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New York Times, Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Author:
Jared Goudsmit
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Across : Needing direction
TotalDebutLatest
26/29/20221/3/2024
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Jared Goudsmit

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Goudsmit. Wednesday freshness: 32%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/3/24 ( No. 27,084 )
Across
1
Teacher of the Talmud : RABBI
6
Alternative to a thigh : WING
10
Cousin of a picnic, informally : BBQ
13
Horn or whistle, at times : ALARM
14
Home of Bach Ma Temple : HANOI
15
Nickname for Missouri's second-largest city, with "the" : LOU
16
Was worth another mention : BOREPEATING
18
Cancel : AXE
19
Start of a simple selection process : EENY
20
Eartha who sang "I Want to Be Evil" : KITT
21
Cool place in a hot place : OASIS
23
Janet's "not-a-robot" boyfriend on "The Good Place" : DEREK
25
Speaking naturally : FLUENT
26
Travel discount : FAREDUCTION
29
International intelligence organization? : MENSA
30
With 40-Across, offshore work site : OIL
31
It's money, in a saying : TIME
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Apple ___ : INC
36
Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across : REFUSED
40
See 30-Across : RIG
41
"Light" of a light bulb moment : IDEA
43
Get-up-and-go : ZIP
44
Surrounded by : AMONG
46
Not inflammatory? : FIRESISTANT
50
Musical instrument also called a chac-chac : MARACA
53
TV's Ted Lasso, e.g. : COACH
54
"___ que sí!" (Spanish "Of course!") : CLARO
55
Fake : SHAM
57
Eton students, traditionally : BOYS
60
.png alternative : JPG
61
Sanctuary like Yellowstone : NATURESERVE
64
"What a revelation!" : OHO
65
Public relations focus : IMAGE
66
Needing direction : ATSEA
67
Prohibit : BAN
68
Bring up : CITE
69
Trunk : CHEST
Down
1
Broccoli ___ : RABE
2
It's vera soothing! : ALOE
3
Rural shindig : BARNDANCE
4
Edy's competitor : BREYERS
5
Mischievous tyke : IMP
6
Power unit : WATT
7
Still able to win : INIT
8
Lead-in to stick or starter : NON
9
Escort of a sort : GIGOLO
10
Apathetic : BLASE
11
Trap from all sides : BOXIN
12
Dungeons & Dragons mission : QUEST
14
Sort of poem not usually pluralized by adding an -s : HAIKU
17
Scraped (out) : EKED
22
Letters that are fittingly part of "f_mily _ _ i _" : AUNT
24
Bring up : REAR
25
Finish one's taxes : FILE
26
Ward (off) : FEND
27
Tours de force : COUPS
28
"___ but a scratch" : TIS
29
Customizable Nintendo avatar : MII
32
1800s steam-powered locomotive : IRONHORSE
33
Breath freshener : MINT
34
Good ___ (kind soul) : EGG
37
___ Klein, author of "Why We're Polarized" : EZRA
38
"Curses upon thee!" : FIE
39
Raw material for some analysts : DATA
42
Yonder : AFAR
45
Subject of a centuries-old theatrical superstition : MACBETH
47
Having legendary status : ICONIC
48
"You matter to me" : ICARE
49
Not many : SOME
50
Mundane employment, derisively : MCJOB
51
Leader of Argos? : ALPHA
52
Harshly criticize, informally : RAGON
55
"Without delay!" : STAT
56
Epic : HUGE
58
Part of Y.S.L. : YVES
59
Resting place? : SEAT
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Québécois confidant : AMI
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___ fly (R.B.I.-earning play) : SAC

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

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