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New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 2018

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Back slap?
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 86 for Mr. Steinberg. Saturday freshness: 38%
David Steinberg notes:
I started this puzzle in the lower right. I'd just scored all the 7-letter entries in my word list, so I decided to see how lively a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
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© 2018, The New York Times9/29/18 ( No. 25,162 )
Across
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Balaclava, for one : KNITCAP
8
Approximately five milliliters: Abbr. : TSP
11
Invasive plant? : SPY
14
"Don't mean any disrespect," in modern lingo : NOSHADE
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Powerful tablet : IPADPRO
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Add to a database : ENTERIN
18
Walgreens competitor : RITEAID
19
Level : ECHELON
20
Bolster : ENHANCE
21
Algae touted as a superfood : SEAMOSS
22
Equipment used with goggles : SNORKEL
23
Bánh ___ (Vietnamese cake) : TET
24
Dope : ASS
25
Like idol worshipers : STARSTRUCK
31
Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end : IHOP
35
Counterpart of 6-Down : HOLA
36
Daring way to go : ROGUE
37
Not go in a straight line : ROVE
38
Give a whoop : YELL
39
Part of some love triangles : OTHERWOMAN
41
Word before or after "one" : DAY
43
Ahead of, old-style : ERE
44
Infrequent losers : CASINOS
48
Natural fuel source : BIOMASS
52
Decides to abstain : OPTSOUT
53
Juice brand owned by Coca-Cola : ODWALLA
54
Nutty confection : PRALINE
55
Indian restaurant fixture : TANDOOR
56
It may be broken in a library : SILENCE
57
Major Tuscan export : CHIANTI
58
Gang members : ELK
59
___ Prize (onetime annual $1 million award) : TED
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Person who's spectacularly awful : HOTMESS
Down
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Places for braces : KNEES
2
Specific occasion : NONCE
3
Sassy response to a scolding : ISTHATALL
4
Green land : THEEMERALDISLE
5
Where models are assembled? : CARLOTS
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"See ya!" : ADIOS
7
___ Landing (part of Philadelphia) : PENNS
8
Runs out of gas : TIRES
9
Three-cornered sail : SPINNAKER
10
Rhetoric class concept : PATHOS
11
Back slap? : SPANK
12
Sales figure : PRICE
13
Go through a voice change? : YODEL
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Formal opening : DEARSIRORMADAM
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Not forward : SHY
26
Little wiggler : TOE
27
Gold standard : TROYOUNCE
28
Turn : ROT
29
"I'm gonna be sick!" : UGH
30
Stick in a ball-and-stick game : CUE
32
Classic film with a screaming boy on its poster : HOMEALONE
33
Monthly travelers? : OVA
34
Sty, e.g. : PEN
40
2013 hit for 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa : WEOWNIT
42
Formally choose : ANOINT
44
Thicket : COPSE
45
When the Boston Marathon is held : APRIL
46
Most of a sugar cane : STALK
47
Charger : STEED
48
Screw up : BOTCH
49
Locale of America's deepest gorge : IDAHO
50
Lineup in 44-Across : SLOTS
51
Colorful wraps : SARIS

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

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