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New York Times, Thursday, January 30, 2025

Author:
Joe Marquez
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Down : Zoo Atlanta's Lun Lun or Yang Yang
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Joe Marquez

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXY} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Marquez. Thursday freshness: 14%
Jim Horne notes:

Per 57-Across, answers that hit the bottom of a column of circles go up and then back down before continuing on.

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A
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B
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E
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V
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N
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R
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C
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H
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P
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C
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H
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C
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K
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U
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O
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W
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G
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P
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© 2025, The New York Times1/30/25 ( No. 27,477 )
Across
1
First U.S. prez to be born outside the original 13 Colonies : ABE
4
Airport transports : VANS
8
The film "Airplane!," e.g. : FARCE
13
Cry in a horror film : RUN
14
Challenge for an interpreter, perhaps : IDIOM
16
Result of a leadoff walk : ONEON
17
"Sic vita ___" ("Such is life") : EST
18
Mercenary : SOLDIEROFFORTUNE
20
DEF, on a phone : THREE
22
Bemoan : LAMENT
23
Groundbreaking medical procedure first accomplished in 1967 : HEARTTRANSPLANT
27
Region bordering India and China in Risk : SIAM
29
Nestlé Purina PetCare brand : ALPO
30
Level : RAZE
31
Only about 10% of Americans have one : OUTIE
32
Tiny bit : SPECK
34
Shakers in the woods : ASPENS
35
Suffix with social : IST
38
Focus of a product development test : USERRESEARCH
40
Govt. agency for retirees : SSA
41
They might sound the alarm : THEFTS
43
In-the-works software versions : BETAS
45
Score endings : CODAS
46
El ___ : PASO
47
Caresses : PATS
51
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" police captain : HOLT
52
Has a clouded mind : CANTSEESTRAIGHT
54
Append : TACKON
56
Turn left or right, say : STEER
57
Uncertainties of life ... or a feature of four answers in this puzzle? : UPSANDDOWNS
61
Supermodel Carangi : GIA
62
Personal style : TASTE
63
Throat lozenge additive : ANISE
64
This is "plagiarism or revolution," per Gauguin : ART
65
Emerged : AROSE
66
Walks, for one : STAT
67
Anti-vaping ad, e.g. : PSA
Down
1
Singer with the 1972 album "Young, Gifted and Black," informally : ARETHA
2
Quantity on a farm : BUSHEL
3
Catch : ENTRAP
4
Clamps in a shop : VISES
5
Big fuss : ADO
6
Zip : NIL
7
Cover some ground? : SOD
8
1040, e.g. : FORM
9
Pays for a hand : ANTESUP
10
Connects with an ex, e.g. : REUNITES
11
Holds within : CONTAINS
12
Suffix with methyl : ENE
15
Children's author who wrote "And the only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey" : MILNE
19
Work on a sub? : EAT
21
Grandson of Eve : ENOS
24
Newspapers, collectively : PRESS
25
Delicate fabric : LACE
26
Fictional prison guarded by Dementors : AZKABAN
28
Canyonlands National Park feature : MESA
31
Division of the Dept. of Labor : OSHA
33
Plunks (down) : PUTS
34
Pidgeon, Hawke or Crowe : ACTOR
35
Rash reaction? : ITCH
36
Play a bogey-free round, maybe : SHOOTPAR
37
TV character who said "Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing" : TEDLASSO
39
Chillax : REST
42
Deep-pocketed types : FATCATS
44
Stick at a roast : SPIT
46
Zoo Atlanta's Lun Lun or Yang Yang : PANDA
48
Separation in some relationships? : AGEGAP
49
Possible answer to "Whose?" : THEIRS
50
Rock layers : STRATA
52
Cousin of a haddock : COD
53
One can be fixed or liquid : ASSET
55
Base for a proposal? : KNEE
57
Hagen in the American Theater Hall of Fame : UTA
58
Switch positions : ONS
59
Cleverness : WIT
60
U.S. org. that operates a cryptology museum in Maryland : NSA

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

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