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New York Times, Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Author:
Aaron M. Rosenberg
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
24-Across : Kingdom east of Fiji
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Aaron M. Rosenberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 71, Blocks: 38 Missing: {VXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Rosenberg. Tuesday freshness: 65%
Jim Horne notes:

Fun theme.

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© 2024, The New York Times6/18/24 ( No. 27,251 )
Across
1
Path of a cornhole shot : ARC
4
Take influence from : OWETO
9
Secretly includes, in a way : BCCS
13
Campy accessory : BOA
14
___ spray (pharmacy purchase) : NASAL
15
"My bad!" : OOPS
16
Kinda comedic and saucy? : BURLESQUEESQUE
19
Number one Hun : ATTILA
20
Didn't play, say : SAT
21
Extremely damaged, in military lingo : FUBAR
24
Kingdom east of Fiji : TONGA
28
Kinda religious institution? : SEMISEMINARY
30
Hiker's snack : GORP
31
Not slack : TAUT
32
"Miny" follower : MOE
33
Stops up : DAMS
34
Emotionally distant : COLD
35
Tibetan bovines : YAKS
36
Emissions-monitoring org. : EPA
37
Ending with Apple or Obama : CARE
38
Understands : GETS
39
Kinda squishy and sting-y? : JELLYFISHISH
42
The first "A" in A.A.P.I. Heritage Month : ASIAN
43
Arcade game pioneer : ATARI
44
"Get a room!" elicitor, in brief : PDA
46
Winding ski race : SLALOM
50
Kinda hunchbacked figure? : QUASIQUASIMODO
55
Hay unit : BALE
56
Rich ___ Pennybags, a.k.a. Mr. Monopoly : UNCLE
57
Bog : FEN
58
Tournament ranking : SEED
59
Partner of pains : ACHES
60
Finger wagger's syllable : TSK
Down
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First pop band to perform on "Saturday Night Live" : ABBA
2
Lopsided contest : ROUT
3
Checkout icon : CART
4
Common sugar serving : ONELUMP
5
Pungent sushi condiment : WASABI
6
Lawyer's title: Abbr. : ESQ
7
Sigma follower : TAU
8
Estadio cheers : OLES
9
Kind of accent heard in "Pahk yah cah in Hahvahd Yahd" : BOSTON
10
___ au vin : COQ
11
PC core : CPU
12
Opposite of NNW : SSE
17
They're in it for the long haul : LIFERS
18
Wipe out spectacularly : EATIT
22
Queens neighborhood that's home to the Steinway & Sons piano company : ASTORIA
23
Most authentic : REALEST
25
Football's "Broadway Joe" : NAMATH
26
Understands, informally : GROKS
27
Passing votes : AYES
28
Mogadishu resident : SOMALI
29
"Slung" stuff : MUD
30
Stares slack-jawed : GAPES
33
___ vu : DEJA
34
Half-___ (coffee order) : CAF
35
Rebuttal to "No, you're not!" : YESIAM
37
Singer Lauper : CYNDI
38
Playful term for one's female friends : GIRLIES
40
Expired : LAPSED
41
Inconvenience : HASSLE
45
Color similar to cyan : AQUA
47
Spacious converted apartment : LOFT
48
Praiseful works : ODES
49
One vowing to get in a habit? : MONK
50
Play callers, for short : QBS
51
Dubai's land: Abbr. : UAE
52
Summer ___ (Samuel Adams offering) : ALE
53
Chapel Hill sch. : UNC
54
"Dagnabbit!," in Düsseldorf : ACH

Answer summary:
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