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New York Times, Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
1-Across : Lot unit
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Wednesday freshness: 90%
Jim Horne notes:

Sound out the T's, P's, B's, and I's.

1
A
2
C
3
R
4
E
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A
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C
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E
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T
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I
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C
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R
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I
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B
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H
O
E
S
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C
A
S
I
N
O
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E
M
U
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I
N
S
T
18
A
N
T
T
E
A
S
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G
P
S
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C
H
A
T
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A
U
S
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A
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T
L
A
S
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G
R
A
D
E
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P
A
U
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L
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Y
U
L
E
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R
E
P
O
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P
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R
P
L
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P
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A
S
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U
T
E
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R
E
L
Y
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A
G
E
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B
E
D
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R
E
S
T
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T
M
O
B
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I
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L
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E
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O
A
T
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P
R
A
T
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L
E
G
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B
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U
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M
B
L
E
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B
E
E
S
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F
O
G
G
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O
R
E
O
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R
U
D
E
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T
I
V
O
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A
B
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T
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S
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D
A
R
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K
A
L
E
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R
A
M
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S
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M
I
L
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G
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Y
E
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S
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D
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A
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N
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T
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S
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S
L
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D
G
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S
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© 2024, The New York Times4/3/24 ( No. 27,175 )
Across
1
Lot unit : ACRE
5
___ acid, essential component of vinegar : ACETIC
11
Piece of an edible "rack" : RIB
14
Things hung upside down in some toolsheds : HOES
15
House of cards? : CASINO
16
Animal opposite a kangaroo on Australia's coat of arms : EMU
17
Lip_on produc_s : INSTANTTEAS
19
Traveler's aid, in brief : GPS
20
Stately country homes : CHATEAUS
21
Traveler's aid : ATLAS
23
Do some work as a teaching assistant, maybe : GRADE
24
About half of the books of the New Testament are attributed to him : PAUL
26
Ho-ho-holiday time? : YULE
27
Auto takeback : REPO
28
_lum-colored _lants : PURPLEPEAS
30
Longtime residents around the Great Salt Lake : UTE
31
Lean (on) : RELY
32
"Count your ___ by friends, not years" (greeting card sentiment) : AGE
33
Recuperative recommendation : BEDREST
35
Company that merged with Sprint in 2020 : TMOBILE
39
Granola grain : OAT
40
Nincompoop, in Nottingham : PRAT
41
Thanksgiving meal choice : LEG
42
_usy _uzzers : BUMBLEBEES
46
"Around the World in 80 Days" traveler Phileas : FOGG
47
Crushed ingredient in "dirt cake" : OREO
48
Lacking manners : RUDE
49
VCR successors : TIVOS
50
Aids in wrongdoing : ABETS
52
Brews made with heavily roasted malt : DARKALES
54
Hit hard : RAM
55
Fr_endly fac_al tra_t : SMILINGEYES
58
Paternity proof, in brief : DNA
59
Christianity's ___ Creed : NICENE
60
Big name in bidets : TOTO
61
String together? : SEW
62
Demolition hammer : SLEDGE
63
Figure (out) : SUSS
Down
1
Poke menu option : AHI
2
Second-most-used substance in the world, after water : CONCRETE
3
Gave a new form : RESHAPED
4
Nueva York, por ejemplo : ESTADO
5
Cutaneous condition : ACNE
6
Onetime threat to a castle's walls : CATAPULT
7
Chesapeake Bay is one : ESTUARY
8
Evens, as the score : TIESUP
9
Celebrity chef Garten : INA
10
La ___ Nostra : COSA
11
Fix, as a sneaker's sole : REGLUE
12
Savanna grazer : IMPALA
13
Clears the dishes : BUSSES
18
Cleared the dishes? : ATE
22
Like laid-back personalities : TYPEB
23
Chow : GRUB
25
Relatives of vicuñas and guanacos : LLAMAS
28
Bug : PESTER
29
Showbiz award quadfecta : EGOT
31
Not fantastic : REAL
34
Metal worker? : ROBOT
35
Annual growth indicator : TREERING
36
Valentine line : ILOVEYOU
37
Purchases that are assembled brick by brick : LEGOSETS
38
Animal crackers? : EGGS
40
Powered a unicycle, e.g. : PEDALED
42
Medical licensing exams : BOARDS
43
Debonair : URBANE
44
Granny, in Southern dialect : MEEMAW
45
Anheuser-Busch product whose ads once featured a penguin : BUDICE
46
Choice cuts : FILETS
49
Spot for a bar code, maybe : TAG
51
IDs with multiple hyphens : SSNS
53
A proposal might be done on one : KNEE
56
1,000 G's : MIL
57
Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short" : SOS

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

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