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New York Times, Monday, August 26, 2024

Author:
Zachary David Levy
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
27-Across : Olympic gold medalist Raisman
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Zachary David Levy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Levy. Monday freshness: 97%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/26/24 ( No. 27,320 )
Across
1
Square dance venue : BARN
5
San ___, capital of Puerto Rico : JUAN
9
The "I" of T.G.I.F. : ITS
12
Spring ___ (encounter plumbing problems) : ALEAK
14
Popular dance fitness program : ZUMBA
15
Backwoods denial : NAW
16
Abba hit of 1979 : GIMMEGIMMEGIMME
19
Like some smartphone purchases : INAPP
20
What a three-way intersection can form : TSHAPE
21
'N Sync hit of 2000 : BYEBYEBYE
25
Situated on : ATOP
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Adore, informally : LUV
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Olympic gold medalist Raisman : ALY
28
Things stuck on snowman "arms" : MITTENS
31
Rocks that may contain precious metals : ORES
33
Arouse, as interest : PIQUE
34
Mötley Crüe hit of 1987 : GIRLSGIRLSGIRLS
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Start of Caesar's boast : ICAME
42
Loudly praise : TOUT
43
Pennsylvania governor Josh : SHAPIRO
46
Opposite of NNE : SSW
49
Lisbon greeting : OLA
50
Boat propellers : OARS
51
Beach Boys hit of 1964 : FUNFUNFUN
54
Religious ceremony : RITUAL
57
Italy's Isle of ___ : CAPRI
58
Coveted Scrabble space … or the sheet music for 16-, 21-, 34- or 51-Across? : TRIPLEWORDSCORE
63
Beethoven's "___ to Joy" : ODE
64
State that's home to one end of the Appalachian Trail : MAINE
65
Where "all my ex's live," in song : TEXAS
66
In favor of : FOR
67
Present in a favorable light : SPIN
68
City surrounding Vatican City : ROME
Down
1
Something checked at an airport counter : BAG
2
Oscar winner Mahershala : ALI
3
Sleep stage, for short : REM
4
Coastal African desert : NAMIB
5
Skittish : JUMPY
6
"Errr … I mean …" : UMM
7
Assist with a crime : ABET
8
Pesters : NAGS
9
Jail cell occupant : INMATE
10
Maxi pad alternative : TAMPON
11
Uses a broom : SWEEPS
13
Its capital is Nairobi : KENYA
14
Quickly fly past : ZIPBY
17
Scottish Highlander : GAEL
18
"Zero stars from me!" : IHATEIT
21
Outlet for an internet commentator : BLOG
22
___ Gagarin, first man in space : YURI
23
At any point : EVER
24
Man's name that's a fruit spelled backward : EMIL
29
Brainpower measures, for short : IQS
30
Pull : TUG
32
Makes a mistake : SLIPSUP
33
Lead-in to law or launch : PRE
35
Bio. or chem. : SCI
36
Needlefish : GAR
37
"___ two minds on this …" : IMOF
38
Spot for a satellite dish : ROOF
39
Athleisure lead-in to "lemon" : LULU
40
Lee of Marvel Comics : STAN
43
In a sense : SORTOF
44
Beehive or bob : HAIRDO
45
More hipsterish : ARTIER
46
Entrap : SNARE
47
Bay Area enforcement org. : SFPD
48
German sausage : WURST
52
The Huskies of the N.C.A.A. : UCONN
53
Not as mean : NICER
55
Some church donations : ALMS
56
Spring : LEAP
59
Motion-sensing Nintendo console : WII
60
Kitchen brand with a palindromic name : OXO
61
Head-butt : RAM
62
Suffix with Sudan or Japan : ESE

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

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