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New York Times, Friday, June 10, 2016

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : Dictatorial boss
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 33%
David Steinberg notes:
Wow, this puzzle goes way back! I'd been experimenting with triple-stacked 16-letter entries at the time, and I was frustrated that I always ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Fun to see the new 16-letter entries. BATTLE OF THE SEXES is great, and COMPOUND SENTENCE's clue — [It has multiple clauses] — does a nice job ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times6/10/16 ( No. 24,321 )
Across
1
Popular website with virtual animals : NEOPETS
8
Met for a party? : CAUCUSED
16
Film villain who says "Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side" : EMPERORPALPATINE
18
Classic conflict : BATTLEOFTHESEXES
19
Confederate : UNITE
20
Bold way to solve a crossword : ININK
21
Some AOL exchanges : IMS
22
Like teddies, often : LACY
23
Source of some leather : LIZARD
25
Wheel that runs? : BRIE
26
Rat-___ : ATAT
27
Feckless : INEPT
28
Beau : WOOER
29
Tough to get ahold of : EELY
30
Boots one : ERRS
31
Anytown, U.S.A., sign : MAINST
32
Something hot : RAGE
34
"___ on Fire" (2012 Alicia Keys hit) : GIRL
35
Executor's charge : ESTATE
38
Camp invader : BEAR
40
Bellwether's "belles" : EWES
44
Carried : BORNE
45
Put on hold : TABLE
46
Get-out-of-jail aid, maybe : RASP
47
Go without saying? : OMIT
48
Route through the boondocks : BYROAD
49
Protein-rich paste : MISO
50
___ Tamid (synagogue lamp) : NER
51
Raiser of horses? : TURBO
52
Like some cakes : OATEN
53
Classic R&B hit about a returning lover : IHEARYOUKNOCKING
57
It has multiple clauses : COMPOUNDSENTENCE
58
Honey : SWEETPEA
59
Post-Impressionist Seurat : GEORGES
Down
1
Very distant clouds : NEBULAE
2
Issue : EMANATE
3
Like spectroscopes and microscopes : OPTICAL
4
Dictatorial boss : PETTYTYRANT
5
Director ___ C. Kenton : ERLE
6
Prominent feature of a sloth : TOE
7
Sign adored by angels : SRO
8
Brief refreshers : CATNAPS
9
"The Green Hornet" trumpeter : ALHIRT
10
Stand on its head : UPEND
11
Holder of spirits : CASK
12
Literally, "land of the sun" : UTE
13
Second club used on a par 4 hole, maybe : SIXIRON
14
Adams and Jefferson, e.g. : ENEMIES
15
Final order of things? : DESSERT
17
Big name in drugs : PFIZER
23
Feudal lord : LIEGE
24
Memo starter : INRE
25
Beer-and-whiskey cocktail : BOILERMAKER
28
"... let slip the dogs of ___": Shak. : WAR
31
Stuck : MIRED
33
Grabbed something : ATE
34
Black-tie event : GALA
35
Vernacular much debated in the 1990s : EBONICS
36
By hook or by crook : SOMEHOW
37
Ancient Greek craft : TRIREME
38
Island north of Antigua : BARBUDA
39
Tablet contents, perhaps : EBOOKS
41
Not yet admitted : WAITING
42
Heart : ESSENCE
43
They hold water : SPONGES
45
Power in old films : TYRONE
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Purchase in large quantity : BUYUP
51
Medium gait : TROT
52
Twice quattuor : OCTO
54
Wild way to go : APE
55
Bit of blood-typing shorthand : NEG
56
21st word of the Pledge of Allegiance : ONE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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