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New York Times, Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Author:
Adam Vincent
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
69-Across : Mammal with a miniature trunk
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Adam Vincent

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Vincent. Tuesday freshness: 54%
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© 2024, The New York Times4/16/24 ( No. 27,188 )
Across
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Make extremely happy : ELATE
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Planets, poetically : ORBS
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___ czar, N.Y.C. government position whose job listing called for "a virulent vehemence for vermin" : RAT
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Historical object : RELIC
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Watery, as tea : WEAK
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A spare one might be kept in the boot : TYRE
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*Actor who played Oscar Wilde in "Wilde" [fish] : STEPHENFRY
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Word before date or dance : RAIN
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Discard : TOSS
20
Journalists' credits : BYLINES
22
Bit of Tex-Mex bar food : TACO
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Starting point for a record-setting swim in 2023's "Nyad" : CUBA
27
One under a birdie : EAGLE
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Pigment used in the Lascaux cave paintings : OCHER
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High-pitched flute : PICCOLO
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New, waxing, waning, full, etc. : PHASES
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Sticky stuff : GOO
35
Frequently phished figs. : SSNS
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___ vs. para (Spanish 101 topic) : POR
39
Certain immature adult … with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue : MANBABY
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Auction bundle : LOT
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Worn-down part of a shoe : SOLE
45
Japan's national fish : KOI
46
Risky choice of surfing apparel : BIKINI
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Makes (oneself) beloved : ENDEARS
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San Fran athlete : NINER
52
___ Rica : COSTA
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Many a flat-screen : HDTV
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Pepper and O'Leary of classic rock: Abbr. : SGTS
57
Immobilizers for bone fractures : SPLINTS
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Pokes fun at : RIBS
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Fuel from a bog : PEAT
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*Inventor who patented the first revolver [stallion] : SAMUELCOLT
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Group of ants : ARMY
68
Where a teen may wear a tux : PROM
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Mammal with a miniature trunk : TAPIR
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Snatch : NAB
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Hits the slopes : SKIS
72
Exact godly vengeance on : SMITE
Down
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Hosp. areas : ERS
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Rent out : LET
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Drink aptly found in "medieval era" : ALE
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Treads lightly : TIPTOES
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Bounce off the walls, say : ECHO
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Comes clean : OWNSUP
7
Stadium whistle-blower : REF
8
Beef option at Chipotle : BARBACOA
9
Vodka brand in a blue bottle : SKYY
10
*Mouseketeer peer of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake [gander] : RYANGOSLING
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"The Little Mermaid" mermaid : ARIEL
12
Past, present or future : TENSE
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Free ones might precede subscriptions : TRIALS
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Window-closing key : ESC
21
Sign before Virgo : LEO
22
Big name in baseball cards : TOPPS
23
"Gesundheit" prompter : ACHOO
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*English essayist who wrote "Lawyers, I suppose, were children once" [ram] : CHARLESLAMB
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Resident of 123½ Sesame Street : BIGBIRD
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Sleep stage : REM
31
Kind of salad that sounds like it should include corn : COBB
33
Fermented rice wine : SAKE
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Quartet + quintet : NONET
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Starts to wake : STIRS
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Wild couples cruise? : NOAHSARK
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Yang's partner : YIN
44
Being : ENTITY
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What might catch X's at an O's game? : KISSCAM
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N.F.L. coach Campbell : DAN
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Noodles on a guitar : STRUMS
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Network with "gavel-to-gavel" coverage : CSPAN
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Word in the title of Broadway's longest-running show : OPERA
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Compete (for) : VIE
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Baker's amts. : TSPS
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Crispy sammies : BLTS
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Miss Piggy, to Miss Piggy : MOI
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Essie competitor : OPI
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Deserving of a fire emoji, as a party : LIT
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III, in Rome : TRE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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