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New York Times, Monday, April 22, 2024

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
62-Across : Fabric tears
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 189 for Mr. Kahn. Monday freshness: 91%
Jim Horne notes:
This is remarkably sophisticated for a Monday crossword. Besides the eight-part word ladder transitioning from dirty to clean energy, ... read more
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C
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O
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A
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T
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M
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G
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P
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C
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H
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B
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R
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G
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© 2024, The New York Times4/22/24 ( No. 27,194 )
Across
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*Nonrenewable energy source … and the start of an eight-step word ladder : COAL
5
To any extent : ATALL
10
Singer Lambert : ADAM
14
British princess who was an Olympic equestrian : ANNE
15
___ Hart, "Chicago" role : ROXIE
16
Kind of bean mentioned in "The Silence of the Lambs" : FAVA
17
Leave no leaves, say : RAKE
18
Sustainably produced electricity : GREENPOWER
20
Baroque ___ (1600-1750) : ERA
21
*Air-conditioned, say : COOL
22
Sweetie pie : HON
23
Traditional head garments for Sikh men : TURBANS
25
Most clichéd : TRITEST
29
Slowpoke in a shell : SNAIL
30
*Sheep's coat : WOOL
31
Double-helix material : DNA
32
___ non grata (unwelcome sort) : PERSONA
35
*Energy source whose production contributes to 36-Across : WOOD
36
One symptom of climate change : GLOBALWARMING
39
*Energy source whose production contributes to 36-Across : FOOD
40
Big name in TV ratings : NIELSEN
41
___ Dhabi : ABU
42
*Pleasant to recall, as a memory : FOND
43
Puccini opera about an opera singer : TOSCA
47
Spilling the tea, so to speak : DISHING
49
Goes extinct : DIESOUT
51
Ages and ages : EON
52
*Discovery : FIND
53
"I'm not loving it" : MEH
54
Carbon-based energy source : FOSSILFUEL
58
Diddly-squat : NADA
59
Border on : ABUT
60
Major blood vessel : AORTA
61
Lena of "Chocolat" : OLIN
62
Fabric tears : RIPS
63
Barking orders, say : BOSSY
64
*Renewable energy source … and the end of the word ladder : WIND
Down
1
These manuscript marks: ^^^ : CARETS
2
Out jogging : ONARUN
3
Capital of Turkey : ANKARA
4
"Abbott Elementary" actress Sheryl ___ Ralph : LEE
5
Element whose name anagrams to GROAN : ARGON
6
Pamplona bulls : TOROS
7
Skater's jump with one and a half turns : AXEL
8
Work of fiction? : LIE
9
Cariou who played Sweeney Todd : LEN
10
In progress : AFOOT
11
Suddenly became clear to : DAWNEDON
12
Chicago's Michigan ___: Abbr. : AVE
13
Damage, as a surface : MAR
19
Dr. on TV : PHIL
21
"The Alienist" author Carr : CALEB
24
Two-legged stand : BIPOD
25
Having a key, in music : TONAL
26
Laughs heartily : ROARS
27
Make out, in Britspeak : SNOG
28
Smidgen : TAD
30
Knocked the socks off : WOWED
33
Talked incessantly : RANON
34
Support for a cast … or a word meaning "cast" : SLING
35
Some excessive drinkers : WINOS
36
Its name translates as "waterless place" in Mongolian : GOBI
37
Botches badly : LOUSESUP
38
Allocated, with "out" : METED
39
With 49-Down, trendy eating plans : FAD
42
Done, in Dijon : FINI
44
Mogadishu resident : SOMALI
45
Signaled to begin, as a conductor might : CUEDIN
46
Close by : ATHAND
48
"S.N.L." V.I.P.s : HOSTS
49
See 39-Down : DIETS
50
Mosaic decoration : INLAY
52
Controversial coats : FURS
54
A long way away : FAR
55
Kimono sash : OBI
56
"Chocolate" breed, for short : LAB
57
Rock's ___ Fighters : FOO
58
As we speak : NOW

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

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