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New York Times, Thursday, October 14, 2021

Author:
Matt Fuchs
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Down : Creatures named for their changing shape
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Matt Fuchs

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Fuchs. Thursday freshness: 52%
Matt Fuchs notes:
I am thrilled to be returning to The New York Times with a second puzzle! A lot has occurred since my Times debut. Back then, I was ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Such amusing finds, phrases reinterpreted as if they started with swear(ish) words. I got a fun visual of a monocled Brit shaking ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times10/14/21 ( No. 26,273 )
Across
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Long-term appeal : LEGS
5
Rock star Cobain : KURT
9
Leave off : OMIT
13
Q: How much does it cost to park at stadiums? A: ___ : ALOT
14
Postpone, as enrollment : DEFER
15
Captain in "The Mysterious Island" : NEMO
16
"My allergies are really acting up!" : BLOODYNOSE
18
Sicily's highest peak : ETNA
19
Unusual time to start a vacation : MIDWEEK
20
YouTube content : VIDEOS
22
"It ___" (pompous arrival's declaration) : ISI
23
"That third strike cost us the game!" : FREAKINGOUT
26
Like Swarthmore, but not Bryn Mawr : COED
28
Food industry lobby, for short : NRA
29
Frost bit? : VERSE
30
Not leave to chance : ENSURE
33
Run for fun, perhaps : TYPO
35
Spanish 101 verb : SER
36
"I keep losing things in the dryer!" : DARNSOCKS
39
Mitch's husband on "Modern Family" : CAM
42
Architect ___ Ming Pei : IEOH
43
Calligraphy details : SERIFS
47
Hoard : AMASS
49
Head across the pond? : LOO
51
Ella Fitzgerald forte : SCAT
52
"My iPhone never works!" : ROTTENAPPLE
56
Wearer of a "Y" sweatshirt : ELI
57
Wackadoodle : WEIRDO
58
Stand by the pool, maybe : TIKIBAR
60
Fit for the task : ABLE
61
"This bug spray is useless!" : BLASTEDOFF
64
Marquis de ___ : SADE
65
Like many a campfire story : EERIE
66
Water pitcher : EWER
67
Pressure, informally : HEAT
68
It may be on the house : LIEN
69
One who's got your back : ALLY
Down
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Maze runners : LABMICE
2
National Medal of Arts recipient whose novel "Juneteenth" was published posthumously : ELLISON
3
Special treats : GOODIES
4
Put (away) : STOW
5
Puzzle whose name comes from the Japanese for "cleverness squared" : KENKEN
6
World traveler? : UFO
7
Hi-___ : RES
8
Fountain near the Spanish Steps : TREVI
9
Wired : ONEDGE
10
Shooting stars : METEORS
11
"What's the point in me even trying" : IMNOUSE
12
Glass elevator? : TOASTER
14
Easter egg decorator : DYER
17
Absolutely, informally : DEF
21
Call upon : INVOKE
24
Place to purchase pencils and paint : ARTSHOP
25
Prizefight ending : KAYO
27
Lemon or turkey : DUD
31
Upped the ante : RAISED
32
Old-fashioned preposition : ERE
34
Microsoft Surfaces, e.g. : PCS
37
The Big Easy : NOLA
38
Typical college interviewees: Abbr. : SRS
39
Business that offers body waxing : CARWASH
40
Creatures named for their changing shape : AMOEBAE
41
Roald Dahl heroine : MATILDA
44
Nickname for the subzero 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game : ICEBOWL
45
Balls in a pocket : FALAFEL
46
Recipe that might call for ginger and soy sauce : STIRFRY
48
Word with fair or fight : STREET
50
Chooses to receive marketing emails, say : OPTSIN
53
Prize declined by Sartre : NOBEL
54
Diet-friendly : LITE
55
Just scrape (by) : EKE
59
Bit of creativity : IDEA
62
Scented souvenir : LEI
63
Is after you? : ARE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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