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New York Times, Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Author:
Michael Hawkins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Down : Kansas City team
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Michael Hawkins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Hawkins. Wednesday freshness: 31%
Michael Hawkins notes:
We're not hitting the stairs again today, though it may look that way at first glance. The lengthiness of the theme entries limited my ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Figures of speech … using sewing terms? Not sure I would have ever thought of that! I like it when that happens. MOVE THE ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times6/13/18 ( No. 25,054 )
Across
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Cause for a blessing : ACHOO
6
Frodo's friend in "The Lord of the Rings" : SAM
9
Hirohito's home : JAPAN
14
Side dish at a Chinese restaurant : BROWNRICE
16
"Lakmé" or "Lohengrin" : OPERA
17
Not be contained anymore : BURSTATTHESEAMS
19
Org. with oral reports? : ADA
20
Things that swing at a swing dance : HIPS
21
Peeve : VEX
22
Actress Rowlands : GENA
23
Word with party or skinny : DIP
24
Transcript fig. : GPA
27
Forget one's place in a conversation : LOSETHETHREAD
30
Having fine granules : MEALY
31
Edward Teach ___ "Blackbeard" : AKA
32
Not bamboozled by : ONTO
33
"Alas ..." : SADLY
34
"Later!" : BYE
35
The Trojan horse and Pandora's box : MYTHS
36
Opposed : ANTI
37
Josh : KID
38
Gives hands down? : DEALS
39
Have measurable impact : MOVETHENEEDLE
42
Places to which M.D.s rush : ERS
43
English novelist McEwan : IAN
44
Owner of Zipcar : AVIS
45
Antlered beast : ELK
46
Zone : AREA
47
"I did not need to know that!" : TMI
50
Make laugh hysterically : LEAVEINSTITCHES
55
Honey-yellow : AMBER
56
Old, cylindrical music collectible : PIANOROLL
57
Shot in the dark : GUESS
58
Dis, with "on" : RAG
59
Delivery person's assignment : ROUTE
Down
1
Group that inspired Broadway's "Mamma Mia!" : ABBA
2
"Darn!" : CRUD
3
Part of un día : HORA
4
Reactions to buffets? : OWS
5
Surreptitiously : ONTHESLY
6
Not take any more cards : SITPAT
7
Book preceding Romans : ACTS
8
Uninspired : MEH
9
Conrad who wrote "Lord Jim" : JOSEPH
10
Pinnacle : APEX
11
Tiny brain size : PEA
12
Place to take a shot : ARM
13
"Life Is Good" rapper : NAS
15
Blues singer Ma : RAINEY
18
Tony-winning musical with the song "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" : EVITA
22
Net asset? : GOALIE
23
Hockey feint : DEKE
24
Soothing : GENTLE
25
Ways to wend : PATHS
26
Turmoils : ADOS
27
Some flat screens : LEDTVS
28
So-called "Father of the String Quartet" : HAYDN
29
Kansas City team : ROYALS
30
Stately home : MANOR
33
"Ditto" : SAME
34
"That's good": Fr. : BIEN
35
Dispute settler : MEDIATOR
37
Material for a military uniform : KHAKI
38
Prepare for eating, as shrimp : DEVEIN
40
Mosaicists : TILERS
41
Aid in tracking wildlife : EARTAG
45
Lead-in days : EVES
46
It's west of the Pacific : ASIA
47
Holier-than-___ : THOU
48
What snowmen do in the sun : MELT
49
Oahu, Maui or Kauai : ISLE
50
Fall behind : LAG
51
Avian sprinter : EMU
52
"Honest" prez : ABE
53
"Science Friday" broadcaster : NPR
54
___-Magnon : CRO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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