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New York Times, Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Author:
Billy Bratton
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
16-Across : Debriefed?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
109/9/202110/11/20241
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Billy Bratton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Bratton. Tuesday freshness: 34%
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© 2024, The New York Times4/2/24 ( No. 27,174 )
Across
1
Vessel for whitewater rapids : RAFT
5
Let the cat out of the bag : BLAB
9
Melting Face or Heart Hands : EMOJI
14
"___ Enchanted" (2004 comedy) : ELLA
15
Headwear for 14-Across : TIARA
16
Debriefed? : NAKED
17
Black Friday offer, e.g. : DOORBUSTER
19
Shirley Temple, for one : DRINK
20
"That would stink!" : IHOPENOT
21
United : ONE
22
Stay-at-home ___ : DAD
23
Something extended to a borrower : LINEOFCREDIT
29
"Jesus, ___" (Wilco song) : ETC
30
Highway no-nos, for short : UIES
31
One might be Horatian : ODE
32
Choices in a sleepover game : DARES
35
Grit : METTLE
37
Fam, formally : KIN
38
Plus these other authors: Abbr. : ETAL
39
"Stop right there!" … or a hint to the first words of 17-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across : HOLDIT
40
Profile features on dating apps : BIOS
41
"Atlantic" or "Pacific" fish : COD
42
Legislative proposal : MOTION
43
Ominous words on a flunked test : SEEME
44
Boxer who defeated Superman in a 1978 DC Comics issue : ALI
45
Baby ___ (candy bar) : RUTH
46
Woolly mammal : EWE
47
Gymnastics sequence involving tumbling : FLOORROUTINE
51
Beyond chill : ICY
54
Offshoot of punk : EMO
55
In which you might talk through your problems? : ORALEXAM
57
"God Only Knows," vis-à-vis "Wouldn't It Be Nice" : SIDEB
59
Expansive medical center headquartered in Rochester, Minn. : MAYOCLINIC
61
Pal, in Peru : AMIGO
62
___ horizon (black hole boundary) : EVENT
63
"Peter Pan" dog : NANA
64
Alluded to : GOTAT
65
Noblewoman's title : LADY
66
Checks out : EYES
Down
1
Made over : REDID
2
Hawaii "bye" : ALOHA
3
Barrage : FLOOD
4
Field protector : TARP
5
Mammal whose scientific name is just its name repeated : BISON
6
Beverage with a seasonal pumpkin spice variety : LATTE
7
"___ you for real?" : ARE
8
Unit of phone service : BAR
9
Throw one's support behind, as a candidate : ENDORSE
10
French river where two W.W. I battles took place : MARNE
11
Goofy assent that precedes "artichokie" : OKIEDOKIE
12
Former White House press secretary Psaki : JEN
13
"Beats me," in brief : IDK
15
Old habit? : TUNIC
18
Passionately sings (out) : BELTS
24
One-up : OUTDO
25
Mesh with one's peers : FITIN
26
British Isles inhabitant during the Iron Age : CELT
27
Expression : IDIOM
28
Like stiff muscles : TENSE
29
Fish that can give a shock : EEL
32
Like tea that's OK to have before bed : DECAF
33
Lagoon-forming landform : ATOLL
34
CeeLo Green's "Forget You," notably : RADIOEDIT
35
Words to live by : MOTTO
36
Yale for whom Yale University is named : ELIHU
39
The "12" of 12:34 : HOUR
40
Drone, e.g. : BEE
42
TV drama about anarchist hackers : MRROBOT
43
Peachy keen : SWELL
46
Pass into law : ENACT
48
End of the Greek alphabet : OMEGA
49
Messed (with) : TOYED
50
"Dramatic" literary device : IRONY
51
Pig Latin turndown : IXNAY
52
Oscar-winning actor Michael : CAINE
53
Facilities where racquetball and basketball were first played, for short : YMCAS
56
A, in German : EINE
57
Partner of AFTRA : SAG
58
"I think …," online : IMO
59
Director Brooks : MEL
60
Director DuVernay : AVA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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