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New York Times, Thursday, September 12, 2024

Author:
Parker Higgins
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
27-Across : Neuters
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Parker Higgins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Higgins. Thursday freshness: 13%
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M
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© 2024, The New York Times9/12/24 ( No. 27,337 )
Across
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Like some bad breakups : MESSY
6
Item of clothing in a Prince hit : BERET
11
Fender Bassman, e.g. : AMP
14
What Romeo and Juliet planned to do in Mantua : ELOPE
15
Obsessive fan of anime or video games, from the Japanese : OTAKU
16
"I can't ___ …" : LIE
17
Limb? : LIFEPARTNER
19
Key not found on a Mac : ALT
20
Head of France : TETE
21
Put at a table, say : SEAT
22
Gets ready for the national anthem, maybe : RISES
24
"Obviously!" : DUH
26
Bills : BEAKS
27
Neuters : SPAYS
30
Foremost? : FIRSTMATE
34
This guy! : HIM
35
Sultanate on the island of Borneo : BRUNEI
37
Fratty stereotypes : BROS
38
Petrichor is the aroma produced by this : RAIN
40
Insert, as a video in a post : EMBED
41
Folk rock's Mumford & ___ : SONS
42
Golden rule word : UNTO
43
Muffle : DEADEN
45
Bit of décor at a tiki bar : LEI
46
Ready? : GOODBUDDY
48
"Not so!" : FALSE
50
It might cause some unsurprised looks : BOTOX
51
Stately tree : ELM
52
"Fathoms ___" (opening song of "The Little Mermaid") : BELOW
53
Each : APOP
56
River through Louisville : OHIO
60
Genetic messenger : RNA
61
Dine? : WINEPAIRING
64
See 67-Across : ACT
65
Large wedding band, say : OCTET
66
Former title for Pete Buttigieg : MAYOR
67
With 64-Across, bad thing to be caught in : THE
68
Pregnancy increments : WEEKS
69
Nose-in-the-air type? : PLANE
Down
1
Hot deli order : MELT
2
Legal writer Mystal : ELIE
3
Tender : SOFT
4
Alacritous : SPEEDY
5
"You betcha" : YEP
6
Tunnel (through) : BORE
7
Singer James : ETTA
8
Railing post? : RANT
9
Scrape (out) : EKE
10
One of 27 on Disney World's Cinderella Castle : TURRET
11
Sushi order topped with salmon : ALASKAROLL
12
Progress markers : MILESTONES
13
Rewards for a "good boy" : PETS
18
It can come before Wednesday : ASH
23
Feet in a meter : IAMBS
25
Charger option, for short : USB
26
Track that fans flip for? : BSIDE
27
[Meh] : SHRUG
28
Spot to store sheet music : PIANOBENCH
29
"Did it happen already?!" : AMITOOLATE
30
Stewed : FUMED
31
Not on good terms (with) : INBAD
32
Like much marshland : REEDY
33
Nail polish brand with a "Get It Girl" pink : ESSIE
36
Brought back : REDUX
39
Acknowledge wordlessly : NODTO
44
Bills might pass in this, for short : NFL
47
Lab report? : BOWWOW
49
Unmoved by ethical arguments : AMORAL
51
Org. that tests the waters : EPA
52
2024 Charli XCX album with a lime green cover : BRAT
53
Chip in : ANTE
54
Give in on Christmas Eve, perhaps : PEEK
55
Goes (for) : OPTS
57
"Howdy!" : HIYA
58
Aware of : INON
59
Creature popularized in Charles Perrault's "Tales of Mother Goose" : OGRE
62
Glass blocks : ICE
63
Hellion : IMP

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

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