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New York Times, Saturday, July 16, 2016

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Simba sobriquet
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 82 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 77%
Byron Walden notes:
See that black square at the end of 46-Across? I hate that square. It and its northeastern counterpart add 6 three-letter words to the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Talk about Byronesque difficulty! I often have trouble with Byron's themelesses, what with a handful of entries I don't totally cotton ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times7/16/16 ( No. 24,357 )
Across
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School for Rory Gilmore of "Gilmore Girls" : YALE
5
Item that became trilingual in the late '90s : USPASSPORT
15
Slavering toon : ODIE
16
Captain : TEAMLEADER
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Salty drink? : GROG
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She was "the answer to a prayer" in a 1941 #1 Jimmy Dorsey hit : MARIAELENA
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1983 hit for Rufus and Chaka Khan : AINTNOBODY
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French pronoun : TOI
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Pitch successfully : MAKEASALE
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Like salsa : LATIN
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Ingredient in a Baltimore Bracer : ANISETTE
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Pros at settling disputes : FIXERS
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Auto option patented by 3M : TINT
28
Cast mate? : TVWIFE
30
Italian term of address: Abbr. : SIG
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Leaves out in the open? : FOLIAGE
33
"No ___!" : MAS
36
Shower component : METEOR
37
Apparent flaw : WART
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Confessed statements : CREEDS
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"Wake Up on the Bright Side" sloganeer : LAQUINTA
44
Louses : HEELS
45
Medical term for lead poisoning : SATURNISM
46
"___ word?" : ANY
47
Pool cover : BATHINGCAP
48
Film animation technique : STOPMOTION
51
Drug smuggler : MULE
52
Governor who was the father of another governor : MARIOCUOMO
53
Yank with 25 grand slams : AROD
54
Polysomnogram finding : SLEEPAPNEA
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Bird with a resonant "ha-wah" call : NENE
Down
1
Balance sheets? : YOGAMATS
2
Ninth-century pope who was married with a daughter : ADRIANII
3
Simba sobriquet : LIONKING
4
A migraine sufferer might have one : EEGTEST
5
Level best : UTMOST
6
Aeschylus' play "The Persians" is about one : SEABATTLE
7
Crossing state lines, perhaps : PAROLEVIOLATION
8
HC(O)NH2, for one : AMIDE
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Kill : SLAY
10
Grasp : SEE
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Companion : PAL
12
"Swan Lake" heroine : ODETTE
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"Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil," e.g. : RENOIR
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Drills : TRAINS
20
Scottish refusal : NAE
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Magazine that published Harry Truman's memoirs : LIFE
24
Kill : AXE
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Worthless amount : FIG
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2005-07 sitcom about the Gold family, with "The" : WARATHOME
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RICO enforcers : FEDS
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They may end with golden goals, for short : OTS
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Job for which you give someone a hand : MANICURE
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Exhibition locale : ARTSALON
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Rush : STAMPEDE
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Former Florida senator Martinez : MEL
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Support for a pilot : WINGMAN
38
Gulfs : CHASMS
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Zipcar alternative : RENTAL
40
Kid-lit character who says "The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually" : EEYORE
42
Trendy pseudocereal : QUINOA
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Cinerary item : URN
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Suddenly took notice : SATUP
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Locale of the Evert Tennis Academy, familiarly : BOCA
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Word that follows pot but precedes pan : PIE
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Clean (up) : MOP

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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