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New York Times, Thursday, November 4, 2021

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : "Goodness me!"
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQXY} This is puzzle # 102 for Mr. Steinberg. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Thursday freshness: 26%
David Steinberg notes:
I constructed this puzzle in early 2020. My original plan was to make it a Sunday, but I couldn't find enough pairs of long theme ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Eye-opening finds. I love these space-addition/deletion/shifting discoveries, GOLD INGOT and HOLDING ON sharing that long string of ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/4/21 ( No. 26,294 )
Across
1
Periodontist's specialty : GUMS
5
Where students might kick their feet up : DOJO
9
Attacks from all sides : BESETS
14
"Right away!" : ASAP
15
___ Eats : UBER
16
Currency in Pakistan : RUPEE
17
Only Monopoly railroad whose name doesn't contain "Railroad" / Laughing gleefully : SHORTLINE
19
Font whose name is a homophone of 20-Across : ARIAL
20
See 19-Across : AERIAL
21
Seriously overcharged : GOUGED
23
Traditional media category : PRINT
24
Philadelphia's ___ Center for the Performing Arts : MANN
25
They may be full of Natural Light : KEGS
28
Carnitas holder : TACO
30
Bordeaux red : CLARET
32
Some daily temps : HIGHS
35
It took the iconic photograph "Pillars of Creation" : HUBBLE
38
First animal sound in "Old MacDonald" : MOO
39
Brouhaha : ADO
40
Setting for "The Sound of Music" / Greyhound journey : AUSTRIA
41
Toothpaste tube letters : ADA
42
France's ___ de Loire : VAL
43
Make quickly, as a pot of coffee : BREWUP
44
Coastline feature : INLET
45
"Goodness me!" : OHDEAR
47
The first Fabergé egg was created for one : TSAR
49
Hanukkah chocolate shape : COIN
50
Move slowly : OOZE
53
Subordinate to : BELOW
57
Police drama co-starring LL Cool J : NCISLA
59
Language in which "Ho" and "Hoina" mean "yes" and "no" : NEPALI
60
Bricks sold in sets : LEGOS
62
Hairy problem? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : SPLITENDS
64
Something that falls in the fall : ACORN
65
"1917," e.g. : EPIC
66
Pinnacle : ACME
67
Malicious group of computers : BOTNET
68
Puppy pickup place : NAPE
69
One compartment of a golf bag : TEES
Down
1
Tank top? : GASCAP
2
Wedding worker : USHER
3
Like one in six New Zealanders, ethnically : MAORI
4
Goes all out : SPRINTS
5
Nearly pointless? : DULL
6
What secures a kimono : OBI
7
Game that has 54 blocks : JENGA
8
Home to the Willamette Valley : OREGON
9
Engage in gasconade or fanfaronade : BRAG
10
"I figured it out!" : EUREKA
11
Web master? / Of the outer skin layer : SPIDERMAN
12
Sleepytime, e.g. : TEA
13
Fleur de ___ (fancy salt) : SEL
18
"See ya!" : TATA
22
Removes, as a lapel microphone : UNCLIPS
24
Pointer controller : MOUSE
26
Rock that's often cut open : GEODE
27
Ermine, in the summer : STOAT
29
Desserts dusted with cinnamon sugar : CHURROS
31
Bound : LEAP
32
Mayhem : HAVOC
33
British Columbia neighbor : IDAHO
34
Expensive bar / Not letting go : GOLDINGOT
36
Texter's "I meant to say ..." : BTW
37
___ force : BRUTE
40
Scandinavian pop group : ABBA
44
"Again ..." : IREPEAT
46
"Again!" : ENCORE
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Help with a heist : ABET
51
Elizabeth who plays Wanda on "WandaVision" : OLSEN
52
Mothers of Invention musician : ZAPPA
54
Outdated charging device? : LANCE
55
Pre-makeover self : OLDME
56
Smartens (up) : WISES
58
What separates money from everything? : ISNT
59
Kind : NICE
60
Test site : LAB
61
Prefix with label : ECO
63
Edge : LIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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