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New York Times, Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Author:
Lindsey Hobbs
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : Role for George Clooney, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale
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Lindsey Hobbs

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Hobbs. Tuesday freshness: 35%
Lindsey Hobbs notes:
The idea for the puzzle came to me while I was, er, making some iced tea. Because that's what making crosswords does to your brain — ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
ICED TEA: "iced" is slang for getting offed. Dang, that's cold! I'll show myself the door. I laughed at several themers. AX ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times3/16/21 ( No. 26,061 )
Across
1
Diving birds : GREBES
7
"That'll ___ you" : COST
11
Lousy : BAD
14
Nay : NOVOTE
15
Frozen yogurt flavor : OREO
16
Diamond stat : RBI
17
Jane Goodall, at times? : APERECORDER
19
English novelist McEwan : IAN
20
"Now, where ___ we?" : WERE
21
Arborist's interest : TREE
22
Aesthetic sense : TASTE
24
Nabokov novel : ADA
26
Corn farmer at harvest time? : EARJERKER
28
Sharp, as a photo : INFOCUS
31
Remove via a coup, say : OUST
32
Role for George Clooney, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale : BATMAN
33
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the ___" (quote attributed to Katharine Hepburn) : FUN
34
Trade jabs (with) : SPAR
38
Woman in a garden : EVE
39
Beverage with a phonetic hint to 17-, 26-, 51- and 63-Across : ICEDTEA
42
The city in 2002's "City of God" : RIO
43
Garr of "Young Frankenstein" : TERI
45
Abbr. on a photocopier tray : LTR
46
Cat or goat breed : ANGORA
48
Honey-loving bear : POOH
50
Name of self-identification, as "Deutsche" for "Germans" : AUTONYM
51
Lumberjacks in unsafe working conditions? : AXDODGERS
55
Declaration in a swearing-in ceremony : IDO
56
Mecca resident : SAUDI
57
Make muddy, as water : ROIL
59
Figure (out) : SUSS
62
"Ewww!" : ICK
63
Caterer's coffee dispenser? : URNOFEVENTS
66
Broke a fast : ATE
67
Fulfill, as expectations : MEET
68
Jalopy : TINCAN
69
Directory listings: Abbr. : NOS
70
Lushes : SOTS
71
Passover meals : SEDERS
Down
1
Irk, with "at" : GNAW
2
Part of a pulley : ROPE
3
Final words of many a fairy tale : EVERAFTER
4
Reason to draw a doodle, maybe : BOREDOM
5
Hot time in Paris : ETE
6
Shakers or Quakers : SECT
7
Late jazz pianist Chick : COREA
8
Call to have food delivered : ORDEROUT
9
Match, in poker : SEE
10
High-calorie bakery offerings : TORTES
11
Invigorating, as a walk : BRISK
12
Ease : ABATE
13
Certain train car : DINER
18
Rock groups : ORES
23
Word with liberal or language : ARTS
25
Fruit from a palm : ACAI
27
Capital near Glacier Bay National Park : JUNEAU
28
"Ri-i-i-ight!" : IBET
29
Where parishioners sit : NAVE
30
Use a snake on, say : UNCLOG
33
N.Y.C.'s ___ Drive : FDR
35
"I now ___ you ..." : PRONOUNCE
36
Like an atrium : AIRY
37
Proceed here and there : ROAM
40
Kind of cable : ETHERNET
41
"Nay" sayer : ANTI
44
___ Touch : IPOD
47
Gift from above : GODSEND
49
Strong aversions : ODIUMS
50
"In your dreams!" : ASIF
51
Like pandas, yaks and snow leopards : ASIAN
52
Hobbyist's knife : XACTO
53
They might be put up during a fight : DUKES
54
Ancestry : ROOTS
58
Prince's "___ Go Crazy" : LETS
60
Castor or Pollux : STAR
61
Some I.R.S. data, in brief : SSNS
64
Old car that's a homophone of another answer in this puzzle : REO
65
Fight (for) : VIE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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