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New York Times, Monday, May 30, 2022

Author:
Alexander Liebeskind
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Across : Word after game, set or match
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Alexander Liebeskind

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Liebeskind. Monday freshness: 3%
Alexander Liebeskind notes:
The idea for today's puzzle was a happy accident: back when I came up with the theme, I was sitting on a plane without internet, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Perfect theme for noob solvers! Neat to see how many ways you can spell the "noo" sound: NOUgat, NEUtron, NOOdle, and NUmero. I ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times5/30/22 ( No. 26,501 )
Across
1
Wizard's weapon : STAFF
6
Meat in a burger : BEEF
10
Famous ___ cookies : AMOS
14
Gem from an oyster : PEARL
15
Peas, for a pea shooter : AMMO
16
Tales handed down orally : LORE
17
Web company with an exclamation mark in its name : YAHOO
18
Nutty candy offering : NOUGATBAR
20
Mardi Gras city, colloquially : NOLA
22
Word after game, set or match : POINT
23
Ultradense galactic body : NEUTRONSTAR
29
N.Y.C. airport code : LGA
30
___ Grey (variety of 2-Down) : EARL
31
Spot for a mic clip : LAPEL
32
The Bee ___ (music group) : GEES
33
Instrument with pipes : ORGAN
35
Deliver a grand message : ORATE
37
Fresh starts ... or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53- and 58-Across all have? : NEWBEGINNINGS
42
Like some sprays and voices : NASAL
43
Danger : PERIL
45
"Seven" things for a pirate : SEAS
48
Construction beam material : STEEL
51
Part to play : ROLE
52
Sanjay Gupta's channel : CNN
53
Soba servings, for instance : NOODLEBOWLS
55
Houston baseballer : ASTRO
57
Pollen gatherers : BEES
58
Top dog : NUMEROUNO
62
Airplane seating alternative to window : AISLE
66
It's catchy : TRAP
67
Picked a card : DREW
68
Step : STAIR
69
Strong desires : YENS
70
Wraps up : ENDS
71
Uses a computer keyboard : TYPES
Down
1
Intel employee? : SPY
2
Breakfast beverage : TEA
3
Ooh and ___ : AAH
4
Grassy areas near driveways : FRONTLAWNS
5
Each button in an elevator : FLOOR
6
Yellow fruit : BANANA
7
Music subcategory that's a vowel change from 8-Down : EMO
8
Australian bird that's a vowel change from 7-Down : EMU
9
Weather phenomenon that London is famous for : FOG
10
Judy Garland, voicewise : ALTO
11
Kind of phone on the coast of Alabama? : MOBILE
12
Fruit with the name of its color : ORANGE
13
Some mattress choices : SERTAS
19
Mo. before May : APR
21
"Haha" alternative : LOL
23
Protagonist in "The Matrix" : NEO
24
Bring in, as income : EARN
25
Strongly suggest : URGE
26
This is not good! : SPOILED
27
Arctic ___ (migratory bird) : TERN
28
Mathematician Turing : ALAN
32
Philanthropic quality : GENEROSITY
34
Org. for the Hawks, but not the Falcons : NBA
36
Gratuity : TIP
38
Canadian gas brand : ESSO
39
Cat: Sp. : GATO
40
"Money doesn't ___ on trees" : GROW
41
Window ledge : SILL
44
"___ Misérables" : LES
45
Insufficient in quantity : SCANTY
46
Guarantee : ENSURE
47
Avenger played by Paul Rudd : ANTMAN
49
Macaroni shapes : ELBOWS
50
Suni ___, Team U.S.A. gymnastics medalist : LEE
53
Neither's partner : NOR
54
Brutish creature : BEAST
56
Parts of a gym set : REPS
59
Poem of praise : ODE
60
Coffee vessel : URN
61
Sansa's father on "Game of Thrones" : NED
63
Source of maple syrup : SAP
64
Political fact-checker's verdict, maybe : LIE
65
Triage centers, for short : ERS

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

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