISIVE
51
Many a yak herder : NEPALI
52
Gymnast Biles and others : SIMONES
53
"License to Kill" star : DALTON
54
Big name in hosiery : LEGGS
55
Longtime film/theater critic Jeffrey : LYONS
Down
1
Start of many a morning commute, informally : BURB
2
Some first-years after undergrad : ONELS
3
___ astrology, study with horoscopes : NATAL
4
Means of surveillance : DRONE
5
Go to pot? : SMOKE
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Potential recidivists : EXCONS
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Classic blazer fabrics : SERGES
8
Ending with quart- or quint- : ILE
9
Developed : GREW
10
"I'm fine, but thanks" : NONEFORME
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Nonbeliever : SKEPTIC
13
Part of a fireplace : ASHPIT
14
Disturbed : DERANGED
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Literary anthology : READER
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Squaw Valley backdrop : TAHOE
22
Backing : AEGIS
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Wasted word to a housecat : COME
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Turnovers, e.g. : PASTRIES
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Group working on P.S.A. campaigns : ADCOUNCIL
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Big name in cookware : TFAL
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Stood on the hind legs, with "up" : RARED
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Product made with steel wool : SOSPAD
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Dark-skinned grape used in winemaking : SYRAH
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Locale of London's Leicester Square : WESTEND
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Abu Simbel statue honoree : RAMSES
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Activity for new parents : NAMING
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Percussionist's wooden sticks : CLAVES
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As good as it gets : IDEAL
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Try to get in, say : APPLY
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"Suh-weet!," quaintly : NEATO
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Do business? : SALON
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Proctor's declaration : TIME
48
Septet in Dante's "Purgatorio" : SINS
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Lose crispness, in dialect : SOG

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3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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