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New York Times, Thursday, September 28, 2023

Author:
Ricky Cruz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Across : ___ memory (ability to recall images with high precision)
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Ricky Cruz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Cruz. Thursday freshness: 66%
Jim Horne notes:

Clever theme.

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© 2023, The New York Times9/28/23 ( No. 26,987 )
Across
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Frequent flier? : JET
4
Made good : ATONED
10
Ending with stand or step : INS
13
Wrath : IRE
14
Video game hero who battles the evil Dr. Wily : MEGAMAN
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Shook hands, say : MET
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19
___ Tour : PGA
20
Skirt option : MINI
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"It's … OK" : MEH
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Ending with Wikipedia : DOTORG
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Cinnamon roll topping : ICING
26
Application : USE
28
Ingredient in some lotions : ALOE
29
Stand in a studio : EASEL
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Baylor University's city : WACO
34
___ memory (ability to recall images with high precision) : EIDETIC
35
Recipe abbr. : TSP
38
Martial arts rank : DAN
39
___ Jones : DOW
40
It's just a guess: Abbr. : EST
41
Assistant in ministry : ACOLYTE
43
Nag (at) : GNAW
45
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Rambles : ROVES
51
Pasta ___ Norma : ALLA
52
Cell messenger : RNA
53
Setting for a teacup, maybe : DOILY
54
Portmanteau for a certain self-taken video on a smartphone : SLOFIE
56
Texter's indication of uncertainty : IDK
59
Cuts (off) : LOPS
60
Zippo alternative : BIC
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Go-ahead : AOK
65
Made a semi circle, say? : STEERED
66
Language suffix : ESE
67
O.R. workers : RNS
68
Holder of a record 21 Oscar nominations for acting : STREEP
69
Aziz Ansari's "Parks and Recreation" role : TOM
Down
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NASCAR driver Johnson : JIMMIE
2
Work considered by some to be the first Romantic-era symphony : EROICA
3
Wii Sports sport : TENNIS
4
Qty. : AMT
5
Abound : TEEM
6
Princess Fiona, for one : OGRE
7
New Hampshire city : NASHUA
8
Bygone owner of Capitol Records : EMI
9
Weed in some medicinal wine : DANDELION
10
Jerky? : IMPOLITE
11
Cocktails with orange peel garnishes : NEGRONIS
12
Talent show performance, say : STAGEACT
15
Sgt., e.g. : NCO
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Raw power : SINEW
23
Certain subtracted weight : TARE
25
Knight on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : GLADYS
27
Heavy tool : SLEDGE
30
Like many rib-eye steaks : BONEIN
31
"Twilight" vampire : EDWARD
33
Some Friskies offerings : CATTREATS
35
Place to order patatas bravas : TAPASBAR
36
Green onion : SCALLION
37
Some splattery paintings at MoMA : POLLOCKS
42
Toronto athlete, familiarly : LEAF
44
Big name in stream-of-consciousness writing : WOOLF
46
Power tool in carpentry : NAILER
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Common five-petaled flower : VIOLET
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City connected to Ciudad Juárez by the Bridge of the Americas : ELPASO
50
Buddy ___ : SYSTEM
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Unknowns : IFS
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Dismal : DIRE
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Hacky Sack hitter : KNEE
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Give the go-ahead : LET
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Econ stat : GDP

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

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