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New York Times, Saturday, January 4, 2025

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Music stand
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 58 for Mr. Ezersky. Saturday freshness: 85%
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© 2025, The New York Times1/4/25 ( No. 27,451 )
Across
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Home in the country? : USEMBASSY
10
Red container, maybe : CASK
14
Second woman, after Kathryn Bigelow, to win a best director Oscar (2020) : CHLOEZHAO
15
___ Huang, whose "Fresh Off the Boat" memoir was turned into an ABC sitcom : EDDIE
16
Alternative to a chop or shank : LAMBSTEAK
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Rage : CRAZE
18
Shopping meccas of old : AGORAE
19
Sauce named after a steward to Louis XIV : BECHAMEL
21
Hit entertainment org. in Vegas? : UFC
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Informal suggestions : RECS
23
Historic founder of the Shakers : ANNLEE
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"Totally didn't see that one coming," sarcastically : SHOCKING
30
Head shop purchase, nowadays : VAPE
31
Language spoken in northern New York : MOHAWK
33
What goes around in the Pacific? : LEI
34
[Back off!] : GRR
35
Supports : UPHOLDS
36
Recording inits. : VHS
37
___ on one's 38-Across : ACT
38
See 37-Across : BEHALF
39
Name combining with El-, Eg- or Engel- : BERT
40
Just *done* with something : SOOVERIT
42
Development area : UTERUS
44
Un animal del zodíaco : TORO
45
Hip-hop group with the 1990 hit "100 Miles and Runnin'" : NWA
46
Truly awful : THEWORST
50
Fudge substitute : DARNIT
54
"Holy oleo!" speaker : ROBIN
55
Designation for some apartments : LOWINCOME
57
Vacuous : INANE
58
Creature whose name means "forest person" : ORANGUTAN
59
Simon of "Shaun of the Dead" : PEGG
60
Get carried along, in a way : PIGGYBACK
Down
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Holder of the longest winning streak in N.C.A.A. men's basketball history (88 games) : UCLA
2
High-piled style : SHAG
3
Popular red Halloween costume : ELMO
4
Ochlocracy, by another name : MOBRULE
5
"Take care" : BESAFE
6
Ancient figure called the "huey tlatoani" by his subjects : AZTECEMPEROR
7
"___ Came to Me" (2023 rom-com) : SHE
8
Maker of the 900 in '94 and the 9-3 in '99 : SAAB
9
Join the team? : YOKE
10
Music stand : CDRACK
11
David Stern's successor as N.B.A. commissioner : ADAMSILVER
12
L or M, but not N or O : SIZE
13
Collapse, with "over" : KEEL
15
Things sent from some online accounts : ECHECKS
20
Kickstarter activity : CROWDFUNDING
23
Portmanteau term for airplane fuel : AVGAS
24
Traffic figure, in brief : NARCO
25
Iconic bit of media merch : NPRTOTEBAG
26
Tiny swine : SHOAT
27
Room for a meal, perhaps : HALL
28
Writer of 1929's "Letters From a Father to His Daughter" while imprisoned : NEHRU
29
Essences : GISTS
32
Hesitant response to "Is that you?" : OHHI
35
Premium service with discounts on rides : UBERONE
39
Babe in the woods? : BEARCUB
41
Oath activity : VOWING
43
Like some country singers' voices : TWANGY
46
Word with round or power : TRIP
47
Perfect over time : HONE
48
Refuse to eat? : SLOP
49
Spelling seen in credits : TORI
51
"___ chance" : NOTA
52
Cook's offering with chips? : IMAC
53
Many a charity run : TENK
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Jokester : WAG

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

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