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New York Times, Thursday, October 21, 2021

Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Across : Queen ___ (pop nickname)
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Michael Lieberman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Lieberman. Thursday freshness: 44%
Michael Lieberman notes:
I hope you enjoyed this one. This was my first attempt at making something tricky, and I liked this particular idea because it allowed ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
X UNDER Y phrases, expressed literally as YX. I like the vertical nature of the themers; so appropriate for this concept. Four ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times10/21/21 ( No. 26,280 )
Across
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Home of many Zoroastrians : IRAN
5
No. on the back of a baseball card : STAT
9
Jazz drummer Jimmy : COBB
13
"Awkwafina Is ___ From Queens" (Comedy Central series) : NORA
14
Help when things are too hot to handle : POTHOLDER
16
"Tell me more ..." : GOON
17
Where to find Amazon's streams : PRIMEVIDEO
18
Tombstone site, once : OKCORRAL
20
Number of Emily Dickinson poems, out of the 1,700+ she wrote, that were published during her lifetime : TEN
21
Terse reprimand : TSK
22
Queen ___ (pop nickname) : BEY
23
Urban obstacle course activity : PARKOUR
27
Things you saw while asleep? : LOGS
29
Window components : TABS
30
Reddit Q&A : AMA
31
Type of angular momentum, in physics : SPIN
33
Noodle container? : SKULL
35
Animal on a Jägermeister bottle : STAG
36
Queen's domain : HIVE
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Let loose : UNTIE
38
Words said with a sigh : AHME
39
x, for one : AXIS
40
Pub purchase : ROUND
41
Instruction in risotto recipes : STIR
42
Connect four in the game Connect Four, e.g. : WIN
43
Throws cold water on, say : WETS
44
Shine's partner : RISE
46
Fail to maintain : NEGLECT
48
Word before Kim, Wayne and Baby : LIL
49
Prone to blushing, say : SHY
52
It may be used to get away from a bank : OAR
53
Small digit : PINKYTOE
55
Stretch one's legs : GOFORAWALK
59
Request at a consulate : VISA
60
"You up?" text, maybe : BOOTYCALL
61
Little salamanders : EFTS
62
"___ Gotta Have It" (Spike Lee film) : SHES
63
Something taken in protest : KNEE
64
Part of GPS: Abbr. : SYST
Down
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Fort Knox block : INGOT
2
Accompaniers of knights : ROOKS
3
Clueless about current trends : AROCKLIVING
4
One-billionth: Prefix : NANO
5
Many a cologne : SPRAY
6
Word in a Shakespearean incantation : TOIL
7
Place to get paper with plastic? : ATM
8
Take more shots than : THETABLEDRINK
9
Toast sound : CLINK
10
What "10" is not : ODD
11
Busy one : BEE
12
Familial term of address : BRO
15
Cricket segments : OVERS
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"Notorious" justice : RBG
23
Ferraro : Mondale :: ___ : McCain : PALIN
24
Give a sworn statement in court : OATHTESTIFY
25
Taste common in tomatoes and mushrooms : UMAMI
26
Blowout : RAGER
28
Scoreboard numbers when a baseball team puts up a "picket fence" : ONES
29
Attire seen in many Degas paintings : TUTUS
31
William ___, editor of The New Yorker for 35 years : SHAWN
32
Kind of short cut : PIXIE
34
Berry farm eponym : KNOTT
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Freshness : SASS
43
Far from fresh : WEARY
45
Variety : ILK
47
Sacks : LOOTS
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French city nicknamed "The Capital of Flanders" : LILLE
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Big "S.N.L." announcements : HOSTS
51
It's bred for bread : YEAST
53
Word before "Blue Eyes" or "Blue Dot" in titles : PALE
54
Jacques-___ Cousteau : YVES
55
"Arms and the Man" monogram : GBS
56
"Incredible!" : OOH
57
Hostile party : FOE
58
Ashen : WAN

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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