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New York Times, Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
29-Across : Spirit of a culture
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
941.595291125%
Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 129 for Mr. Gordon. Wednesday freshness: 62%
Jim Horne notes:

The gray "ring tones" are all composed of consecutive solfège bigrams: DO, RE, MI, FA, SO, LA, TI, and that brings us back to DO. Yes, SO is sometimes spelled SOL. Not here.

1
R
2
E
3
D
4
O
5
S
6
O
7
F
8
A
9
F
10
A
11
L
12
A
13
E
L
A
N
14
U
N
I
X
15
R
U
E
S
16
T
I
V
O
17
M
E
T
E
18
A
T
E
A
19
M
20
I
C
I
21
M
O
O
22
S
N
O
R
R
I
23
R
I
D
24
G
E
25
F
26
R
27
E
A
K
28
S
U
R
29
E
T
H
O
S
30
F
U
L
L
S
31
C
A
L
E
32
S
O
U
S
33
A
34
S
K
I
35
A
T
E
36
R
I
N
37
G
T
O
N
38
E
S
39
B
40
E
D
41
Y
U
L
42
E
X
P
43
A
44
T
45
S
I
D
E
46
N
O
T
E
47
S
48
L
E
V
E
49
L
50
O
S
U
51
A
L
E
R
T
52
A
R
O
M
A
53
S
T
A
54
T
E
D
55
R
56
E
X
57
C
P
R
58
O
R
R
I
N
59
O
60
W
E
S
61
R
A
T
E
62
O
D
E
A
63
H
I
S
S
64
I
D
E
D
65
S
O
R
E
66
M
I
S
O
67
D
O
D
O
© 2024, The New York Times9/25/24 ( No. 27,350 )
Across
1
Update, as a kitchen : REDO
5
It might be L-shaped : SOFA
9
Scottie in the White House in the 1940s : FALA
13
Brio : ELAN
14
Operating system developed at Bell Labs : UNIX
15
Wishes undone : RUES
16
Pioneer in show recording : TIVO
17
Allot, with "out" : METE
18
First-string players : ATEAM
20
Aquí, across the Pyrenees : ICI
21
Stock quote? : MOO
22
Icelandic poet Sturluson : SNORRI
23
Raised strip : RIDGE
25
Wig out : FREAK
28
California's Big ___ : SUR
29
Spirit of a culture : ETHOS
30
Life-size … or a hint to this puzzle's theme : FULLSCALE
32
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" composer : SOUSA
34
Runner in the snow : SKI
35
Got down : ATE
36
Phone numbers? … or a hint to this puzzle's theme : RINGTONES
39
Word after double or day : BED
41
Deborah's co-star in "The King and I" : YUL
42
Many a foreign E.S.L. teacher : EXPAT
45
Marginalia … or a hint to this puzzle's theme : SIDENOTES
48
Tool with a bubble : LEVEL
50
Midwest sch. with 65,000+ students : OSU
51
Bright-eyed : ALERT
52
Coffeehouse lure : AROMA
53
Said : STATED
55
"Toy Story" dinosaur voiced by Wallace Shawn : REX
57
Skill practiced on a health class dummy, in brief : CPR
58
Longtime senator Hatch : ORRIN
59
Sees red? : OWES
61
Part of A.P.R. : RATE
62
Greek music halls : ODEA
63
Whisper menacingly : HISS
64
Named, informally : IDED
65
Peeved : SORE
66
Soup served before sushi, say : MISO
67
Bird in "Alice in Wonderland" : DODO
Down
1
Strike out, perhaps : RETIRE
2
Draws out : ELICITS
3
AIDS researcher who was Time's 1996 Man of the Year : DAVIDHO
4
Artist who once ran a "War Is Over!" poster campaign : ONO
5
Yokozuna's sport : SUMO
6
Something done a single time : ONEOFF
7
In good health : FIT
8
Guitar, slangily : AXE
9
Fan fare? : FRANKS
10
Lambo, e.g. : AUTO
11
Eyeballs like a scuzzball : LEERSAT
12
Generally : ASARULE
19
Swampy ground : MIRE
21
Golden Ball winner at the 2022 FIFA World Cup : MESSI
22
Kind of solution for contacts : SALINE
24
Haitian unit of currency : GOURDE
26
Cattle thief : RUSTLER
27
County in northeastern Nevada : ELKO
31
Ghost of cartoons : CASPER
33
Whichever : ANYOLD
37
"___ Nacht!" : GUTE
38
Senokot alternative : EXLAX
39
Small restaurants : BISTROS
40
Facebook co-founder Saverin : EDUARDO
43
Toast topper : AVOCADO
44
Enticed : TEMPTED
45
Fair : SOSO
46
Dance counterpart of the Whip : NAENAE
47
What an accent mark might indicate : STRESS
49
Texas city on the Rio Grande : LAREDO
54
Bowl feature : TIER
56
Gas station that may feature a Tim Hortons drive-thru : ESSO
59
Scientist whose name is a unit, both forward and backward : OHM
60
Nintendo game console : WII
61
Disencumber : RID

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

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