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New York Times, Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Author:
Ada Nicolle
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : The number of letters in this clue's answer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
47/17/20193/18/20231
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0001012
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.512638%
Ada Nicolle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Nicolle. Wednesday freshness: 14%
Ada Nicolle notes:
I'm excited to be making my NYT debut! I am 17 years old, and since the age of 12, it has been a dream of mine to get a crossword ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Debut! And in a theme area with huge potential; relatively untapped. DROVE inside LAND ROVER, READ inside PENNY DREADFULS — how ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times7/17/19 ( No. 25,453 )
Across
1
The number of letters in this clue's answer : FOUR
5
Gymnasts' supplies : MATS
9
New moon or full moon : PHASE
14
Traffic ___ : CONE
15
Put out : EMIT
16
Give a casual greeting, in modern lingo : HOLLA
17
Candy that the lovers [circled letters] on Valentine's Day : CHOCOLATE
19
More deadpan, as humor : DRIER
20
Peach's center : PIT
21
Some pro cameras, for short : SLRS
23
Shepherd slain by Cain : ABEL
24
Politician that the voters [circled letters] to Congress : REPRESENTATIVE
27
Traditional time to start work : NINEAM
28
Occur, as complications : ARISE
29
Terrific, in dated slang : ACES
30
Erode : EATINTO
34
Something most people lie about? : BED
35
Quick trips that the busy person [circled letters] around town : ERRANDS
36
"Yikes!" : EEK
39
Olympics squad in red, white and blue : TEAMUSA
40
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
41
"___ thank me later" : YOULL
43
Suitable for all ages : RATEDG
45
Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap : PENNYDREADFULS
49
In addition : ELSE
50
Alternatives to wagons : SUVS
51
One step down on the evolutionary scale : APE
52
Elite party attendees : ALIST
54
Luxury vehicle that the motorist [circled letters] on the highway : LANDROVER
58
Part of a multimedia ad campaign : RADIO
59
Apple's first location? : EDEN
60
Action to collect on a debt : REPO
61
Shorthand, for short : STENO
62
"Buona ___" (Italian greeting) : SERA
63
Dish that may come with a spork : SLAW
Down
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Org. that regulates I.S.P.s : FCC
2
"That's intriguing!" : OOH
3
Still in the box : UNOPENED
4
File box filler : RECIPES
5
Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny : MEL
6
Conglomerate : AMASS
7
Mr. or Mrs. : TITLE
8
Forbidding : STERN
9
Queen guitarist Brian May has one in astrophysics : PHD
10
Friend of Hamlet : HORATIO
11
Outs : ALIBIS
12
Place to hide a card, perhaps : SLEEVE
13
___ Combs, Hall-of-Famer who played for the 1920s-'30s Yankees : EARLE
18
Other, in Oaxaca : OTRA
22
Benchmark : STANDARD
24
Surname of national security advisers under both Bush 43 and Obama : RICE
25
May birthstones : EMERALDS
26
Word with dark or graphic : ARTS
27
Apprehend : NAB
31
Headrest for a couch napper, say : ARM
32
T, in an honor society's name : TAU
33
Connections : INS
35
Slippery : EELY
36
Five to six feet high, roughly : EYELEVEL
37
Quashes : ENDS
38
Gunpowder holder : KEG
39
Turns the dial (to), say : TUNESIN
40
Dazed states : STUPORS
41
Chastise in no uncertain terms : YELLAT
42
Like some football kicks : ONSIDE
44
Over the horizon : AFAR
45
Products of some orchards : PEARS
46
Sped-up part of a contest commercial : RULES
47
Avoid : EVADE
48
Ed of "Elf" : ASNER
53
Excessively : TOO
55
Molecule with A, C, T and G : DNA
56
Green branch, for short : EPA
57
Big quarrel : ROW

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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