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New York Times, Monday, June 3, 2024

Author:
Alana Platt
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
60-Across : "So they flew through a flaw in the ___": Ogden Nash line
TotalDebut
16/3/2024
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0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.641064%
Alana Platt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Platt. Monday freshness: 99%
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F
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© 2024, The New York Times6/3/24 ( No. 27,236 )
Across
1
Radio knob : DIAL
5
Soccer star Lionel : MESSI
10
"What time?" : WHEN
14
Until : UPTO
15
For a specific purpose, as a committee : ADHOC
16
Granola grains : OATS
17
*King or queen, but not prince : CHESSPIECE
19
What's black and white and wet all over? : ORCA
20
Asian peninsula : KOREA
21
Scolding syllable : TSK
22
Opposite of subtract : ADD
23
Words following brother or up : INARMS
25
Show of appreciation for great service : BIGTIP
28
Hot off the presses : NEW
29
Mineral suffix : ITE
31
Buckle up for this one! : CARRIDE
32
Get high on acid : TRIPOUT
34
Latin love : AMOR
35
*Artfully arranged meats : CHARCUTERIE
37
Biblical pronoun : THOU
39
Some work site supervisors : FOREMEN
40
Around 37 million people shop at it every day, roughly equivalent to the population of Canada : WALMART
42
Toyota's ___4 : RAV
43
Yank : TUG
46
Seasoning blend from Maryland : OLDBAY
47
Cancel out : NEGATE
49
Boy band with members such as J-Hope and Jungkook : BTS
50
Youngest woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, familiarly : AOC
53
Juliet's love : ROMEO
54
Surrounding glow : AURA
56
Helping to manage a nonprofit, say ... or where to find the answers to the starred clues? : ONTHEBOARD
58
"Now, wait ___!" : ASEC
59
Paved part of a backyard, perhaps : PATIO
60
"So they flew through a flaw in the ___": Ogden Nash line : FLUE
61
Skater Tony who is also 56-Across? : HAWK
62
M.I.T.'s ___ School of Management : SLOAN
63
Own (up) : FESS
Down
1
Make a quick visit, as to a shop : DUCKIN
2
Apple device since 2007 : IPHONE
3
Consumed uncooked : ATERAW
4
What two fingers in the shape of an "L" can mean : LOSER
5
Cartographer's creation : MAP
6
Revise : EDIT
7
"___ the Man" (2006 rom-com) : SHES
8
Laundry loss : SOCK
9
Rapper ___ Spice : ICE
10
*Texture in a cross section of timber : WOODGRAIN
11
Difficult experience : HARDTIME
12
And so on: Abbr. : ETC
13
Government org. that runs an annual Codebreaker Challenge : NSA
18
Actress Wiley of "Orange Is the New Black" : SAMIRA
22
Flat tire's need : AIR
24
Dish made in a wok : STIRFRY
25
Patrick ___, villainous protagonist of "American Psycho" : BATEMAN
26
Wedding words : IDO
27
The "p" of m.p.g. : PER
30
Disney World theme park : EPCOT
31
More adorable : CUTER
32
*Cousin of a pushpin : THUMBTACK
33
Sharer's word : OUR
35
Alternative to iced coffee : COLDBREW
36
Electronic echo effect : REVERB
37
A couple : TWO
38
"I'm sorry, Dave" speaker of sci-fi : HAL
41
Some small batteries : AAS
43
Mexican dish wrapped in a cornhusk : TAMALE
44
One of two for a female kangaroo, surprisingly : UTERUS
45
Crystal-lined stones : GEODES
48
Rant and rave : GOOFF
50
Fastidious to a fault : ANAL
51
Director Preminger : OTTO
52
"Pet" that's watered : CHIA
54
Satisfied sigh : AAH
55
Subject of "This Land Is Your Land," for short : USA
56
Photo ___ (P.R. events) : OPS
57
Immeasurably long time : EON

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

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