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New York Times, Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Author:
Caroline Sommers and Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
5-Across : Vehicles with credit card readers
TotalDebutCollabs
14/9/20241
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.78620%
Caroline Sommers
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
177/12/20109/23/20241
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1562111
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.647932%
Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Sommers. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Cheng. Tuesday freshness: 37%
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© 2024, The New York Times4/9/24 ( No. 27,181 )
Across
1
Wild guess : STAB
5
Vehicles with credit card readers : CABS
9
Office subs : TEMPS
14
It runs hot : LAVA
15
"Call on me! Call on me!" : OHOH
16
"See you all later" : IMOUT
17
Imitated : APED
18
Bit of Indian music : RAGA
19
Cat, cutesily : KITTY
20
"Hey, Mr. Gazillionaire from Omaha – go shine the car!" : WARRENBUFFIT
23
Add fuel to : STOKE
24
A-lister : STAR
25
Have trouble with one's balance? : OWE
28
Nickname shared by two Spice Girls : MEL
29
Fly ball just beyond the infield : LOOPER
31
Noted Spanish muralist : GOYA
34
"Hey, Julia Roberts's ex – you're doing great!" : LYLELOVEIT
38
First name of Donald Trump's first wife : IVANA
40
Afflict : AIL
41
Come together : MERGE
42
"Hey, patriarch of 1960s television – shut up!" : JEDCLAMPIT
45
Pep rally cheers : RAHS
46
Difficult experience : ORDEAL
47
Little devil : IMP
49
When one might show up, for short : ETA
50
Food ___ (post-meal state) : COMA
53
Civil rights org. founded in 1909 : NAACP
56
"Hey, acclaimed Australian actress – prepare the broccoli!" : CATEBLANCHIT
59
Occam's ___ : RAZOR
62
Menu maker : CHEF
63
European heavy weight? : KILO
64
Use, as energy : EXERT
65
Driving test obstacle : CONE
66
Vogue competitor : ELLE
67
Tubular pasta : PENNE
68
Highfalutin : ARTY
69
Insult, informally : DISS
Down
1
Shredded side dish : SLAW
2
Kind of dining style with small plates : TAPAS
3
Stave off : AVERT
4
Lady Gaga hit included on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list : BADROMANCE
5
Ivy in upstate New York : CORNELL
6
Melville captain : AHAB
7
Full of baloney : BOGUS
8
Elevator passageway : SHAFT
9
Spot to sip a mai tai : TIKIROOM
10
Send forth : EMIT
11
Bon ___ (witticism) : MOT
12
Place : PUT
13
Hog haven : STY
21
Barely manage, with "out" : EKE
22
Take a tumble : FALL
25
Field for a voice major, perhaps : OPERA
26
Consider, as pros and cons : WEIGH
27
Some Art Deco works : ERTES
30
Brought nine possible outfits for a one-night stay, e.g. : OVERPACKED
31
First doll to be marketed as an "action figure" : GIJOE
32
Obvious : OVERT
33
When said three times, "You get the idea" : YADDA
35
Source of Thanksgiving carbs : YAM
36
Sass : LIP
37
Whitney who invented the cotton gin : ELI
39
Alternative to prix fixe : ALACARTE
43
Oodles : ALOT
44
"S.N.L." alumna who wrote "Bossypants" : TINAFEY
48
Fellow : MAN
51
Holy city in Islam : MECCA
52
Despise : ABHOR
54
Bowlful at a Super Bowl watch party : CHILI
55
Medicine tablets : PILLS
56
Tortilla option : CORN
57
Observance that might include Fish Fridays : LENT
58
"Piggies" : TOES
59
Congressional title: Abbr. : REP
60
Horror film prop : AXE
61
Chill, so to speak : ZEN

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle.

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