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New York Times, Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Author:
David Tuffs
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Across : Don't take it seriously
TotalDebutLatest
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David W. Tuffs

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QUWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Tuffs. Wednesday freshness: 15%
David W. Tuffs notes:
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© 2022, The New York Times11/9/22 ( No. 26,664 )
Across
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___ Turismo (racing video game series) : GRAN
5
Gives a once-over : SKIMS
10
Don't take it seriously : JEST
14
Cry before "I did it again!" : OOPS
15
Saturn's largest moon : TITAN
16
Event at a convention center : EXPO
17
1987 thriller featuring the same characters as TV's "Californication"? : FATALATTRACTION
20
Drink suffix : ADE
21
Vex : IRK
22
Travolta film with a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes : GOTTI
23
1992 comedy featuring the same characters as the film "Secretariat"? : SISTERACT
27
With 26-Down, syrup source : MAPLE
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Place for un chapeau : TETE
30
Tangy : TART
32
"Jingle Bells" preposition : OER
33
Key next to Q : TAB
36
See 56-Down : REYNOLDS
39
1990 action film featuring the same characters as the film "Collateral"? : TOTALRECALL
41
"It's too dark in here!" : ICANTSEE
43
Kimono accessory : OBI
44
Mont Blanc or Matterhorn : ALP
45
"Love Song" singer Bareilles : SARA
47
Siren : VAMP
51
Tennis's Rafael : NADAL
54
2003 Marvel movie featuring the same characters as TV's "Riverdale"? : DAREDEVIL
57
They're blowing in the wind : VANES
59
When Cannes hosts its festival du film : ETE
60
Pique : IRE
61
1952 musical featuring the same characters as TV's "Stranger Things"? : SINGININTHERAIN
65
Push-up targets, for short : PECS
66
Only state whose seal was designed by a woman (Emma Edwards Green, 1891) : IDAHO
67
Twit, to a Brit : PRAT
68
Guitar bar : FRET
69
Dads : PAPAS
70
"Well, what do we have here?!" : MYMY
Down
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Fly off the shelves : GOFAST
2
One carrying amps and such : ROADIE
3
H.S. exam scored from 1 to 5 : APTEST
4
Cyb-org.? : NSA
5
Bandmate of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison : STARR
6
Candy bar that snaps : KITKAT
7
"The Addams Family" cousin : ITT
8
Sully : MAR
9
Minor problem : SNAG
10
Volkswagen offering : JETTA
11
Survey used in election night coverage : EXITPOLL
12
Overindulged, as a brat : SPOILED
13
Great deal : TON
18
One might be bald-faced : LIE
19
"." follower : COM
24
Wyoming's ___ Range : TETON
25
Classic Porsche : CARRERA
26
See 27-Across : TREE
28
Critical hosp. areas : ERS
31
Mattel acquisition of 1997 : TYCO
34
Person whose name is followed by "Esq." : ATT
35
Low voice : BASS
37
Capture : NAB
38
Cocktail garnish : OLIVE
39
Its moves include the Shirley Temple and Shim Sham steps : TAPDANCE
40
Heavy metal : LEAD
41
Actor McKellen : IAN
42
Bach's "The Well-Tempered ___" : CLAVIER
46
Franklin in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : ARETHA
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Place for fliers : AVIARY
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Prophetess in the Torah : MIRIAM
50
More than enough : PLENTY
52
Emo emotion : ANGST
53
Fragrant garland : LEI
55
Community spirit : ETHOS
56
With 36-Across, Kaitlin Olson's role on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" : DEE
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Barbershop sound : SNIP
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Beach bottle letters : SPF
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Journalist ___ B. Wells : IDA
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Hammock "activity" : NAP
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Record fig. : RPM

Answer summary:
1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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