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New York Times, Saturday, August 31, 2024

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
52-Across : Aunt ___ of "Oklahoma!"
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Ezersky. Saturday freshness: 92%
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V
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K
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N
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O
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© 2024, The New York Times8/31/24 ( No. 27,325 )
Across
1
Liquid found in some pens : VAPEJUICE
10
[I can't hear you!] : LALA
14
The old man? : CROMAGNON
15
#1 choices : FAVES
16
Fast-food order that comes in four shapes: bells, balls, boots and bow ties : MCNUGGETS
17
Origin : ROOTS
18
Like some supplements, for short : OTC
19
10-point play : ZTILE
21
Franchise that moved back to Vegas in 2021 : CSI
22
Ex ___ (out of nothing) : NIHILO
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They're on their own time : ALASKANS
28
"Coach" : ECONOMY
30
Smallish smart device from Amazon : ECHODOT
31
Modern words of encouragement : YASQUEEN
33
Covers in a black powder : SOOTS
34
Forced : UNNATURAL
37
Enjoys widespread success : ISBIG
40
Reach for the cars? : HAILACAB
44
Rapper who shares his name with the 29th U.S. president : WARRENG
47
Request to keep in touch : EMAILME
48
"Uh ... did I hear that right?!" : OKAYWHAT
50
Extras : ADDINS
51
Spurt : JET
52
Aunt ___ of "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
54
Cue preceder : PEE
55
Island known for its nightlife : IBIZA
57
Line outside a box office : ONEPLEASE
61
House of lords? : MANOR
62
Childish? : PEDIATRIC
63
Best Picture-winning film adapted from the 1999 memoir "The Master of Disguise" : ARGO
64
It's pressed for time : STOPWATCH
Down
1
Some start-up funding, in brief : VCMONEY
2
Ancient continent that included present-day Siberia : ARCTICA
3
Wet weather wear : PONCHOS
4
This will not fly! : EMU
5
Bender : JAG
6
Big name in comfy footwear : UGG
7
Name that's another form of Agnes : INEZ
8
Panna ___ (Italian dessert) : COTTA
9
Store, as grain : ENSILE
10
Many a Theravada Buddhist : LAO
11
The Mexican state of Michoacán produces 5.5+ billion pounds of this annually : AVOCADO
12
"Oh, please, give it a rest" : LETSNOT
13
Passing measures : ASSISTS
15
Leaves just in time for dinner? : FRESHSALAD
20
Ontario, e.g., to the Québécois : LAC
23
Fact-finding mission : INQUIRY
24
Joggers and such : LOUNGEWEAR
25
Singular noun that, when a "w" is added to the front, becomes a plural noun : OMEN
27
Drink once sold as Fruit Smack : KOOLAID
29
For word : YEA
32
Certain power : NTH
35
One party to 2020's Abraham Accords: Abbr. : UAE
36
Ottava ___ (verse form) : RIMA
37
Where "uncommon valor was a common virtue," per Admiral Chester Nimitz : IWOJIMA
38
Establishment serving hot shots : SAKEBAR
39
Risky bond designation : BRATING
41
Graphic designer's shortcut : CLIPART
42
Like Gregory Peck's character in Hitchcock's "Spellbound" : AMNESIC
43
Implore : BESEECH
45
Kraken's home, for short : NHL
46
Dances in duple time : GALOPS
49
Pillar, of a sort : TENET
53
Teacher's handwritten note by an awkward sentence : REDO
56
Chaotic scene : ZOO
58
Spot at a casino table : PIP
59
"It's the ___!" : LAW
60
It moves with traffic, in brief : ETA

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

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