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New York Times, Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Author:
Will Treece
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Friends" actor [or] Naval officer who sailed to Japan in 1853
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Will Treece

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Treece. Grid flow: 23.1 Tuesday freshness: 91%
Will Treece notes:
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© 2015, The New York Times11/10/15 ( No. 24,108 )
Across
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Jazz combo's cue : HITIT
6
Place of utter chaos : ZOO
9
Like Caitlyn Jenner, for short : TRANS
14
Tehran resident : IRANI
15
River to the Tigris : EUPHRATES
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Tilters' contest : JOUST
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Slam-on-the-brakes sounds : SCREECHES
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"Les Misérables" actress [or] Wife of the Bard : ANNEHATHAWAY
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On the mend : BETTER
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___ nibs (self-important one) : HIS
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Fossil preserver : TAR
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New Left org. of the '60s : SDS
27
"Bleah!" : ICK
30
One unlikely to have tan lines : NUDIST
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"Dances With Wolves" actor [or] "The Third Man" author : GRAHAMGREENE
35
Source of pâté : FOIE
37
Cardholder's charge, for short : APR
38
Within: Prefix : ENDO
39
"Friends" actor [or] Naval officer who sailed to Japan in 1853 : MATTHEWPERRY
42
Like the name Robin : UNISEX
43
Hubbub : ADO
44
Landscaping supply grown on farms : SOD
47
Classic British sports cars : MGS
48
"I'm ___ loss" : ATA
50
Squeal : TATTLE
53
"The Great Escape" actor [or] "12 Years a Slave" director : STEVEMCQUEEN
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Risking calamity : ONTHINICE
59
Used as a dining surface : ATEON
60
Front part of a jet engine : AIRINTAKE
61
Built like a bouncer : BURLY
62
One-night stand, say : FLING
63
"Just kidding!" : NOT
64
Nincompoops : ASSES
Down
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Muslims' headscarves : HIJABS
2
Pressed : IRONED
3
Talks trash to : TAUNTS
4
Photo within a photo : INSET
5
Give 10% to a church : TITHE
6
Tabasco quality : ZEST
7
Response to a bad pun : OUCH
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O, The ___ Magazine : OPRAH
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One keeping everything in balance? : TREASURER
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Risqué : RACY
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Greek capital, to airlines : ATH
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Alumna's bio word : NEE
13
Sound of a leaky tire : SSS
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Chopping down : HEWING
20
Diva's delivery : ARIA
23
Caught up to, in a way : TIED
24
Come ___ surprise : ASNO
25
Mail deliverer's assignment: Abbr. : RTE
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Tobacco plug : CHAW
29
Letter before lambda : KAPPA
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Refuse to grant : DENY
32
Beats it, in rural lingo : GITS
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Preparing, as leftovers : REHEATING
34
Sitcom equine of the '60s : MRED
35
Venom conduit : FANG
36
Redding of R&B : OTIS
39
Tight-lipped : MUM
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Full range : EXTENT
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Campus org. protested by the 26-Across : ROTC
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Some beef cattle : STEERS
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World Cup chant : OLEOLE
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Chain serving breakfast around the clock : DENNYS
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Like Audubon's subjects : AVIAN
51
Jordanian seaport : AQABA
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"Swan Lake" attire : TUTUS
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___ splints (jogger's woe) : SHIN
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Clothing brand with a long vowel mark in its name : ECKO
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Comply with : MEET
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Klutzy sort : OAF
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Zero, in soccer : NIL
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___-color pasta : TRI

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

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