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New York Times, Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Author:
Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
64-Across : Beth Harmon's weakness in "The Queen's Gambit"
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Jennifer Lee
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Victor Galson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Lee. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Galson. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Tuesday freshness: 26%
Constructor notes:
JENNY: We are very excited to be back in the NYT for our second puzzle! Here are some lines that didn't make the cut: Farewell, ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/9/21 ( No. 26,299 )
Across
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Analyze grammatically : PARSE
6
Extreme devotee, informally : FIEND
11
Org. for Pistons and Rockets : NBA
14
Overact : EMOTE
15
Egypt's Sadat : ANWAR
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Common street name in the Northeast : ELM
17
"God in his wisdom made the fly / And then forgot ..." : TOTELLUSWHY
19
___ Sports (video game) : WII
20
Card in Uno : SKIP
21
Word after square or plus : ONE
22
Brings home : EARNS
24
"Tell me, O Octopus, I begs, / Is those things arms ...?" : ORISTHEYLEGS
28
Festival that awards the Palme d'Or : CANNES
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Best possible : IDEAL
32
Eschew : AVOID
33
Voiced, as grievances : AIRED
35
Something often lent, but never returned : EAR
38
Eye of ___ (part of a witch's brew) : NEWT
39
Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across : OGDEN
40
Long part of a horse, short part of a giraffe : MANE
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Places with frontline workers, for short : ERS
42
Vibes : AURAS
43
Parts of a Facebook feed : POSTS
44
Bring out : EDUCE
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"Let's be real" : FACEIT
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"The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, ..." : THEOTHERMILK
51
Alternative to Google or AOL : YAHOO
52
One-named singer born Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson : HER
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Straw, basically : TUBE
57
Thanksgiving dinner ending : PIE
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"The trouble with a kitten is that / Eventually it ..." : BECOMESACAT
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Flub : ERR
63
They protect the QB : OLINE
64
Beth Harmon's weakness in "The Queen's Gambit" : PILLS
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"Yes, captain" : AYE
66
Ocean's motions : TIDES
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Like a good biscuit : FLAKY
Down
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Adoptees from the A.S.P.C.A. : PETS
2
One way to run : AMOK
3
Indian flatbread : ROTI
4
"Go, go, go!" : STEPONIT
5
Fish that may have only vestigial fins : EEL
6
Mr. Tumnus in the "Narnia" books and others : FAUNS
7
Zoomed-in map : INSET
8
"Blech!" : EWW
9
"I'll pass" : NAH
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Impassive : DRYEYED
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Netflix debut, perhaps : NEWRELEASE
12
Ice you can wear : BLING
13
Not quite right : AMISS
18
Lowry who wrote "The Giver" : LOIS
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___ mode : ALA
25
Like a low battery icon : RED
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Puts on the payroll : HIRES
27
Genesis garden : EDEN
28
Walking aid : CANE
29
Profess : AVER
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"Listen, bub!" : NOWSEEHERE
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What the nouns and verb in this clue doesn't do : AGREE
34
Civil rights activist ___ B. Wells : IDA
36
Prefix with inflammatory : ANTI
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Doctor's generic recommendation : REST
39
"That's gotta hurt!" : OUCH
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Shirley Temple, e.g. : MOCKTAIL
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Decepticon's enemy in the "Transformers" films : AUTOBOT
43
Chum : PAL
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Scooby-___ : DOO
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Something said to be in the eyes or belly : FIRE
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Like an overachieving personality : TYPEA
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Dangerous, as a situation : HAIRY
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French wine valley : RHONE
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Much internet humor : MEMES
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Home of the Bruins : UCLA
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Refuse to continue : BALK
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E-commerce site for homemade goods : ETSY
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One of the Manning brothers : ELI
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El ___ (Spanish hero) : CID
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UV blocking measure : SPF

Answer summary:
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