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New York Times, Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Author:
Adam Aaronson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : Purple Heart honoree, maybe [4,0]
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Aaronson. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 62%
Adam Aaronson notes:
Great to be back in 2022 (and on my half birthday, too)! Developing this puzzle's theme was a surprisingly involved process. Finding a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Longtime readers know my love of Matt Gaffney's metapuzzle series. It's not uncommon for theme answers' clues to include numbers that ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times1/12/22 ( No. 26,363 )
Across
1
End of a dorm name, usually : HALL
5
Old-fashioned "Jeez!" : EGADS
10
Huggers : ARMS
14
Cause for an aha : IDEA
15
On the up and up : LEGIT
16
One of more than 30,000 in Scotland : LOCH
17
"A Fish Called Wanda" co-star [7,9] : KEVINKLINE
19
Tapered hairstyle : FADE
20
Say "I dunno," say : ELIDE
21
Wolf (down) : SNARF
23
Female whitetail, e.g. : DOE
24
Last ___ (final option) : RESORT
26
A total blast [8,1] : GREATFUN
28
On one side of an outfield pole : FOUL
30
Sister brand of Crest : ORALB
31
Pre-weekend outburst : TGIF
34
Biting remark : BARB
37
Ends of mazes : GOALS
39
"Whew!" : MAN
40
Purple Heart honoree, maybe [4,0] : WARHERO
42
Giant in camping gear : REI
43
Reply to "Nuh-uh!" : ISTOO
45
Fully cooked : DONE
46
Musician's break : REST
47
Pulse painfully : THROB
49
Galifianakis of "Birdman" : ZACH
51
Eschew scuba gear, say [3,5] : FREEDIVE
54
Downside of starting a new career path, perhaps : PAYCUT
58
Sluglike secretary in "Monsters, Inc." : ROZ
59
Sulky states : SNITS
61
Sandwich eaten next to a fire : SMORE
62
Nano or Touch : IPOD
64
Some poster-making supplies [2,6] : GLUESTICKS
66
___ melt : TUNA
67
Respected person in a tribe : ELDER
68
Caroler's tune : NOEL
69
Conform to : OBEY
70
Landowners' documents : DEEDS
71
Posh shindig : GALA
Down
1
One often seen wearing boots with shorts : HIKER
2
Singer with the album "30" : ADELE
3
___ Stadium a.k.a. "Field of Jeans" : LEVIS
4
Idled, as workers : LAIDOFF
5
Animal facing a moose on Michigan's flag : ELK
6
Comes together nicely : GELS
7
Anti-___ cream : AGING
8
Currency of Iraq : DINAR
9
System that might include a turntable : STEREO
10
TV E.T. : ALF
11
Impromptu signal to slow down : ROADFLARE
12
Two-patty burgers introduced in 1997 : MCDOUBLES
13
Matte's lack : SHEEN
18
Ruler during the Great Fire of Rome : NERO
22
FX series set in the Great Plains : FARGO
25
Brass instrument with the largest mouthpiece : TUBA
27
East Asian doctrine : TAO
29
Nonkosher cooking fat : LARD
31
"Spare me the gory details" : TMI
32
Venue for meals with microbrews : GASTROPUB
33
Acutely focused and attuned : INTHEZONE
35
Greek "P" : RHO
36
German automaker Karl : BENZ
38
Stand no more, say : SIT
40
Tiger on the green : WOODS
41
Glean : REAP
44
Contents of a vein : ORE
46
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues : RHYMING
48
Oversaw? : BINGED
50
Playbill heading : CAST
51
___-Lay : FRITO
52
Common city name ending : VILLE
53
Exercise that works the fingers : ETUDE
55
Hot ___ : COCOA
56
Nerdy "Family Matters" boy : URKEL
57
Cybertruck maker : TESLA
60
March Madness datum : SEED
63
Word after field or before dreams : DAY
65
"For reals," in texts : SRS

Answer summary:
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