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New York Times, Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Author:
Sam Buchbinder
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
68-Across : Stun with a jolt
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Sam Buchbinder

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} Spans: 2 Scrabble average: 1.89 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Buchbinder. Tuesday freshness: 50%
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H
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© 2024, The New York Times8/20/24 ( No. 27,314 )
Across
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Largest city in Nebraska : OMAHA
6
"Excuse me …" : AHEM
10
Letters on old Soviet rockets : CCCP
14
Eschew the subway, say : CABIT
15
Boo : JEER
16
Surrounding glow : AURA
17
Superscript by a brand name : TRADEMARKSYMBOL
20
Ballpark fig. : EST
21
Losing line in tic-tac-toe : OXO
22
Major in mass communication? : POPE
23
"Won't Get Fooled Again" rockers : THEWHO
26
The "F" of FTW : FOR
27
Actress Wray of "King Kong" : FAY
30
Fighter jet's landing spot : AIRFORCEBASE
34
Neighbor of an Uzbek : TAJIK
37
Longtime Heat coach Spoelstra : ERIK
38
Annoys : IRKS
39
Singer with the albums "21," "25" and "30" : ADELE
40
Director Ang : LEE
41
Man of Marseilles : HOMME
42
Not doing much : IDLE
43
___ ring : MOOD
44
Areas for altars : APSES
45
Investment banking giant : GOLDMANSACHS
48
Lead-in to "-hoo" : ANY
49
Apple platform : IOS
50
Extended period of inactivity : LAYOFF
54
Final opponent in a video game level : BOSS
56
With 57-Down, lacking in variety : ONE
58
Dave Brubeck's "Blue Rondo ___ Turk" : ALA
59
Best Picture winner of 1965 ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 30- and 45-Across? : THESOUNDOFMUSIC
64
Chef's creation : MEAL
65
"Sure, sure ..." : IBET
66
Kick out : EVICT
67
Greek founder of Stoicism : ZENO
68
Stun with a jolt : TASE
69
Things on a to-do list : TASKS
Down
1
Set of white pawns in chess, e.g. : OCTET
2
Everglades ecosystem : MARSH
3
Subside : ABATE
4
Put out of sight : HID
5
Had a ball ... a meatball, that is : ATE
6
Warrior in the "Iliad" : AJAX
7
Sub sandwich : HERO
8
"A spider!" : EEK
9
Logical "Star Trek" character : MRSPOCK
10
Setting for "Wet Hot American Summer" : CAMP
11
Offices with partitioned workspaces, in slang : CUBEFARMS
12
___-Magnon man : CRO
13
Bud : PAL
18
Tie at the dock : MOOR
19
Days long ago : YORE
24
Cried loudly : WAILED
25
Take to the trail : HIKE
26
Curly-haired friend of Charlie Brown : FRIEDA
28
"I'm here if you have questions!" : ASKME
29
Green lights : YESES
31
Certain convicted criminals : FELONS
32
Twistable treats : OREOS
33
Tissue sample test : BIOPSY
34
Evergreen forest that covers much of Canada : TAIGA
35
Extra : ADDON
36
Item in a classic guessing contest : JELLYBEAN
41
"LOL" : HAHA
43
Iconic outfit for a noted chairman : MAOSUIT
46
Japanese soup flavoring : MISO
47
Staff leader? : CLEF
51
"Wonderwall" group : OASIS
52
Movie, informally : FLICK
53
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own ___": Daniel Patrick Moynihan : FACTS
55
1952 Winter Olympics host : OSLO
56
Poems of praise : ODES
57
See 56-Across : NOTE
59
Celebrity gossip website : TMZ
60
___-haw : HEE
61
Org. associated with the John Tesh instrumental "Roundball Rock" : NBA
62
Got together : MET
63
2019 March Madness champs, for short : UVA

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3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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