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New York Times, Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Author:
Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Little dipper?
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Jay Kaskel
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Daniel Kantor

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {HQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Kaskel. This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Kantor. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Tuesday freshness: 8%
Constructor notes:
JAY: With this puzzle, I had the phrase "Repeat after me" bouncing around in my head for a while, and naturally thought letters that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Over the past two years, I've been helping a friend iterate on REPEAT AFTER ME in umpteen different implementations, yet today's still ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

This RegEx finds words with double letters after ME. This one limits results to 15 letters only. Or, better, use the "Answer length" option.

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© 2022, The New York Times8/2/22 ( No. 26,565 )
Across
1
Cologne ingredient : MUSK
5
Kind of planet : DWARF
10
Apt anagram of VILE : EVIL
14
___ driver (side hustle, for some) : UBER
15
Place for a gig : VENUE
16
Allowing a cross-breeze, say : AIRY
17
In remembrance of former days : FOROLDTIMESSAKE
20
Letter-shaped dress cut : ALINE
21
Ballet move : PLIE
22
Dim sum serving : STEAMEDDUMPLING
29
Nincompoop : ASS
30
Like the deities Loki and Freya : NORSE
31
Little dipper? : TOE
32
Flair : STYLE
34
Eldest von Trapp child in "The Sound of Music" : LIESL
36
Swearing-in words … or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 55-Across : REPEATAFTERME
40
Many a four-door : SEDAN
41
Deli offerings : MEATS
42
King Kong, for one : APE
43
Eye parts : UVEAS
45
Arkansas governor Hutchinson : ASA
48
Product-testing nonprofit since 1936 : CONSUMERREPORTS
53
Lo-o-o-ong time : AEON
54
Fairy tale monsters : OGRES
55
Late-night show starting in 2003 : JIMMYKIMMELLIVE
61
Mythical ship guarded by Hera : ARGO
62
Lemon juice and vinegar, for two : ACIDS
63
With 46-Down, all square : EVEN
64
Another name for the Crimson Tide : BAMA
65
What's missing from matzo : YEAST
66
It's more than a ding : DENT
Down
1
"The Lion King" patriarch : MUFASA
2
Some letter-shaped hardware : UBOLTS
3
Follower of TV or World : SERIES
4
Swedish currency : KRONA
5
Palindromic rental : DVD
6
Soaked : WET
7
"Star Wars" nickname : ANI
8
Brouhaha : RUMPUS
9
"Ya get my drift?" : FEELME
10
Propper noun? : EASEL
11
By way of : VIA
12
Peeve : IRK
13
Caustic agent : LYE
18
Moon-landing acronym : LEM
19
Little taste : SIP
23
One-named Irish singer : ENYA
24
Nimrod : DOLT
25
Wishful sort : DREAMER
26
Twosome : ITEM
27
Rosé bouquet : NOSE
28
Foam alternative, in shaving : GEL
32
Rest-and-relaxation retreat : SPA
33
Perfect score in diving : TEN
34
Service call? : LET
35
Org. that takes many forms : IRS
36
Certain tow job, informally : REPO
37
Earthly paradise : EDEN
38
Phobia : FEAR
39
Electrically stun : TASE
40
Anatomical pouch : SAC
43
"Well … I guess" : UMOKAY
44
City built on 118 small islands : VENICE
45
Touch down, say : ARRIVE
46
See 63-Across : STEVEN
47
Give the go-ahead : ASSENT
49
"Survivor" locale in the South Pacific : SAMOA
50
Driver's one-eighty : UEY
51
Campaign pro : POL
52
Eyed rudely : OGLED
55
Vaccine shot, in British lingo : JAB
56
Portfolio piece, for short : IRA
57
___ Grand : MGM
58
"Mamma ___!" : MIA
59
Scrip writers : MDS
60
Give-or-take fig. : EST

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle.

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