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New York Times, Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Author:
Owen Travis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Across : Offered, as a defense
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Owen Travis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Travis. Tuesday freshness: 32%
Owen Travis notes:
It's a pleasure to be back in the Times! Way back when, I almost scrapped this theme because I feared the editors would think it too ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Twenty years ago (!), my brother insisted that I read this book that he loved, all about wizards and magic items and giants. I was ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times6/15/21 ( No. 26,152 )
Across
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Bloke : CHAP
5
One "trapped" in an invisible box : MIME
9
Subtle expression of disrespect, in slang : SHADE
14
___ Hashana : ROSH
15
Something you might trip on : ACID
16
Just a mirage, maybe : OASIS
17
Camera setting : AUTO
18
"Citizen ___" : KANE
19
What you might do on a first date : FLIRT
20
Unchangeable : WRITTENINSTONE
23
Remove from power : OUST
24
Nerve-racking parts of games, in brief : OTS
25
Reined in, as one's enthusiasm : CURBED
28
Its card numbers all begin with 4 : VISA
30
Rotational speed meas. : RPS
33
Reds state? : OHIO
34
Dressy floor-length garment : OPERACLOAK
37
Molten rock : MAGMA
39
Long, long ___ : AGO
40
___-Loompa (Willy Wonka worker) : OOMPA
41
Something a kid might blow right through : BUBBLEWAND
44
One of 435 in the House : SEAT
45
Foxy : SLY
46
Young lady : LASS
47
World Cup chant : OLEOLE
49
Key above a tilde : ESC
50
Years, in Spain : ANOS
51
Set of legendary objects from the Harry Potter series found at the ends of 20-, 34- and 41-Across : DEATHLYHALLOWS
58
Airline whose name is a Greek letter : DELTA
59
"How ___ Your Mother" : IMET
60
Like some twins and grins : EVIL
61
Moray catcher : EELER
62
Peak : ACME
63
Slip (into) : EASE
64
Goes across : SPANS
65
The "m" of F = ma : MASS
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Offered, as a defense : PLED
Down
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Where something unpleasant may stick : CRAW
2
Golden ___ (time shortly before sunset) : HOUR
3
Sparkling Italian wine : ASTI
4
Spoil a shot, in a way : PHOTOBOMB
5
Just manages : MAKESDO
6
"This is too much for me" : ICANT
7
iPad ___ : MINI
8
Paradise : EDEN
9
Tex-Mex offering that lacks much crunch : SOFTTACO
10
Circles overhead? : HALOS
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Z ___ zebra : ASIN
12
Warning of disaster : DIRE
13
Winter hrs. in New Jersey : EST
21
Election day in the U.S.: Abbr. : TUE
22
Onetime Cubs slugger Sammy : SOSA
25
Components of many barbershop logos : COMBS
26
Rental with 10-, 15-, 17-, 20- and 26-foot sizes : UHAUL
27
"Eleanor ___" (1966 Beatles hit) : RIGBY
28
Site of replicas of the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower : VEGAS
29
De-wrinkle : IRON
30
Juliet's love : ROMEO
31
Vatican-related : PAPAL
32
Play for the N.H.L., say : SKATE
35
Dogs' "dogs" : PAWS
36
What not to do over something out of your control : LOSESLEEP
38
Popular Converse shoes : ALLSTARS
42
Apiece : EACH
43
Contributes to a GoFundMe, e.g. : DONATES
48
Online chuckle : LOL
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Devoured : EATEN
50
Sounds of interruption : AHEMS
51
Like the diving end of a pool : DEEP
52
Jazz's Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Youngest Hemsworth brother : LIAM
54
Many a gym locale, for short : YMCA
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Like the Kia and Hyundai logos : OVAL
56
Sage : WISE
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"Calvin and Hobbes" conveyance : SLED
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___ Plaines, Ill. : DES

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

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