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New York Times, Thursday, November 9, 2023

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Result of dropping a tray of coffee drinks?
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Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Seigel. Thursday freshness: 16%
Jim Horne notes:

Reading the theme clues INSIDE OUT:

  • 17A - AFT RAFTS CRAFTSMEN
  • 25A - LATTE PLATTER SPLATTERED
  • 9A - THE OTHER PSYCHOTHERAPIST
  • 51A - ORE CORES SCORESHEET
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© 2023, The New York Times11/9/23 ( No. 27,029 )
Across
1
Norah O'Donnell's employer beginning in 2011 : CBS
4
One with many priors, maybe : ABBOT
9
Leaflike plant part : SEPAL
14
NASA's "all good" : AOK
15
Like 80% of the Arabian Peninsula : SAUDI
16
Spoiler alert! It's bacteria! : ECOLI
17
Workers at the rear of some flat boats? : CRAFTSMEN
19
Kind of situation that's hopeless : NOWIN
20
Activity that involves shape shifting : TETRIS
21
Musical Horne : LENA
23
Squeeze (out) : EKE
24
"The very ___!" : IDEA
25
Result of dropping a tray of coffee drinks? : SPLATTERED
28
Michelle of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" : YEOH
30
Cousins of cassowaries : RHEAS
31
Keyboard key not found on smartphones : ESC
34
Two-handed gesture : CLAP
36
Shrunken snack item : PRUNE
39
"Not that shrink!"? : PSYCHOTHERAPIST
43
Dried version of the almost-ripe poblano : ANCHO
44
Last bit : DREG
45
See 65-Down : TAC
46
Slosh against, as the shore : LAPAT
49
"Ah" : ISEE
51
Tally of samples at a geology competition? : SCORESHEET
54
Salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly : PAIR
58
It's rarely taken at night : NAP
59
Party game choice : DARE
60
Pigment akin to ocher or umber : SIENNA
62
Love of Charles Foster Kane in "Citizen Kane" : OPERA
64
Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle : INSIDEOUT
66
Coveted cup : GRAIL
67
"My ___" (medieval address) : LIEGE
68
TV dad on "Black-ish" : DRE
69
Finks : SINGS
70
Has a bias : LEANS
71
Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle : END
Down
1
Sights around Joshua Tree National Park : CACTI
2
Regularly checking the time, maybe : BORED
3
Pass quickly (over) : SKATE
4
Prosecco alternative, familiarly : ASTI
5
Iconic feature of the Who's "My Generation" : BASSSOLO
6
Seat in Parliament? : BUM
7
Scott who wrote "The Black Pearl" : ODELL
8
Bad listening ability : TINEAR
9
One running for Congress? : SENATEPAGE
10
Prefix with tourism : ECO
11
Confidence-boosting corporate attire : POWERSUIT
12
How most stormtroopers look in "Star Wars" : ALIKE
13
Having wrinkles : LINED
18
Grow threadbare : FRAY
22
Unspecified ordinal : NTH
26
Excellent, in dated slang : PHAT
27
Surname at the O.K. Corral : EARP
29
Special effects devices at a rock concert : ECHOPEDALS
31
Org. with grants for asbestos removal : EPA
32
Doubly hyphenated fig. : SSN
33
Huge : CYCLOPEAN
35
Academic's credential : PHD
37
Surveillance org. : NSA
38
Shortening used for shortening : ETC
40
Toast : CHAR
41
Cleveland abuts it : ERIE
42
Indication to stop playing, perhaps : RESTSIGN
47
Former Arkansas governor Hutchinson : ASA
48
Delight : THRILL
50
One-on-one Olympic event : EPEE
51
Makes out, in Britain : SNOGS
52
___ pants : CAPRI
53
Start of a counting rhyme : EENIE
55
Part of some cells : ANODE
56
Store, as ashes : INURN
57
Follower of G or X : RATED
61
Full moon period on the Roman lunar calendar : IDES
63
Fix unfairly : RIG
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With 45-Across, Northwest airport, in brief : SEA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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