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New York Times, Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Author:
Juliana Tringali Golden
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
56-Across : Pass up, using a less common spelling
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Juliana Tringali Golden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {WZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Golden. Wednesday freshness: 70%
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© 2024, The New York Times7/3/24 ( No. 27,266 )
Across
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Org. formerly called the Bureau of Labor Standards : OSHA
5
Japanese rice cake often filled with ice cream : MOCHI
10
"___ to your knitting" ("Mind your own beeswax") : TEND
14
Related : AKIN
15
Pottery supplies : CLAYS
16
Plant harvested for its gel : ALOE
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Observation deck? : TAROTCARDS
19
Marked, as a box : XDIN
20
Multispeaker system : STEREO
21
Most suggestive : RACIEST
23
___ Thompson, U.S. soccer star who made her World Cup debut at 18 : ALYSSA
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A lot of farm yards? : ACRES
27
In a frenzy : AMOK
30
Much of Greenland : TUNDRA
32
"The Marvels" director DaCosta : NIA
33
Glass eye? : CRYSTALBALL
38
Feature of high heels popularized in the 1920s : TSTRAP
40
Muslim place of worship : MOSQUE
41
Metal detectors? : ICHINGCOINS
45
Founding NATO member : USA
46
Take a turn for the worse : GOSOUR
47
Number cruncher's skill : MATH
48
Nordic toast : SKOAL
51
Inventor Tesla : NIKOLA
54
Ones splitting the billing : COSTARS
56
Pass up, using a less common spelling : FOREGO
60
With the bow, musically : ARCO
61
Predictive text? : OUIJABOARD
64
Word after golden or before Girls : MEAN
65
"The Hobbit" dragon : SMAUG
66
Roman poet who said "Ah me! Love cannot be cured by herbs" : OVID
67
Delhi wrap : SARI
68
Matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof" : YENTE
69
Takes in : NETS
Down
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Foal fodder : OATS
2
Three-player trick-taking game : SKAT
3
Employ : HIRE
4
Thick hooded jacket : ANORAK
5
Real ___ (genuine article) : MCCOY
6
São Paulo salutation : OLA
7
Pixar's Lightning McQueen, for one : CAR
8
Curbside water source : HYDRANT
9
Rae of "Barbie" : ISSA
10
Vehicles with a redundant name : TAXICABS
11
Someone to respect : ELDER
12
Whiz or bang : NOISE
13
Significant impacts, so to speak : DENTS
18
No. on a resume : TEL
22
Rocker Santana : CARLOS
24
Where hogs go wild : STY
25
Shady, in modern slang : SUS
27
Set against : ANTI
28
This and that: Abbr. : MISC
29
Courtroom profession? : OATH
31
Word with "straight" or "right" : DAMN
33
Kind of cooking oil : CANOLA
34
Activities that might require 20-sided dice, for short : RPGS
35
Water shade : AQUA
36
Common element in romance novels : LUST
37
Biblical mother of Dinah : LEAH
39
Totally tubular pasta : RIGATONI
42
Eat : CONSUME
43
Not non : OUI
44
Bother : IRK
47
Leave stranded : MAROON
48
Fraudulent gambits : SCAMS
49
Peninsula east of the Yellow Sea : KOREA
50
"Sesame Street" curmudgeon : OSCAR
52
Old enough : OFAGE
53
Hit up? : LOB
55
Optimistic : ROSY
57
Provider of shade for a sidewalk cafe : EAVE
58
Determination : GRIT
59
Casino calculations : ODDS
62
Janis ___, "At Seventeen" singer : IAN
63
Stick (out) : JUT

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

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