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New York Times, Thursday, January 25, 2024

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : Christmas party?
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 75, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Ezersky. Thursday freshness: 90%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/25/24 ( No. 27,106 )
Across
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Three-point letter you won't find in Scrabble? : PSI
4
One of the Pointer Sisters : ANITA
9
Chips, cookies, etc. : TECH
13
Response to "Who's ready?" : IAM
14
Not free : ATACOST
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Word with square or air : MILE
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Mercury is in this : GLASSTHERMOMETER
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"I've got it!" : EUREKA
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Dangers in the Amazon : PIRANHAS
22
What subs may sub for : ATEAM
23
Afterword : EPILOG
25
One with many stuffy clients, for short? : ENT
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Mercury might be in this : RETROGRADE
28
___ Polo : MARCO
30
Christmas party? : MAGI
31
Party in the U.K. : LABOUR
32
Light touches : PATS
36
Is insufficient : WONTDO
39
Hipsteresque, say : ARTY
40
Something posted from an online account : ECHECK
42
___ nationalism, movement associated with the Baath Party : ARAB
44
Here we are! : EARTH
45
The Mercury might be in this : WNBAFINALS
51
Rio or Sorento : KIA
52
Have no more in stock : AREOUT
54
Unit of radioactivity : CURIE
55
Lab report component : ABSTRACT
57
Doesn't bother : LETSBE
58
Mercury was in this : BOHEMIANRHAPSODY
61
English poet Wilfred ___ : OWEN
62
Ice cream brand in West Coast supermarkets : DREYERS
63
Prefix with -phyte : NEO
64
One's parents, slangily, with "the" : OLDS
65
Square : DWEEB
66
Sch. in Texas : SMU
Down
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Chewy, meaty dog treat : PIGEAR
2
Show of hands? : SALUTE
3
Turkish inn : IMARET
4
"___ way!" ("Nice job!") : ATTA
5
Reply found backward in "No thanks" : NAH
6
Clinch, as a victory : ICE
7
Lethargic : TORPID
8
Answer to the riddle "What can someone wear that never goes out of style?" : ASMILE
9
Some Feds : TMEN
10
Choice words : EITHEROR
11
Having a neat appearance : CLEANCUT
12
The 19th Amendment is part of this : HERSTORY
14
Reply in which one parent says to go talk to the other parent : ASKMOM
15
Bullfight bull : TORO
18
Burn the surface of : SEAR
19
Heated pool? : MAGMA
23
"And so ..." : ERGO
24
Total hassle : PAIN
27
Goggle : GAWK
29
Org. for lawyers : ABA
31
Sliceable food purchase : LOAF
32
Game for a toddler : PEEKABOO
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Smoothie bar order served with a spoon : ACAIBOWL
34
Defeated soundly : THRASHED
35
Good to go : SET
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Brand once promoted as the "forbidden fragrance" : TABU
38
"Phooey!" : DRAT
41
Allure : CHARM
43
Curling targets : BICEPS
45
Cautionary store sign from an alcohol retailer : WECARD
46
Used : NOTNEW
47
"Phooey!" : NUTS
48
Light charges? : ARSONS
49
Centrist in British politics, informally : LIBDEM
50
"Bye!" : SEEYOU
53
Fridge visit for a midnight snack, say : RAID
56
Bowling pins on the back right : TENS
57
___ gai (Thai dish) : LARB
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Main ingredient in a Longshoreman : RYE
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"Tee" follower : HEE

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

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