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New York Times, Thursday, November 18, 2021

Author:
Ori Brian
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Across : One crying foul, say
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Ori Brian

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Brian. Thursday freshness: 14%
Ori Brian notes:
With both RED and TAYLOR Swift in this puzzle, it seems fitting to endorse RED (TAYLOR's Version) as this puzzle's official ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Literal wordplay in the clues, arrows pointing to Di in Di Gaga Godiva = FIRST LADY. At first, the sequence of FIRST, SECOND, ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/18/21 ( No. 26,308 )
Across
1
Vaccination site : ARM
4
Tap alternative? : PSST
8
Take the wrong way? : FILCH
13
___-tzu : LAO
14
Ancient region of Asia Minor : IONIA
15
Where the Nez Percé Reservation is found : IDAHO
16
→ Di ← Gaga Godiva : FIRSTLADY
18
Inventor of dynamite : NOBEL
19
Approved, with "to" : SAIDOK
20
Bit of baloney : LIE
22
Like the soles of Louboutin shoes : RED
23
Bird's-eye view? : BILL
24
R.p.m. → m.p.h. ← k.p.s. : SECONDRATE
27
Singer Baker : ANITA
29
Pair at sea : OARS
30
Its name comes from the Greek for "uncuttable" : ATOM
31
Total jerk : ASS
32
French word at a coffeehouse : LAIT
34
One crying foul, say : UMP
36
Art → Calculus ← Spanish : MIDDLECLASS
40
Long-snouted fish : GAR
41
Bread eaten with curry : ROTI
42
Marcille who won "America's Next Top Model" : EVA
45
Dieci meno due : OTTO
48
Heaven on earth : EDEN
50
How you might recall a childhood memory : DIMLY
52
Housewarming masquerade → tailgate ← : THIRDPARTY
55
Influential icon : LION
56
TV coach Lasso : TED
57
In which four raised fingers and a curved thumb is "B," in brief : ASL
58
Letting up : EASING
60
Fossilized tree resin : AMBER
62
Ha-ha chortle → tee-hee ← : LASTLAUGH
65
Not claim, say : WAIVE
66
Do some tailoring to : ALTER
67
Woman's name that sounds like a letter : DEE
68
Paid (up) : ANTED
69
Mouth off to : SASS
70
Slip : ERR
Down
1
Title character of an '80s sitcom : ALF
2
What toes can resemble after a long bath : RAISINS
3
Excessive righteousness : MORALISM
4
Some business casual shirts : POLOS
5
Fraudulent medical treatment : SNAKEOIL
6
"Ice Age" sloth : SID
7
Swift to climb the Billboard chart? : TAYLOR
8
Docked, in a way : FINED
9
Vow-sealing words : IDO
10
Common experiment subject : LABRAT
11
Cause of some orange fingers : CHEETO
12
Poker variant : HOLDEM
14
"___ be a shame ..." : ITD
17
Alluvium : SILT
21
Put down : INSULT
23
Silence of the lambs? Just the opposite! : BAA
25
Wedding vendor : CATERER
26
Speaks on the record? : RAPS
28
Captain Pierce portrayer on old TV : ALDA
33
Sellers of airtime, informally : ADREPS
35
___ of honor : MAID
37
Dr. Frankenstein's aide : IGOR
38
Dance-offs, e.g. : CONTESTS
39
Shirtless, say : SEMINUDE
43
Many a YouTube star : VLOGGER
44
Writer Rand : AYN
45
Chief tributary of the St. Lawrence River : OTTAWA
46
Oppressive authority, informally : THEMAN
47
Tasty morsel : TIDBIT
49
City with the longtime slogan "Big things happen here" : DALLAS
51
Pelvic bones : ILIA
53
Had the courage : DARED
54
Richard who wrote "Revolutionary Road" : YATES
59
35mm camera type : SLR
61
Inhabitant of 48-Across : EVE
63
Similar to : ALA
64
What's-___-name : HER

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