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New York Times, Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Author:
Eric Bornstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Across : Good snack for a gangster?
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Eric Bornstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Bornstein. Tuesday freshness: 54%
Eric Bornstein notes:
I'm really happy with puzzle, especially the theme. Snacks are fun, which makes the theme fun. There are lots of snacks that would ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Some light snacks today, non-food phrases interpreted as edibles. The phrase TOUGH COOKIES always amuses me; sounds like something ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times8/31/21 ( No. 26,229 )
Across
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Metallic fasteners on envelopes : CLASPS
7
"The Office" network : NBC
10
Decorative container : VASE
14
Repeated World Cup cry : OLEOLE
15
Constitutional measure passed in '72 but never ratified : ERA
16
Brother of Cain : ABEL
17
Vestal virgin, e.g. : MAIDEN
18
Good snack for a pilot? : WINGNUTS
20
Ambient musician Brian : ENO
21
Leans : TENDS
23
Thin and graceful : LITHE
24
Good snack for a gangster? : TOUGHCOOKIES
27
Money to tide one over : LOAN
28
"Act your age!" : BEHAVE
32
Run up, as expenses : INCUR
35
Elizabeth Warren, by birth : OKIE
38
One-named singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear" : SIA
39
Good snack for a flea market dealer? : BARGAININGCHIPS
43
When a plane is due in, in brief : ETA
44
Horned farm animal : GOAT
45
Like the comment "Oh no, you didn't!," say : SASSY
46
Caribbean island NE of Trinidad : TOBAGO
49
At any point : EVER
51
Good snack for an arsonist? : FIRECRACKERS
57
Wryly humorous : DROLL
60
Fancy car maneuver that might leave skid marks : DONUT
61
Dye holder : VAT
62
Good snack for an optometrist? : EYECANDY
64
Sexual appetite : LIBIDO
66
Second-largest Hawaiian island : MAUI
67
Not feel so good : AIL
68
Keep musical time, in a way : TOETAP
69
Data : INFO
70
"You there!" : HEY
71
Mocking smiles : SNEERS
Down
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Competitor of Ajax and Bon Ami : COMET
2
Grassy South American plain : LLANO
3
Linguistic quintet : AEIOU
4
Turf : SOD
5
Overabundance : PLETHORA
6
Roman philosopher who said "Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole" : SENECA
7
A cut above? : NEWDO
8
Cold and enlivening, as a wind : BRISK
9
Pink-slip : CAN
10
Go poof! : VANISH
11
Border : ABUT
12
Brother of Cain : SETH
13
"What ___ is new?" : ELSE
19
Fox series about musical high schoolers : GLEE
22
"Wrong! All wrong!" : NONONO
25
Sound of drinking : GLUG
26
"___ to differ!" : IBEG
29
Yard sale caveat : ASIS
30
Bigwigs : VIPS
31
Rated 1 out of 4 stars, as a sudoku : EASY
32
"Yeah, right!" : IBET
33
Grp. with peacekeeping operations : NATO
34
Constant complainer : CRAB
36
Sportage maker : KIA
37
Summer helper, say : INTERN
40
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
41
Delivery option : CSECTION
42
Quaint "Listen!" : HARK
47
U.S.'s largest alliance of trade unions : AFLCIO
48
___ monster : GILA
50
Big safes : VAULTS
52
Murphy of "Dreamgirls" and "Trading Places" : EDDIE
53
With false shyness : COYLY
54
You'd probably R.S.V.P. to it online : EVITE
55
Speeder catcher : RADAR
56
Pulls over, as a speeder : STOPS
57
Prefix with john or god : DEMI
58
Actor Reynolds : RYAN
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Egg: Fr. : OEUF
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"I don't think so" : NAH
65
Proverbial symbol of busyness : BEE

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

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