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New York Times, Saturday, January 14, 2023

Author:
David Karp
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Part of a river that ironically doesn't contain the mouth
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David Karp

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 4 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Karp. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Grid flow: 118.7 Saturday freshness: 36%
David Karp notes:
I submitted this crossword to the Times when my son Mattias was four months old, and there were some SLEEPLESS NIGHTS for my wife and ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This kind of themeless typically locks all the long answers together, creating severe inflexibility. David did something brilliant: ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times1/14/23 ( No. 26,730 )
Across
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Terms of address : MAAMS
6
Hit sounds : WHAPS
11
Sister from another mister : GALPAL
12
More on the up and up? : HIGHER
14
Offer that can't be refused, in business : HOSTILETAKEOVER
17
Key in a corner : ESC
18
Tipped off : ALERTED
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Market event, in brief : IPO
20
Word of woe : ALAS
22
Design deets : SPECS
23
Show off one's physique, in a way : FLEX
24
Day in movies : DORIS
26
___-di-dah : LAH
27
Ride in space : SALLY
28
"Copy" machines? : WALKIETALKIES
31
Designer Michael : KORS
32
Tie up : MOOR
33
Sign of enforced boundaries : NOTRESPASSING
38
Suit : BEFIT
39
Japanese tech giant : NEC
40
Fearlessness : HEART
42
Video game turn : LIFE
43
Go ___ : VIRAL
45
Eject : SPEW
46
D.O.J. V.I.P.s : AGS
47
Husky apparatus : DOGSLED
49
"Get it?" : SEE
50
Dated TV star? : THEBACHELORETTE
53
Patronize, as a resort : STAYAT
54
Hardens : INURES
55
Ones unlikely to order the house wine, say : SNOBS
56
Go-getter : TIGER
Down
1
What one might use to lash out? : MASCARA
2
Genre prefix : ALT
3
Capital on the island of Upolu : APIA
4
Places with multiple outlets : MALLS
5
Tired excuses? : SLEEPLESSNIGHTS
6
Word when you can't find the word : WHATCHAMACALLIT
7
Engages in some outdoor recreation : HIKES
8
Like fine wine, but not fine olive oil : AGED
9
Soup sometimes served with hanh dam : PHO
10
Birthplace of flamenco : SEVILLE
11
"Easy!" : GOSLOW
13
Drives away : REPELS
14
Part of a river that ironically doesn't contain the mouth : HEAD
15
Foot the bill : TREAT
16
Women's surfwear brand : ROXY
21
Fine neckwear : SILKTIE
23
Fabled tooth-takers : FAIRIES
25
Clothing portmanteau : SKORT
27
Tiny bit : SKOSH
29
Face reddener : IRE
30
___ Banos, Calif. : LOS
33
They come straight from the horse's mouth : NEIGHS
34
Balances : OFFSETS
35
Intrinsically : PERSE
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Internet company whose logo is a cat wearing earphones : NAPSTER
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Says "Hey" to, say : GREETS
38
Unpleasant sound from a tuba : BLAT
41
Cutesy to a fault : TWEE
43
Words to remember, for short : VOCAB
44
Téa of "Madam Secretary" : LEONI
47
Harry Belafonte catchword : DAYO
48
Generic, e.g. : DRUG
51
Outlaw : BAN
52
Poetic palindrome : ERE

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

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