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New York Times, Thursday, November 16, 2023

Author:
Paolo Pasco
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Rapper with the 2007 hit "Lip Gloss"
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Paolo Pasco

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 44 Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Pasco. Thursday freshness: 47%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/16/23 ( No. 27,036 )
Across
1
Sonic boom generator? : SEGA
5
"Curious George" channel : PBS
8
Puts on, perhaps : ADDS
12
Motion propellers : AYES
13
Chris of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" : PRATT
15
Going rate? : GAIT
16
N.L. East team : METS
17
"Vive ___!" : LEROI
18
Wishy-washy words : ORSO
19
English rock band with a string section, for short : ELO
20
Post-mortem exam : AUTOPSY
22
Word before drum or trumpet : EAR
23
Acting dangerously, like this puzzle's subject : LIVINGONTHEEDGE
26
Forever and ever : ONEND
27
Company with a pine tree and mountains in its logo : REI
28
"Otello," for one : OPERA
29
"Otello" composer : VERDI
30
Something to believe in, informally : ISM
31
Married a woman, archaically : WIVED
32
Lake home to the cryptid "Bessie" : ERIE
33
Places of respite : OASES
35
"Hogwash!" : LIES
36
"___ puns are a rare medium well done" (dad joke) : STEAK
38
Super-celebrities : IDOLS
40
"Hotel Transylvania" nickname : DRAC
42
Kiss in Kent : SNOG
43
R&B trio with the album "CrazySexyCool" : TLC
46
One way for a co. to raise money : IPO
47
"Go you!" : YAY
48
Abbr. that completes "_ea_ _oon" : TSP
51
Style that's long behind : RATTAIL
53
Rapper with the 2007 hit "Lip Gloss" : LILMAMA
55
Alphabetically first in a set of 12 : APRIL
56
___ hijacking, another term for "typosquatting" : URL
58
Hunt in spy films : ETHAN
59
That's the key! : ISLE
60
"Dominus illuminatio ___" (Oxford's motto) : MEA
61
Prey for an arctic fox : VOLE
62
State that's approximately trapezoidal: Abbr. : NEV
63
Group cleared by this puzzle's subject, depicted literally : BUSBUSBUS
64
Late start? : ELL
Down
1
2012 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single with the lyric "I can't change even if I tried" : SAMELOVE
2
Pencils not used for writing : EYELINERS
3
Punny advice to this puzzle's subject : GETOVERIT
4
Jerk : ASS
5
One of three South African capitals : PRETORIA
6
Certain member of the House of Lords : BARONESS
7
Rhythm-interrupting jazz technique : STOPTIME
8
Back : AGO
9
Description of this puzzle's subject : DAREDEVIL
10
Is a no-body? : DISAGREES
11
Some promotional material : STOREADS
13
Charging station feature : PLUG
14
"The Addams Family" nickname : TISH
20
"___ Mack" (2010s Disney show) : ANDI
21
Cry of pain : YEOW
24
"That it is" : INDEED
25
Noted feature of "The Brothers Karamazov" : EPILOG
33
So-called "African unicorn" : OKAPI
34
Part of Egypt that's in Asia : SINAI
37
One of Microsoft's "core fonts" : ARIAL
39
Creator of Sherlock Holmes : DOYLE
41
State capital with the nickname "Arch City" : COLUMBUS
42
Paper handed out as a matter of course? : SYLLABUS
43
Cargo hauler : TRAIN
44
Slip : LAPSE
45
Pasting prompt : CTRLV
48
Lake that feeds the Truckee River : TAHOE
49
Lilliputian : SMALL
50
Bit of comic book art : PANEL
52
Item missing in "business casual" : TIE
54
Original "Are You the One?" channel : MTV
57
"T_RN," for "No U-Turn," e.g. : REBUS

Answer summary:
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