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Author:
David Phillips
Editor:
Will Shortz
Other than the Nationals, only current Major League Baseball team never to have played in a World Series
This puzzle:
Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Phillips. Saturday freshness: 86%
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David Phillips notes:
From a constructing standpoint, I like this puzzle quite a bit. Even with its chunky corners and low word count, the puzzle (by my ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I usually get nervous when I see a puzzle this wide open, wondering how many bizarre entries I'll have to figure out, including but ... read more
1 S | 2 H | 3 O | 4 P | 5 L | 6 I | 7 F | 8 T | 9 S | 10 L | 11 I | 12 M | 13 S | ||
14 M | A | N | U | A | L | L | Y | 15 S | P | I | N | E | T | |
16 O | V | E | R | P | L | A | N | 17 M | E | N | A | G | E | |
18 C | A | S | S | E | T | T | E | 19 I | C | E | C | A | P | |
20 K | N | E | E | L | E | R | 21 S | T | K | I | T | T | S | |
22 S | A | C | S | 23 L | A | 24 T | T | E | 25 T | I | R | O | ||
26 A | L | T | A | R | 27 D | E | V | O | N | |||||
28 S | 29 M | 30 U | 31 S | H | 32 E | K | E | 33 O | M | E | N | S | ||
34 C | O | L | T | S | 35 B | E | E | 36 C | H | |||||
37 A | N | T | A | 38 T | O | N | T | O | 39 P | 40 E | 41 S | 42 T | ||
43 B | R | E | R | 44 F | O | X | 45 S | H | 46 A | L | L | W | E | |
47 B | O | R | D | E | N | 48 A | M | E | N | A | M | E | N | |
49 A | V | I | A | T | E | 50 M | A | R | I | N | E | R | S | |
51 R | I | O | T | E | D | 52 P | R | E | S | E | R | V | E | |
53 D | A | R | E | S | 54 S | T | R | E | S | S | E | D |
© 2016, The New York Times11/5/16 ( No. 24,469 )
Across
1
Take stock? : SHOPLIFT
9
Undergoes downsizing : SLIMS
14
By hand : MANUALLY
15
Small parlor piece : SPINET
16
Leave basically nothing to chance : OVERPLAN
17
Household : MENAGE
18
Walkman insert : CASSETTE
19
Martian feature : ICECAP
20
Support in a confessional : KNEELER
21
Caribbean island that Columbus visited in 1493 : STKITTS
22
Pollen repositories : SACS
23
Foamy drink : LATTE
25
Cicero's longtime servant and scribe : TIRO
26
___ boy : ALTAR
27
English county whose seat is Exeter : DEVON
28
Flatten : SMUSH
32
Just make (out) : EKE
33
Breaking of a mirror and others : OMENS
34
Young studs? : COLTS
35
Slow-burning firewood : BEECH
37
Nonprofit Broadway production grp. : ANTA
38
TV character who said "Help always come when people fight for right" : TONTO
39
Raid target : PEST
43
Character in Uncle Remus tales : BRERFOX
45
Comment often preceding "Let's" : SHALLWE
47
Gail ___, inventor of condensed milk : BORDEN
48
Emphatic agreement : AMENAMEN
49
Start a bank, say : AVIATE
50
Other than the Nationals, only current Major League Baseball team never to have played in a World Series : MARINERS
51
Turned to anarchy : RIOTED
52
Conservationist's field? : PRESERVE
53
Has the gall : DARES
54
Under the gun : STRESSED
Down
1
Lab wear : SMOCKS
2
Premium cigar : HAVANA
3
"Hold it!" : ONESEC
4
Compact containers : PURSES
5
Big flap in the fashion industry : LAPEL
6
Threat from a rat : ILLTELL
7
U.S.P.S. option advertised with the slogan "If it fits, it ships" : FLATRATEBOX
8
Northumberland river : TYNE
9
Jot : SPECK
10
Entry in a legislative appropriations bill : LINEITEM
11
Idle : INACTIVE
12
Archenemy of Optimus Prime in "Transformers" movies : MEGATRON
13
Members of blended families : STEPSONS
15
Hit hard : SMITE
21
Not going by the book? : STREETSMART
24
Occupied : TAKEN
26
Sighs of relief : AHS
27
"Why did I do that?!" : DOH
28
Blade holder : SCABBARD
29
Only African capital named after a U.S. president : MONROVIA
30
Intentionally hidden : ULTERIOR
31
Enterprise standard : STARDATE
36
Device used to detect radio waves : COHERER
38
Not flabby : TONED
39
2013 "Cars" spinoff : PLANES
40
Popular arts-and-crafts brand : ELMERS
41
Take a sudden turn : SWERVE
42
Prepared for impact : TENSED
44
Grand affairs : FETES
46
Black jellybean flavorer : ANISE
48
Hookups at a gig : AMPS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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