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New York Times, Saturday, November 23, 2024

Author:
Ryan McCarty
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
42-Across : Double ___
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
296/17/201711/23/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
100012241
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6125096%
Ryan McCarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {XZ} This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. McCarty. Saturday freshness: 89%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/23/24 ( No. 27,409 )
Across
1
In need of a trim, say : SCRUFFY
8
Superficially attractive : GLOSSY
14
Romance language? : ILOVEYOU
16
Something that may be passed down in a family : RECIPE
17
Reclusive emperor who succeeded his stepfather Augustus : TIBERIUS
18
Restaurateur and humanitarian José : ANDRES
19
Immature pigeon : SQUAB
20
Bonkers : NUTSO
22
"Tropic Thunder" setting, for short : NAM
23
Hearty kiss : BUSS
24
Substances in culture dishes : AGARS
25
Alert to prejudice : WOKE
26
Notwithstanding : YET
27
Like many a dad joke : STALE
28
One of football's Kelce brothers : JASON
29
"I wouldn't count on it" : THATSABIGIF
31
Bad person to take a cue from? : POOLHUSTLER
32
Full-body armor in science fiction stories : BATTLESUITS
33
Stories that can be read both forward and backward? : SAGAS
34
Opposite of avant : APRES
35
Make some calls : REF
38
North ___ Sea, body of water since the late 1980s : ARAL
39
Actress Garson with seven Oscar nominations : GREER
40
Seat filler : REAR
41
Stop for the night : INN
42
Double ___ : DUTCH
43
Excel shortcut : MACRO
44
Spot-checked? : DOGSAT
46
Easily stacked pet food : TUNACANS
48
Reacts like a superfan : SWOONS
49
Dangerous place for Indiana Jones : SNAKEPIT
50
Common crab covering : OLDBAY
51
Desperate for affection, in modern slang : THIRSTY
Down
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Remains unmoved : SITSBY
2
Theater kids, e.g. : CLIQUE
3
Full-bodied, as a wine : ROBUST
4
Places for irises : UVEAS
5
Disney Channel pal of Phineas : FERB
6
"Just a heads-up …" : FYI
7
Not acting one's age, in a way : YOUNGATHEART
8
Ganja : GRASS
9
Winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2014 : LENO
10
Condition that may be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy, for short : OCD
11
Private rejection? : SIRNOSIR
12
Talk about : SPEAKOF
13
Bootlicking sorts : YESMEN
15
1995 crime thriller named for a line in "Casablanca," with "The" : USUALSUSPECTS
21
Activity requiring a map : TREASUREHUNT
24
One bit : ATALL
25
Subject of union negotiations : WAGES
27
Round that's finished quickly? : SHOTS
28
Leaves in the lurch : JILTS
29
Utter : TOTAL
30
Middling in rank, informally : BTIER
31
Zeus, Odin or the Dagda : PAGANGOD
32
Nocturnal flier with a distinctive screech : BARNOWL
33
Affirmed as much : SAIDSO
35
Gives the quick and dirty : RECAPS
36
Get something through hard work : EARNIT
37
Holiday character with a "button nose" : FROSTY
39
Full of pluck : GUTSY
40
Anchor, e.g. : RACER
42
CNN anchor Bash : DANA
43
Sushi roll wrapped in seaweed : MAKI
45
More than tear up : SOB
47
"I'm good, thanks" : NAH

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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