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New York Times, Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Author:
Rose Conlon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Across : Buffalo hockey player
TotalDebut
12/23/2022
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Rose Conlon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Conlon. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 67%
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© 2022, The New York Times2/23/22 ( No. 26,405 )
Across
1
Common hotel room item : BIBLE
6
Judi Dench, since 1988 : DAME
10
Bruins' sch. : UCLA
14
Pinhead : IDIOT
15
Puff piece? : ECIG
16
Letters after pis : RHOS
17
Sneaking suspicion : GUTFEELING
19
"Get ___!" : BENT
20
Purl counterpart : KNIT
21
Pirate whose hidden treasure inspired "The Gold-Bug" : KIDD
22
Largest city in North Dakota : FARGO
23
Cozy lodging : INN
24
Farm female : HEN
25
Turn down a request : SAYNO
27
Doctrine : DOGMA
29
An ironic punch line : THEKICKER
33
100% : ALL
35
Word in favor : AYE
36
Dynamic start? : AERO
37
Accept a package formally ... or a hint to 17-, 29-, 45- and 62-Across? : SIGNFORDELIVERY
42
Burden : ONUS
43
Reine's husband : ROI
44
Parrot : APE
45
Rough flight : BUMPYRIDE
48
Get on a soapbox : ORATE
52
Architect Frank ___ Wright : LLOYD
53
1960s fashion style : MOD
55
Dallas player, informally : MAV
56
Like almost two-thirds of the earth's population : ASIAN
58
Costa ___ : RICA
60
Social media-induced anxiety, for short : FOMO
61
Pint-size : MINI
62
Reason to pause a workout : WATERBREAK
64
First world? : EDEN
65
Shrek, e.g. : OGRE
66
Buffalo hockey player : SABRE
67
Noted enforcer of Prohibition : NESS
68
Solutions : KEYS
69
Strait-laced : STAID
Down
1
One no longer using a sippy cup, say : BIGKID
2
"Beats the heck out of me" : IDUNNO
3
Acerbic : BITING
4
Certain overhead apartment : LOFT
5
When to take a cruise on la Seine : ETE
6
Get fuzz out of : DELINT
7
"Salt Fat ___ Heat" (popular cookbook) : ACID
8
Imagination : MINDSEYE
9
To use this you'll need to get cracking : EGG
10
One who recreationally explores sewers and underground tunnels : URBANCAVER
11
Like Sequoyah, for whom the tree is named : CHEROKEE
12
The "L" of LP : LONG
13
Apropos of : ASTO
18
Scrape (out) : EKE
22
Letters accompanying a tip : FYI
24
What 12 is, to this clue's number : HALF
26
Mowgli's friend in "The Jungle Book" : AKELA
28
Speaks patronizingly, in a way : MANSPLAINS
30
Supermodel Gigi or Bella : HADID
31
Go astray : ERR
32
Family name on HBO's "Succession" : ROY
34
Truck, in Tottenham : LORRY
37
Cry hard : SOB
38
Shiba ___ (dog breed) : INU
39
Teeth disappear under them : GUMLINES
40
Angry outburst from a bodybuilder, maybe : ROIDRAGE
41
Apple product : IPOD
46
Over there, quaintly : YON
47
They run the show : EMCEES
49
Simple creature : AMOEBA
50
Gluten-free Japanese soy sauce : TAMARI
51
Drew out, as a smile : EVOKED
54
Implement with a flat head : OAR
56
"You can say that again!" : AMEN
57
Faction : SIDE
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"Just doing my job" : ITRY
60
Bunch of brothers, for short : FRAT
62
Concave cookware : WOK
63
Some STEM degs. : BSS

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

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