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New York Times, Monday, March 4, 2024

Author:
Samantha Podos Nowak
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
63-Across : Like residents of Havana
TotalDebut
13/4/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.59335%
Samantha Podos Nowak

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJVWZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Nowak. Monday freshness: 82%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/4/24 ( No. 27,145 )
Across
1
Certain "figure" made in skating : EIGHT
6
Closes : SHUTS
11
Lawyer's org. : ABA
14
Diving gear : SCUBA
15
Grannies : NANAS
16
"___ out!" (ump's call) : YER
17
Disinfectant brand : LYSOL
18
Plane passenger's preference, perhaps : AISLESEAT
20
Mutt : MONGREL
22
Birthday dessert : CAKE
23
Beachside hut : CABANA
26
Skeptical sort : NAYSAYER
28
Cereal in a party mix : CHEX
29
Scottish Highlander : GAEL
31
Kind of board at a nail salon : EMERY
32
Took a load off : SAT
33
Sentry's "Stop right there!" : HALT
34
Yodeler's mountain : ALP
35
With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle : BANANA
37
See 35-Across : SPLITS
40
Id's counterpart : EGO
41
They "don't lie," per Shakira : HIPS
42
Squeak stopper : OIL
44
Jordanian port city : AQABA
47
Part of a superhero's costume : CAPE
48
Coke or Pepsi : COLA
49
Just outside a city : SUBURBAN
51
Not digital, as a clock : ANALOG
53
Music genre akin to rhythm and blues : SOUL
54
Puts up with : ENDURES
56
"You both swiped right!," on Tinder : ITSAMATCH
58
Ship that sailed with the Niña and the Santa Maria : PINTA
62
Understand : SEE
63
Like residents of Havana : CUBAN
64
Diarist Nin : ANAIS
65
Gridiron scores, for short : TDS
66
In ___ (not yet born) : UTERO
67
Runs with long, bounding strides : LOPES
Down
1
Night sch. class : ESL
2
Like roads in need of salting : ICY
3
"Gloomy" guy : GUS
4
Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 : HBOMAX
5
Raptor's claw : TALON
6
Minor holdup : SNAG
7
Headwear in a cafeteria kitchen : HAIRNET
8
Open, as classified records : UNSEAL
9
Add (up) : TALLY
10
Opposite of NNW : SSE
11
"Yes, captain!" : AYEAYE
12
Chemistry lab container : BEAKER
13
It comes from the heart : ARTERY
19
Garlicky shrimp dish : SCAMPI
21
1998 Winter Olympics host : NAGANO
23
Loops in, on an email : CCS
24
Moby Dick's pursuer : AHAB
25
Letter after alpha : BETA
27
Opposite of buys : SELLS
30
In the manner of : ALA
33
"Horrible" Viking of comics : HAGAR
34
Seem (to be) : APPEAR
36
Cloud in outer space : NEBULA
37
Tiny drink : SIP
38
Gimlet or screwdriver : TOOL
39
Farm storage building : SILO
41
Small vehicle on a railroad track : HANDCAR
43
Dawdle : LAG
44
Help : ASSIST
45
Recited, as a line of poetry : QUOTED
46
Takes advantage of badly : ABUSES
47
"No way!" : CANTBE
48
Many a Vegas establishment : CASINO
50
Real gem : BEAUT
52
Country on the south side of Mount Everest : NEPAL
55
"Well … I'll pass" : UHNO
57
Film franchise that includes "The Avengers," "Thor" and "Iron Man," in brief : MCU
59
Midday rest : NAP
60
Knot, as shoelaces : TIE
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Kick-___ (awesome) : ASS

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