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New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 2024

Author:
August Lee-Kovach
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
44-Down : Scenic spot to snorkel
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August Lee-Kovach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVWZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Lee-Kovach. Thursday freshness: 71%
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© 2024, The New York Times10/17/24 ( No. 27,372 )
Across
1
Fed the kitty, perhaps : CATSAT
7
Salve : BALM
11
#1 pal : BFF
14
Hercule's creator : AGATHA
15
One who might make a comeback? : ALUM
16
Hebrew name meaning "my God" : ELI
17
Much ado about some punctuation? : PERIODDRAMA
19
No pro : CON
20
It's often gained by knocking : ENTRY
21
Only city that entirely surrounds a country : ROME
22
Request from Oliver Twist : MORE
23
Nutrition fig. : RDA
24
Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence? : RUNONFUMES
26
She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony : SANDRA
29
Silky fabrics : SATINS
30
Hunting cap feature : EARLAP
34
1930s vice president John ___ Garner : NANCE
35
Harsh words regarding the past and the present? : TENSEEXCHANGE
38
Harbor sights : BOATS
39
Take off : DEPART
40
Commercial success? : ADSALE
42
Shipmate of Capt. Kirk : LTSULU
46
Brawl over what to call a piece of writing? : TITLEFIGHT
50
Toddler's need, maybe : NAP
51
Grassy expanses : LEAS
52
Regarding : INRE
53
Build, as a relationship : FORGE
55
Possibilities : IFS
56
Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across? : ALTERCATION
58
Ornamental pond fish : KOI
59
Cross paths : MEET
60
Pill bug, e.g. : ISOPOD
61
The Middle Ages or the Renaissance : ERA
62
___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park" : ISLA
63
Ending point of the first marathon : ATHENS
Down
1
Sprinkling on a lox bagel : CAPERS
2
What is to be done? : AGENDA
3
Pattern of intersecting stripes : TARTAN
4
Use a spoon, say : STIR
5
What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting : AHOY
6
Thomas Lincoln, familiarly : TAD
7
Industry mogul : BARON
8
Don't you forget it! : ALAMO
9
Light units : LUMENS
10
Violent sport, for short : MMA
11
Flattering, as clothing : BECOMING
12
First city in Europe with paved streets (1339) : FLORENCE
13
Touch : FINESSE
18
Gru's twin brother in the "Despicable Me" franchise : DRU
22
Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g. : MUTANTS
24
Half-baked? : RARE
25
Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law : FANART
27
Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth : DENTALS
28
Do some grapplin' : RASSLE
31
Was up : LED
32
Big feller? : AXE
33
Drug also called "rocket fuel" or "ozone," for short : PCP
35
Absolutely amazing : TODIEFOR
36
One side of a perpetual war in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" : EASTASIA
37
"Stop right there!" : HALT
38
Tall and pointy, as ears : BATLIKE
41
Uses TurboTax, perhaps : EFILES
43
Green, say : UNRIPE
44
Scenic spot to snorkel : LAGOON
45
Overturns : UPENDS
47
Dirt : INTEL
48
Climate activist Thunberg : GRETA
49
Billy Joel's "Tell ___ About It" : HER
53
Observe Ramadan, in a way : FAST
54
"Then again …," in a text : OTOH
56
Bon ___ : AMI
57
K.G.B. rival during the Cold War : CIA

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

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