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New York Times, Thursday, October 20, 2022

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Dude
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Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FJQ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Goldstein. Thursday freshness: 32%
Rebecca Goldstein notes:
Thrilled to be back on a Thursday! For this theme, I wanted to black out one instance each of LAMB, RAM, and EWE. Selecting theme ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Jim here, sitting in for Jeff Chen, who is taking swimming lessons at THE Y. There are so many ways Thursday constructors can twist ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times10/20/22 ( No. 26,644 )
Across
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Smart TV brand : RCA
4
They're shared by twins : AGES
8
Occur : HAPPEN
14
One of many on a starfish : ARM
15
Ethical gray area : MORALAMBIGUITY
17
Dude : GUY
18
"Here's what we should do" : IVEGOTAPLAN
20
Called balls, say : UMPED
22
Mustang or Impala : CAR
23
Tarnish : SULLY
24
Complete series, maybe : BOXSET
26
One may keep you on the right track, for short : GPS
28
James who sang "How Strong Is a Woman" : ETTA
29
Accessory for Hello Kitty : HAIRBOW
34
Place for a spiritual retreat : ASHRAM
36
Eponym for an annual prize for American humor : TWAIN
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Portrait mode feature : BLUR
40
Bar mixer : COLA
42
Big time : EON
43
Word with star or navel : GAZE
44
Place for swimming lessons, informally : THEY
45
Prefix meaning "sun" : HELIO
47
Non-pro : CON
48
Sisterly : SORORAL
50
Flight ___ : RISK
53
Actress Mendes : EVA
54
Like the bunny slope : TAMEST
56
Slice of brie, e.g. : CHEESEWEDGE
62
Laughs : HAHAS
64
Dance move named after a Manhattan neighborhood : HARLEMSHAKE
67
Sinus doc : ENT
68
Not qualified (to) : UNABLE
69
Mideast royal : EMIR
70
Part of what makes you you : EGO
71
Dark volcanic rock : BASALT
72
Toward el Atlántico, from Cuba : ESTE
73
Comic book onomatopoeia : POW
Down
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Tagliatelle topper : RAGU
2
Morsel in Hansel and Gretel's path : CRUMB
3
Comedian with the 2014 humor book "Yes Please" : AMYPOEHLER
4
In the thick of : AMIDST
5
End of a presidential address? : GOV
6
Upright : ERECT
7
Chapter after chapter : SAGA
8
Blackjack choice : HIT
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U.S. Open winner of 1994 and 1999 : AGASSI
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Hawaiian word meaning "hors d'oeuvre" : PUPU
11
Tablet : PILL
12
Citation abbreviation : ETAL
13
Part of a U.N. address? : NYNY
19
Italian auto with a bull in its logo : LAMBORGHINI
21
Sandwich order specification : EXTRAMAYO
25
Accept as a loss : EAT
27
Wok, e.g. : PAN
30
"Notorious" justice, in brief : RBG
31
Familial outcast depicted three times in this puzzle : BLACKSHEEP
32
Greek spirit : OUZO
33
Small songbird : WREN
34
Isn't oneself? : ACTS
35
Manhattan neighborhood next to TriBeCa : SOHO
37
Some small Scots : WEELADS
38
Internet service provider whose name is now stylized with a period : AOL
45
"Don't I know you from somewhere?" : HAVEWEMET
46
"Your Song" singer Rita : ORA
49
List on Craigslist, say : RESELL
51
Arrival declaration : IMHERE
52
Coral ___ : SEA
54
They're found in brackets : TEAMS
55
November, Alfa, ___, Oscar ("NATO" in the NATO alphabet) : TANGO
56
Cousin of a carp : CHUB
57
Tennis's Mandlikova : HANA
58
Divisions of history : ERAS
59
Actor Idris : ELBA
61
Fat in Indian cooking : GHEE
63
Put away securely : STOW
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Hobbyist's purchase : KIT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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