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New York Times, Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Across : Bit in Bartlett's
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
243/1/202110/28/20244
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Michael Lieberman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Lieberman. Tuesday freshness: 68%
Michael Lieberman notes:
This is somehow my 10th puzzle for the Times, assuming you count my Puns & Anagrams puzzles (and why wouldn't you?). I will take the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This puzzle … IT'S THE PITS! No, not like that. Each of GREEN OILVE, CASINO FLOOR, NASCAR TRACK, and CONCERT HALL has a pit. Neat how ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times3/15/22 ( No. 26,425 )
Across
1
90° from norte : ESTE
5
Bit in Bartlett's : QUOTE
10
Dogs' "dogs" : PAWS
14
Start of a description of a nursery rhyme spider : ITSY
15
Remove from a U.P.S. package, maybe : UNBOX
16
Periods in history : ERAS
17
Classic martini garnish : GREENOLIVE
19
Laura of 2017's "Twin Peaks" : DERN
20
Reason to get gussied up : HOTDATE
21
Rapper with the line "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man" : JAYZ
22
"Conan" channel : TBS
23
Locale for baccarat or roulette : CASINOFLOOR
28
"Gimme a break!" : YEESH
30
Nosh : SNACK
31
Game with Skip cards : UNO
32
Mauna ___ : LOA
34
Barbecue residue : ASH
35
Unlike Eton College : COED
36
Daytona International Speedway, for one : NASCARTRACK
39
Company originally called AuctionWeb : EBAY
41
1989 play about Capote : TRU
42
Bird in Liberty Mutual ads : EMU
43
Huge amount : TON
44
Big entree from the oven : ROAST
46
English town known for its salt : EPSOM
50
Philharmonic's home : CONCERTHALL
53
Outrage : IRE
54
Reminder to arrive with good spirits? : BYOB
55
Gymnast Aly with three Olympic gold medals : RAISMAN
57
PC alternatives : MACS
58
"Awful!" ... or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across : ITSTHEPITS
61
Worship leader : IMAM
62
Capital near Casablanca : RABAT
63
Guinness of film : ALEC
64
Some G.I. attire : CAMO
65
Crystal Castles console : ATARI
66
Work well together : MESH
Down
1
Fourscore : EIGHTY
2
Flashing light : STROBE
3
Tropical African fly : TSETSE
4
Sized up : EYED
5
Target percentage : QUOTA
6
"Wait, what if ..." : UNLESS
7
Kimono sash : OBI
8
"Mazel ___!" : TOV
9
PC file name extension : EXE
10
Brake or accelerator : PEDAL
11
Words of concern : AREYOUOK
12
Combat area : WARZONE
13
Govt.-issued ID : SSN
18
Cheesy restaurant order : NACHOS
21
D.D.E. follower : JFK
24
Hurriedly : INARUSH
25
Cartoonist who created the G.O.P. elephant : NAST
26
Earthy pigment : OCHRE
27
Word after hot or lightning : ROD
29
Vanquish, as a dragon : SLAY
33
Person in a cast : ACTOR
35
Certain bra spec : CCUP
36
Home-monitoring device : NANNYCAM
37
"I smell ___" (words of suspicion) : ARAT
38
Title heroine of a 2001 French film : AMELIE
39
List-shortening abbr. : ETC
40
Four-footed resident of the White House from 2009-17 : BOOBAMA
44
Yank's opponent : REB
45
Calculus, in dentistry : TARTAR
47
"Snug as a bug in a rug," e.g. : SIMILE
48
Speaks grandly : ORATES
49
Person of integrity : MENSCH
51
First name of Kramer on "Seinfeld" : COSMO
52
Christine of "The Blacklist" : LAHTI
56
Target of a filter : SPAM
57
Source of unwanted feedback? : MIC
58
Savings plan inits. : IRA
59
Bit of ink : TAT
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Lender to a mom-and-pop shop: Abbr. : SBA

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

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