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New York Times, Thursday, May 6, 2021

Author:
Ed Sessa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : No longer under wraps?
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Edward Sessa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Sessa. Thursday freshness: 78%
Edward Sessa notes:
After finally finding four entries that could be split to form a new "red" phrase, the challenge for me was to fit the "L-shaped" ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Been a while since we had our last "turning" puzzle. A few years ago, Will Shortz put out a moratorium on them since they had become ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times5/6/21 ( No. 26,112 )
Across
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"How to Be an Anti-___" (best-selling book of 2020) : RACIST
7
Big kahuna : VIP
10
Way up to go downhill : TBAR
14
Totally original : ALLNEW
15
Bird that's the source of Kalaya oil : EMU
16
Dance sometimes done to klezmer music : HORA
17
Play-by-play job? : STAGEACTOR
19
A little cracked : AJAR
20
Spanish for "weight" : PESO
21
Presidential nickname of the 19th century : HONESTABE
23
Kansas or Kentucky, politically : REDSTATE
26
Cap'n's mate : BOSN
27
Details, details : SPECS
29
Certain Miller beers : REDDOGS
31
Gear tooth : COG
34
Soaks up a lot of sun : BAKES
36
Improv comic's forte : ADLIB
38
Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarly : UNOS
40
Big Ten nickname : TERPS
42
Architectural style of Nebraska's capitol building, informally : DECO
43
Rhetoric for the political base, figuratively : REDMEAT
45
Warning sign : REDFLAG
47
Word with high or dive : SKY
48
"Cómo ___?" : ESTAS
50
Follower of "Too bad," in an expression of mock pity : SOSAD
52
Gomer Pyle's outfit: Abbr. : USMC
53
Low humming sounds : THRUMS
56
"Stay calm" : DONTPANIC
60
Stand-up comedian Bargatze : NATE
62
"___ Am Telling You" (song from "Dreamgirls") : ANDI
63
Traffic go-ahead that should be followed four times in this puzzle : RIGHTONRED
66
Dance done to fiddle music : REEL
67
Director Lee : ANG
68
No longer under wraps? : OPENED
69
Lagerfeld of fashion : KARL
70
___ leaf (stew additive) : BAY
71
Over a large area : WIDELY
Down
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File type : RASP
2
Drunkenness or hypnosis : ALTEREDSTATE
3
It may be dismissed : CLASS
4
Some metal castings : INGOTS
5
"Get it?" : SEE
6
Onetime United competitor : TWA
7
Refuse to pick up the bill? : VETO
8
"That's my cue!" : IMON
9
Poodles, but not schnoodles or doodles : PUREBREDDOGS
10
"How strange ..." : THATSODD
11
Nickname for tap-dancing legend Bill Robinson : BOJANGLES
12
___ League : ARAB
13
Unusual : RARE
18
Something waved when a race is won : CHECKEREDFLAG
22
Common mixer : SODA
24
P.D. alert : APB
25
Udder end : TEAT
28
Lord's laborers : SERFS
30
Warped, as a sense of humor : SICK
31
Pancetta or prosciutto : CUREDMEAT
32
"My treat!" : ONME
33
Becomes insolvent : GOESUNDER
35
Inkblot, e.g. : SPLOTCH
37
Early man? : BOY
39
Behaved for a haircut, say : SATSTILL
41
Glazier's frame : SASH
44
Pack down : TAMP
46
Long-bodied fish : GAR
49
Bug that inspired Poe's "The Gold-Bug" : SCARAB
51
Persistently demanded payment from : DUNNED
54
French river in W.W. I fighting : MARNE
55
Metaphor for strength : STEEL
56
Like yin but not yang : DARK
57
Suited to serve : ONEA
58
Simone known as the "High Priestess of Soul" : NINA
59
Punk's Pop : IGGY
61
Water whirl : EDDY
64
AAA offering : TOW
65
Nail polish brand with a Bubble Bath shade : OPI

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

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