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New York Times, Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Author:
Jack Murtagh
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : Cover for illicit activity
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Jack Murtagh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Murtagh. Wednesday freshness: 96%
Jack Murtagh notes:
This theme began with Kevin bakin'. The image of Kevin Bacon holding a fresh batch of brownies made me happy so I looked for other ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Such a funny image, ABRAHAM Lincoln LINKIN to web pages. I wonder what he would have linked to after having his accomplishments ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times3/30/22 ( No. 26,440 )
Across
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They may be switched while cycling : GEARS
6
Shorthand pro : STENO
11
Crossword solver's cry : AHA
14
Deity with 99 names : ALLAH
15
Raphael, Gabriel or Michael : ARCHANGEL
17
Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist? : HOLDINCAULFIELD
19
Preserve, as ashes : INURN
20
Vodka brand, informally : STOLI
21
"Footloose" star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies? : KEVINBAKIN
26
"Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others : PUNS
27
Blond at the bar, say : ALE
28
Letters on a luxury handbag : YSL
29
Chips brand : DORITOS
31
Sentence ... or something found in a sentence : TERM
33
Did so-so at school : GOTAC
34
The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog? : ABRAHAMLINKIN
40
Cover for illicit activity : FRONT
41
"Right on!" : YEAH
43
"I don't want to hear the gory details" : SPAREME
46
___-C.I.O. : AFL
49
Strands in a cell : DNA
50
Four-time Grammy winner India.___ : ARIE
51
Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star? : OWINWILSON
54
Some burrowing mouselike rodents : VOLES
56
One-point Scrabble draw : NTILE
57
Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict? : ELIZABETHWARRIN
63
Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity : MONEYTREE
64
One in 1,000? : COMMA
65
Beat it! : EGG
66
Bee teem? : SWARM
67
Internet admin : SYSOP
Down
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Cry of frustration : GAH
2
Chess rating system : ELO
3
___ fours : ALL
4
Minute hands, essentially : RADII
5
Climb (up), as a pole : SHINNY
6
Related to religious rites : SACRAL
7
Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally : TRANK
8
Old French coin : ECU
9
Org. for Ducks and Penguins : NHL
10
Bunglers : OAFS
11
Get too old to qualify : AGEOUT
12
"Over my dead body!" : HELLNO
13
Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian : ALDISS
16
Particularly particular : NITPICKY
18
Pencil remnants : NUBS
21
Actress Dennings : KAT
22
Philosopher Zeno's birthplace : ELEA
23
Crow, but not magpie : VERB
24
"American ___" : IDOL
25
"Moi? Never!" : NOTI
30
Went on, as an errand : RAN
32
Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit : MRFREEZE
33
Intl. standard used by many astrologers : GMT
35
Amount to : ARE
36
Our genus : HOMO
37
Freshly : ANEW
38
Roadside bombs, for short : IEDS
39
One-billionth: Prefix : NANO
42
Solo in spaceflight? : HAN
43
"I need a hero!" : SAVEME
44
Computer language that sounds like a literary intro : PROLOG
45
Under the weather : AILING
46
"Ode to Joy," for the European Union : ANTHEM
47
Texter's "I think" : FWIW
48
New Hampshire state flowers : LILACS
52
Bury : INTER
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The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson : LEROY
55
Declares : SAYS
58
As an aside, in a text : BTW
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The "E" of B.C.E. : ERA
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Info in an apt. listing : RMS
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Texter's "I think" : IMO
62
Catch some Z's : NAP

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

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