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New York Times, Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Across : Cousins of mandolins
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. Haight. Tuesday freshness: 74%
Bruce Haight notes:
When I came across the term "linking verb," I rather doubted that those letters would fit very well between words, and throwing a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Let's set the stage: you're the main character in today's play, searching for what connects each pair of words in four phrases. And … ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times11/1/22 ( No. 26,656 )
Across
1
"___ Chair" (term of address at a meeting) : MADAM
6
13-Across, voicewise : ALTO
10
Vaccine watchdog org. : FDA
13
"Rumour Has It" singer, 2011 : ADELE
14
Close one : SCARE
15
Make public : AIR
16
Upbeat response to "How are you?" : NEVERBETTER
18
Some 401(k) investments, in brief : CDS
19
Toledo cheer : OLE
20
Ceiling : LIMIT
21
Big celebration : FETE
22
Annoy : RILE
24
Central Brazil, for the Amazon : RIVERBASIN
27
Slept soundly? : SNORED
29
Nissan sedan : ALTIMA
30
Grand : EPIC
31
Russian waterway famed for its sturgeon fishery : VOLGA
34
___ Aviv : TEL
35
Musical group that doesn't play original songs : COVERBAND
38
Some Facebook exchanges, in brief : IMS
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Cousins of mandolins : LUTES
42
Write a ticket (for) : CITE
45
Place for a dish that's come from the oven : HOTPAD
47
"Rumor has it ..." : IHEARD
49
Costlier than projected : OVERBUDGET
53
1960s film villain with prosthetic metal hands : DRNO
54
Water conduit : PIPE
55
Ghostly : EERIE
57
Warm greeting : HUG
58
Fair-hiring inits. : EEO
59
Grammatical connector like "is" or "seem" … or a connector found literally in 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across : LINKINGVERB
62
___ Jose : SAN
63
Three-wheeler : TRIKE
64
Some honkers : GEESE
65
"___ to a Superhero" (Weird Al Yankovic parody of "Piano Man") : ODE
66
Trial version : DEMO
67
Stared at rudely : OGLED
Down
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Stately homes : MANORS
2
"Sweet" sweetheart in a barbershop quartet standard : ADELINE
3
Take shape : DEVELOP
4
Brewpub order : ALE
5
Dark European thrush : MERL
6
When Juliet drinks a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead : ACTIV
7
Coffee in the milky way? : LATTE
8
Uno + due : TRE
9
Atop, poetically : OER
10
Accepts reality : FACESIT
11
Was in the slammer : DIDTIME
12
Arms depot : ARSENAL
14
18-wheeler : SEMI
17
Frequent flier? : BIRD
21
Big, as a bonus : FAT
23
Rocker Clapton : ERIC
25
Sitar selection : RAGA
26
Turn pale with shock : BLANCH
28
Big name in water purification : ECOLAB
31
Dog shelter employee : VET
32
Metal source : ORE
33
Units of wt. : LBS
36
On-demand digital video brand : VUDU
37
Fizzled out : DIED
38
Wishful words : IHOPESO
39
Trailer in a theater : MOVIEAD
40
It's a start : STEPONE
43
North Carolina athlete : TARHEEL
44
One doing lifesaving work at a hosp. : ERNURSE
46
Lead-in to position or occupation : PRE
47
"Put ___ writing" : ITIN
48
Creature comfort? : DOGBED
50
Casual fabric : DENIM
51
"Wall Street" character Gordon : GEKKO
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The "E" in HOMES : ERIE
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Breakfast brand : EGGO
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Relative of Inc. : LTD
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High dudgeon : IRE
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Be a couch potato : VEG

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

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