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New York Times, Thursday, June 2, 2022

Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Capital city with three consecutive vowels
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
243/1/202110/28/20244
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21.6310836%
Michael Lieberman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Lieberman. Thursday freshness: 47%
Michael Lieberman notes:
I'm sorry that I put 34-Across in this grid. You won't see it in another puzzle of mine. This theme was inspired by Sid's ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
A one-trick pony is still entertaining if it has enough horsepower. Fantastic idea today, "with 1 Across" (note that there's no ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

The NRA at 34-Across (1930s Depression-fighting org.) is the National Recovery Administration.

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© 2022, The New York Times6/2/22 ( No. 26,504 )
Across
1
What a left arrow might mean : BACK
5
Setting for much of "A Farewell to Arms" : MILAN
10
Convalescent's need, for short : TLC
13
Where Ulysses encountered the Cyclops : ETNA
14
Saw : ADAGE
15
Blacken : CHAR
16
With 1 Across, warning at sea : SHOTTHEBOW
18
Accrue in large amounts, with "in" : RAKE
19
"Aww"-inspiring one : TOT
20
Small batteries : AAAS
21
Feature of the Devil : GOATEE
23
Capital city with three consecutive vowels : SEOUL
25
"Bad Guy" singer Billie : EILISH
26
With 1 Down, like a free-for-all fight : KNOCKDRAGOUT
30
Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" : IDIOT
33
Air alternative : RAIL
34
1930s Depression-fighting org. : NRA
35
Dings : NICKS
36
Otoscope-using M.D. : ENT
37
Scales on a pangolin, e.g. : ARMOR
39
Farm delivery letters : CSA
40
Hero feature, often : MAYO
41
They're attached to many houses : LIENS
42
With 1 Across, charity event involving a coast-to-coast human chain : HANDSAMERICA
46
Besmirches : STAINS
47
Cheese often mixed with Monterey Jack : COLBY
50
It's funky : STENCH
51
Death Valley's is -282.2 ft. : ELEV
53
Glass part : RIM
55
"Houston, ___ had a problem" (message misquoted in "Apollo 13") : WEVE
56
With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple : UPSIDECAKE
59
Father of Phobos and Deimos : ARES
60
Tennis star Osaka : NAOMI
61
Hula accompaniers, informally : UKES
62
Web portal with a butterfly logo : MSN
63
Three-time Emmy winner Cicely : TYSON
64
___ Myerson, only Jewish woman crowned Miss America : BESS
Down
1
Outdo : BEST
2
Malkovich's role in "The Man in the Iron Mask" : ATHOS
3
Benjamin : CNOTE
4
___ Chow, author of 2021's "Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir" : KAT
5
Hawaiian "thanks" : MAHALO
6
"You have no ___" : IDEA
7
Places to find dishes of different cultures : LABS
8
Fifth word of "American Pie" : AGO
9
Zooey Deschanel sitcom : NEWGIRL
10
"I take the blame" : THATSONME
11
Great place to visit near Michigan? : LAKEHURON
12
Largest First Nations group : CREE
15
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor Robinson : CRAIG
17
Baits, in a way : TAUNTS
22
Greeting in Portuguese : OLA
24
"Enough already!" : OKOK
25
One behind The Times : EDITOR
27
Some Sephora purchases : CREAMS
28
West of Malibu : KANYE
29
Ones on the briny : TARS
30
The "i" in p.s.i. : INCH
31
Worst-case scenarios : DISASTERS
32
Words from the "speechless" : ICANTEVEN
37
Nook : ALCOVE
38
Yemeni money : RIAL
40
Much of "The Fugitive" : MANHUNT
43
Some Nordics : DANES
44
[not a typo] : SIC
45
Stuck until a thaw : ICEDIN
48
Mini freezer? : BRAKE
49
"Oh no!" : YIKES
50
Made a bank getaway? : SWAM
51
Those, in Spanish : ESOS
52
Stretch for the stars? : LIMO
54
Tinker (with) : MESS
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Word before "a fine" or "a visit" : PAY
58
Ursa minor? : CUB

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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