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New York Times, Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Author:
Jackson Matz and Ben Matz
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
28-Across : Benjamin Franklin, by religious philosophy
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Ben Matz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QWZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Matz. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Matz. Wednesday freshness: 30%
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© 2024, The New York Times7/31/24 ( No. 27,294 )
Across
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Sluglike "Star Wars" bad guy : JABBA
6
Man, on the Isle of Man : BLOKE
11
Number cruncher, for short : CPA
14
Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
15
Certain bib wearer : RACER
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Played the first card : LED
17
Television pro : BROADCASTER
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"... ___ lack thereof" : ORA
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Passionately discuss minutiae, with "out" : NERD
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Bares one's soul : OPENSUP
23
Expose the vulnerabilities of, in a way : HACK
26
Each : APOP
28
Benjamin Franklin, by religious philosophy : DEIST
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Grandchild of Adam and Eve : ENOS
30
Copy : MIMIC
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The first two digits of every Brooklyn ZIP code : ONES
33
Cable channel with its own awards show : MTV
34
Goes (for) : OPTS
35
Like T.S.A. lines on holiday weekends : LONG
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Overlook, as a flaw : SEEPAST
39
Eat plenty of : FEASTON
42
Video streaming giant : ROKU
43
Fly high : SOAR
44
N.Y.S.E. debut : IPO
45
Shaving cut : NICK
47
Downright : PLAIN
49
Full of oneself : SMUG
50
Aftereffects from working out : ACHES
52
C.F.O. or C.I.O : EXEC
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Currency of Colombia : PESO
54
Strong squeeze : BEARHUG
56
Rave (about) : GUSH
58
Where shots are taken : BAR
59
Song from "The Little Mermaid" that's a phonetic hint to interpreting the answers to the starred clues : UNDERTHESEA
64
Part of a which-came-first debate : EGG
65
Pageant accessory : TIARA
66
Straightens things out, say : IRONS
67
Discussion starter? : DEE
68
Afflictions that rhyme with the body parts they're found in : STYES
69
Isn't settled : PENDS
Down
1
Vaccine, informally : JAB
2
Word with France or Force : AIR
3
What it would be a mistake to write twice? : BOO
4
Valuable Scrabble tiles : BLANKS
5
Right hand, so to speak : AIDE
6
Actor in "12 Years a Slave" and "12 Monkeys" : BRADPITT
7
___ Cruces, N.M. : LAS
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Ocean creatures with three hearts : OCTOPI
9
Label for a box during a household purge : KEEP
10
Messed up : ERRED
11
*Not moving fast enough : CLOSINGTIME
12
Read over : PERUSE
13
Gets used to new surroundings : ADAPTS
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*Increases sharply : CRAMPSUP
22
Highlighter colors, usually : NEONS
23
Traps, with "in" : HEMS
24
Before: Prefix : ANTE
25
*Rip off : COVERCHARGE
27
Meditation mantras : OMS
31
*Like 10%-fat beef : CLEANCUT
34
Wood used to age brandy : OAK
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Boat propeller : OAR
38
___ face : POKER
39
Duck delicacy : FOIEGRAS
40
Great work : OPUS
41
Something that's not going to happen : NOGO
43
Bill Clinton's is displayed at the Smithsonian, for short : SAX
45
Caught : NABBED
46
Time when glaciers form : ICEAGE
48
Gym session devoted to squats, dead lifts, etc. : LEGDAY
49
It's a ball : SPHERE
51
Powers (down) : SHUTS
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Textbook section : UNIT
57
Tanker, e.g. : SHIP
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Before, poetically : ERE
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"Mushnik & ___" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song) : SON
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Extra-crusty piece of bread : END
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Bad thing to make of oneself : ASS

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