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New York Times, Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Author:
Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Down : Place to pray
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Amanda Chung
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Karl Ni

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Chung. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Ni. Wednesday freshness: 39%
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© 2019, The New York Times1/23/19 ( No. 25,278 )
Across
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Grouch : CRAB
5
Some lines drawn with protractors : ARCS
9
Airbnb alternative : HOTEL
14
Miller ___ : LITE
15
One nabbed by the fuzz : PERP
16
With eyes open : AWAKE
17
Trotter's course : OVAL
18
Marquee performer : STAR
19
Shot down : NIXED
20
Maternity ward worker who counts each day's births? : DELIVERYADDER
23
First pope to be called "the Great" : STLEO
24
Great : AONE
25
Noncollegiate fraternity member : ELK
28
Dairy item thrown in a food fight? : FLYINGBUTTER
32
Snake's warning : SSS
35
Navy rank below lt. junior grade : ENS
36
Fry up : SAUTE
37
Quick rests : CATNAPS
40
Dined on humble pie : ATECROW
42
One selling a Super Bowl spot, say : ADREP
43
MSNBC competitor : CNN
44
Tampa-to-Jacksonville dir. : NNE
45
Dynamite? : BLOWUPMATTER
50
Thesaurus offering: Abbr. : SYN
51
"___ we go again ..." : HERE
52
Lava below the surface : MAGMA
56
Like 20-, 28- and 45-Across vis-à-vis the female-sounding phrases they're based on? : GENDERNEUTRAL
60
"___ at 'em!" : LEMME
62
Cat with no tail : MANX
63
Latin music great Puente : TITO
64
Look forward to : AWAIT
65
___ bowl (trendy healthful food) : ACAI
66
Last word said just before opening the eyes : AMEN
67
Parts of volcanoes : VENTS
68
Foe of Russia, with "the" : WEST
69
Where a bell is rung M-F at 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. : NYSE
Down
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Thickheaded sorts : CLODS
2
Stud on a pair of jeans : RIVET
3
In the slightest : ATALL
4
Agnostic's lack : BELIEF
5
Place to pray : APSE
6
Prepares for a second career, say : RETRAINS
7
Boxful for a kindergartner : CRAYONS
8
Activated, as a trap : SPRANG
9
Unit of measurement for a horse's height equivalent to four inches : HAND
10
Scraped knee, in totspeak : OWIE
11
Annual filing : TAXRETURN
12
Barely win, with "out" : EKE
13
Commanded : LED
21
Radio dial: Abbr. : VOL
22
Girl entering society, in brief : DEB
26
Pretend : LETON
27
Group organizing a Mardi Gras parade : KREWE
29
"Sure is!" : YEP
30
Operate : USE
31
Sea-___ (Washington airport) : TAC
32
Coverings of cuts : SCABS
33
"Alas ..." : SADLY
34
Dictator : STRONGMAN
38
Unopened : NEW
39
Kwik-E-Mart storekeeper : APU
40
Cell tower equipment : ANTENNAS
41
Cable airer of N.B.A. games : TNT
43
Monaco Grand Prix, e.g. : CARRACE
46
Successful defender, in academia : PHD
47
Granny, in the South : MEEMAW
48
Land-bound bird : EMU
49
Wicker material : RATTAN
53
In need of a good scrubbing : GRIMY
54
Ones to share a pint with : MATES
55
Without company : ALONE
57
Give off : EMIT
58
Trawlers' equipment : NETS
59
On-ramp's opposite : EXIT
60
Washroom, informally : LAV
61
Homophone of "you" that shares no letters with it : EWE

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

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