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New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Author:
Robert S. Gard
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
21-Across : Flying mammals
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Robert S. Gard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Gard. Wednesday freshness: 85%
Jim Horne notes:

It's tough to dream up new revealer justifications for rebus entries. SHRINK RAY is a nice find.

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© 2024, The New York Times11/20/24 ( No. 27,406 )
Across
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Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps : AMPS
5
Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis : OSLO
9
Cause of lens flare : GLARE
14
In a moment : SOON
15
Shoot forth : SPEW
16
School tool : RULER
17
Coloring implement since 1903 : CRAYOLACRAYON
19
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
20
Atop, poetically : OER
21
Flying mammals : BATS
22
Make like South Sudan in 2011 : SECEDE
23
Deep-fried Japanese fare : TEMPURA
25
Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet" : CATHY
26
Blade runner? : SLED
27
"You should open this on a personal device" heads-up : NSFW
29
Quaint contraction : TWAS
32
Sine ___ non : QUA
35
Film representations : PORTRAYALS
37
Kind of computer port : USB
40
Books with legends : ATLASES
42
Jones (for) : YEN
43
Parent working behind the scenes? : STAGEMOM
45
Bit of cream : DAB
47
Totally bonkers : CRAYCRAY
48
Make a big to-do (over) : FUSS
50
Big name in sunglasses : RAYBAN
54
Domesticated : TAMED
56
Move to the beat? : PULSATE
59
Montmartre sweetheart : CHERIE
61
Christmas tree decoration : CANE
62
What a coxswain notably doesn't do : ROW
63
Worked on a trireme, e.g. : OARED
64
Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle : SHRINKRAY
66
Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson : ALIAS
67
Bentley or Benz, e.g. : AUTO
68
Asian soup : MISO
69
"... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10 : LEAST
70
Cyclops, for one : XMAN
71
Annual presidential speech, in brief : SOTU
Down
1
Dapper sartorial choices : ASCOTS
2
Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws : MORAYEEL
3
Self-pitying lament : POORME
4
Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief : SNL
5
Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein : OSCAR
6
Artificial bronze : SPRAYTAN
7
Fiery sorts, it's said : LEOS
8
B.Y.O.B. part : OWN
9
Say hello to : GREET
10
Makeshift shield during a food fight : LUNCHTRAY
11
What a rear exit may lead to : ALLEYWAY
12
Pore over : READ
13
Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves : ERIE
18
___ Dhabi : ABU
22
Got steamed : SAWRED
24
A.S.A.P. : PDQ
25
Corporate $$$ overseers : CFOS
28
Abuses the listserv, say : SPAMS
30
"For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" : ALE
31
W-9 info : SSN
33
Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short : UAE
34
Bank withdrawal charge : ATMFEE
36
Air marshal's org. : TSA
37
Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives : USC
38
Potential rescue pet : STRAY
39
Culture group : BACTERIA
41
Like a lime green suit : LOUD
44
They're open to interpretation : GRAYAREAS
46
Hee-haws : BRAYS
49
Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War : SPARTA
51
Spanish Harlem, e.g. : BARRIO
52
Wedding reception cry : ATOAST
53
Goal of self-improvement, perhaps : NEWYOU
55
In our ___ (among us) : MIDST
57
The "U" of 71-Across : UNION
58
___ Deighton, British spy novelist : LEN
59
Declining industry of Appalachia : COAL
60
Strong and healthy : HALE
61
Shark bait : CHUM
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Jazz instrument : SAX
65
Berlin Marathon units: Abbr. : KMS

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