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New York Times, Friday, September 27, 2024

Author:
Jake Bunch
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
50-Across : Like some tuition
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Jake Bunch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Bunch. Friday freshness: 67%
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© 2024, The New York Times9/27/24 ( No. 27,352 )
Across
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Tough loss for a poker player : BADBEAT
8
Far from flavorless : ZESTY
13
Root words? : GOTEAMGO
14
Well-insulated homes : IGLOOS
16
Purely hypothetical, perhaps : UNTESTED
17
Pack the car : LOADUP
18
It'll rock your world : SEISM
19
Objective : GOAL
21
Surrealist with a museum in Barcelona : MIRO
22
What comes between dusk and dawn? : TIL
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Grp. that cares about care : AMA
25
Carefully analyze : DISSECT
27
Going through the motions : ONAUTOPILOT
30
Org. whose website has a "Register Your Drone" page : FAA
31
Vets-to-be : GIS
32
Triumphs for one's country, maybe : WINSGOLD
34
Grinding place to work : MILL
37
Chipotle competitor : QDOBA
39
Lines of text that are less useful on paper : URLS
40
"Care to join?" : AREYOUIN
42
Peaked : ILL
44
Logic gate that flips its input : NOT
45
Opportunities to soak up adulation : VICTORYLAPS
50
Like some tuition : INSTATE
52
2013 film in which Scarlett Johansson is heard but never seen : HER
53
SoCal sluggers, on scoreboards : LAA
54
One of 27,520 for Disney World : ACRE
55
Snow globes, e.g. : ORBS
57
Ones putting the finishing touches on 61-Across : ICERS
59
Composer for whom Poland's largest airport is named : CHOPIN
61
Baker's dozen, perhaps : CUPCAKES
63
Greek moon goddess : SELENE
64
Common business in Wisconsin : CREAMERY
65
Side in a game of Battleship : FLEET
66
Good standing in the Navy? : SEALEGS
Down
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Specification for a cut : BONEIN
2
Feared fifth-century leader : ATTILA
3
Middle's middle : DEES
4
Rice variety : BASMATI
5
One administering compressions, for short : EMT
6
Lovers' divide, maybe : AGEGAP
7
Memo pad header : TODO
8
Real moneybags : ZILLIONAIRE
9
___ death, concept associated with LSD trips : EGO
10
Lambastes : SLAMS
11
Simply delectable : TODIEFOR
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"I could go either way on that" : YOURCALL
13
Zeal : GUSTO
15
Common expenses for political campaigns : SPOTADS
20
Extemporize : ADLIB
24
Debugging soft wear? : MOSQUITONET
26
1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: Abbr. : STS
28
Reprehensible : UGLY
29
"Nope, uh-uh, not me!" : IWONT
33
Port caller : GULL
34
Nuts : MANIACS
35
Title for Bobby Flay on reality TV : IRONCHEF
36
"Time to blow this popsicle stand!" : LETSROLL
38
Who's cutting onions? : DICER
41
Fertility doctor's focus : OVA
43
Expressed in an imaginative and beautiful way : LYRICAL
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"A likely story ..." : OHSURE
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Source of a draft : ALEKEG
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Tools used on potatoes : PARERS
49
Having a mouth, say : SASSY
51
Prairie home : TEPEE
56
Keeps informed, in a way : BCCS
58
Showed : CAME
60
Like 59-Across's fourth and final scherzo : INE
62
___ protein, substitute used in Beyond Meat products : PEA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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