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New York Times, Thursday, November 2, 2023

Author:
Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Down : Steamed bun in Chinese cuisine
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
97/8/20201/4/20245
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1103400
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.543826%
Chase Dittrich
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
317/30/20199/14/202423
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
113512441
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.5918752%
Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QWX} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Dittrich. This is puzzle # 23 for Ms. Iverson. Thursday freshness: 7%
Jim Horne notes:

"Beg your pardo_" is a No N apology, etc.

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© 2023, The New York Times11/2/23 ( No. 27,022 )
Across
1
Jack, but not Jill : CARD
5
What a freezer can do, paradoxically : BURN
9
Pet safety org. : SPCA
13
Non-Muppet owner of Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street" : ALAN
14
Common default font : ARIAL
16
"Do you mind?!" : AHEM
17
"Beg your pardo_" : NONAPOLOGY
19
Like some wolves : LONE
20
___ Inu (Japanese dog) : SHIBA
21
Smear : TAR
22
Features of many "On my way" texts : ETAS
23
Not digital : ANALOG
26
"Cool beans!" : NEATO
28
Badly dilapida_ed : NOTTOOSHABBY
32
"Red" explorer : ERIK
35
Measurement that can be short or long : TON
36
Ancient marketplace : AGORA
37
Citrine, for one : GEM
38
_ _cretary : NOSEJOB
41
Former Russian orbiter : MIR
42
Fruit eaten on the Jewish New Year : APPLE
44
___ system (GPS) : NAV
45
Not up : ABED
46
Pe_ _ _phone : NORSEGODDESS
50
Two early Icelandic literary works : EDDAS
51
Like a certain Dodger : ARTFUL
54
Punch ingredient? : FIST
56
"As I see it," to a texter : IMO
58
Really bother : EATAT
60
Grp. that launched 41-Across : USSR
61
Championship _ _ _t : NOBELPRIZE
64
Quarter follower : SEMI
65
Elitist sort : SNOOT
66
Baseball's Marsh or Bohm : ALEC
67
Creep through cracks : SEEP
68
Cozy places : DENS
69
Gathering, casually : SESH
Down
1
Some recyclables : CANS
2
___ shirt (colorful attire) : ALOHA
3
Rushed through the door : RANIN
4
Valuable resource for the Human Genome Project : DNABANK
5
Steamed bun in Chinese cuisine : BAO
6
Something underlined in many bibliographies : URL
7
Total hoot : RIOT
8
Japanese Olympics city : NAGANO
9
Bargain indicator : SALETAG
10
Ruin a picture of, in a way : PHOTOBOMB
11
John of wrestling fame : CENA
12
Hawkeye State college town : AMES
15
U-shaped instruments : LYRES
18
El ___ Alto, California redwood that's more than 1,000 years old : PALO
24
Palindromic man's name : OTTO
25
Classic Pontiacs : GTOS
27
Literary character who cries "Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me" : AHAB
29
Standing upright : ONEND
30
Creamy cheese : BRIE
31
Place for a swing set : YARD
32
Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer : EGAN
33
Seized car, for short : REPO
34
"Let's see what you've got" : IMPRESSME
38
More than a want : NEED
39
Actress Pinkett Smith : JADA
40
Word after blow or bowl : OVER
43
Psychedelic journey : LSDTRIP
45
To the extent that : ASFARAS
47
Investment goals : GAINS
48
Member of a 1970s singing family : OSMOND
49
Resign, with "down" : STEP
52
Functional : UTILE
53
Kicks back : LAZES
54
To-do : FUSS
55
"That clears it up" : ISEE
57
Thin woodwind : OBOE
59
Meta field : TECH
62
Many lifetimes : EON
63
Low-ranking U.S.M.C. officers : LTS

Answer summary:
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