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New York Times, Monday, March 25, 2024

Author:
Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
65-Across : Because of
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Will Eisenberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Rapp. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Eisenberg. Monday freshness: 28%
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H
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© 2024, The New York Times3/25/24 ( No. 27,166 )
Across
1
Rum-soaked cake : BABA
5
[I'm about to speak] : AHEM
9
Massachusetts peninsula, with "the" : CAPE
13
Stockpile : AMASS
15
One of two needed for double Dutch : ROPE
16
Matey's greeting : AHOY
17
Finnish tech giant : NOKIA
18
Words on either side of "___ what ___" : ITIS
19
Like dark green avocados : RIPE
20
Woven creation of the Ojibwe people : DREAMCATCHER
23
The first "B" of 1-Down : BED
24
Sample collected by Ancestry.com : DNA
25
Damp : MOIST
29
Thick liquid poured on a hot griddle : PANCAKEBATTER
34
Gut bacterium : ECOLI
36
Actor Morales : ESAI
37
___ Lanka : SRI
38
What some states require to cast a ballot : VOTERID
41
Taking a sabbatical : ONLEAVE
43
Paleozoic, e.g. : ERA
44
No longer valid : VOID
46
Came to a close : ENDED
47
Emma Stone's co-star on Showtime's "The Curse" : NATHANFIELDER
51
M.I.T.'s ___ School of Management : SLOAN
52
Woodcutter's tool : AXE
53
Talk incessantly : YAP
56
Pour thing? : WATERPITCHER
61
"Hold up, horses!" : WHOA
64
Operatic song : ARIA
65
Because of : DUETO
66
Pueblo people of the Southwest : HOPI
67
Main point : GIST
68
Shapewear brand : SPANX
69
Mythical Himalayan beast : YETI
70
Hollywood workplaces : SETS
71
"Don't go!" : STAY
Down
1
Quaint lodging, informally : BANDB
2
Love, in Italian : AMORE
3
Side dish that might come topped with sour cream and chives : BAKEDPOTATO
4
Where Mandarin and Malay are spoken : ASIA
5
Grammy-winning Grande : ARIANA
6
Controversial opinion, informally : HOTTAKE
7
Grand tale : EPIC
8
Get along well : MESH
9
Bugs Bunny is often holding one : CARROT
10
Tuna variety : AHI
11
Soda, to a Midwesterner : POP
12
Fittingly, a homophone of one letter in "sight" : EYE
14
Uncle on an iconic W.W. I poster : SAM
21
U.S. public health org. : CDC
22
Sent a digital message : EMAILED
26
Clichéd dismissal of Arizona's summer climate : ITSADRYHEAT
27
Start a tennis point : SERVE
28
Gave it a go : TRIED
30
The "A" of I.P.A. : ALE
31
Buddhist's goal : NIRVANA
32
That, in Mexico : ESO
33
Prohibit : BAN
34
2, 4, 6, 8, how do these numbers relate? : EVENS
35
Reef composition : CORAL
39
Charged particle : ION
40
"What's the ___?" ("Who cares?") : DIF
42
Opposite of WSW : ENE
45
Person keeping a daily journal : DIARIST
48
Its state fish is the humuhumunukunukuapua'a : HAWAII
49
Those living outside their native country : EXPATS
50
Garland seen in 48-Down : LEI
54
Insurance company acquired by CVS Health : AETNA
55
Designated representative : PROXY
57
Clothing labels : TAGS
58
The "E" of HOMES : ERIE
59
N.F.L. six-pointers, for short : TDS
60
16 in a gallon : CUPS
61
"For what reason?" : WHY
62
Gardening tool : HOE
63
Choose (to) : OPT

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