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New York Times, Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Author:
Eric Bornstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Down : Trailing all others
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118/3/20207/21/20222
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.582832%
Eric Bornstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 39 Missing: {KQX} Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Bornstein. Tuesday freshness: 17%
Eric Bornstein notes:
I had this idea a couple of years ago, but I wasn't happy with anyone to go alongside BARRY BONDS and JOHNNY CASH. I looked for people ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I love PERSONAL FINANCE. I help some friends and family manage their finances, taking delight in freeing them from 1% annual asset ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/23/21 ( No. 26,313 )
Across
1
"Money, Money, Money" group : ABBA
5
Toughs ... or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter : THUGS
10
Slightly open : AJAR
14
Thick slice : SLAB
15
Old but back in fashion : RETRO
16
Agricultural giant founded in Hawaii in 1851 : DOLE
17
Atmosphere : AURA
18
Font akin to Helvetica : ARIAL
19
"What time?" : WHEN
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Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29-Down : PERSONALFINANCE
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First half of a Senate vote : YEAS
24
"Oh, bleah!" : DARN
25
Indent key : TAB
27
Exclamation upon reaching a customer service representative, maybe : FINALLY
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Measurement for passes and rushes: Abbr. : YDS
34
It's 99.9% "empty space" : ATOM
36
"___ you are you! That is truer than true!": Dr. Seuss : TODAY
37
Rapper fronting the heavy metal band Body Count : ICET
38
Late-night host O'Brien : CONAN
40
Profs' helpers : TAS
41
Silly : INANE
42
Where chess is believed to have originated : INDIA
43
Qty. : AMT
44
Curving billiards shot : MASSE
45
Car company that shares its name with an inventor : TESLA
46
Longtime CBS police drama : CSI
47
Flicked, as a cigarette : ASHED
48
In a risky situation : ONTHINICE
51
Nicholas I or II : CZAR
54
They have ears, it's said : WALLS
55
Intimidates : COWS
59
Had in one's hands : HELD
60
Blacksmith's block : ANVIL
61
Place to cook a turkey : OVEN
62
Behind, in England : ARSE
63
Part of an act : SCENE
64
Reviled Roman emperor : NERO
65
Deserving a D : POOR
66
"Able was I ___ ..." : ERE
67
Picked a card : DREW
Down
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"Get on it!" : ASAP
2
Sad : BLUE
3
M.L.B. record-holder for most career home runs : BARRYBONDS
4
Humiliate : ABASE
5
Kind of visa for just passing through an airport : TRANSIT
6
Greek goddess of marriage : HERA
7
Gas or elec. : UTIL
8
Tennis's Steffi : GRAF
9
How best to hit a ball for a home run : SOLIDLY
10
Coke vs. Pepsi, e.g. : ADWAR
11
Singer profiled in the biopic "Walk the Line" : JOHNNYCASH
12
Smart ___ : ALEC
13
Philosopher Descartes : RENE
21
Big doofus : OAF
22
"I disagree" : NAY
25
Understood : TACIT
26
Make reparations : ATONE
28
"Impossible!" : NOTACHANCE
29
N.B.A. commissioner starting in 2014 : ADAMSILVER
30
Trailing all others : LASTINLINE
32
Tightly packed : DENSE
33
Horse for a knight : STEED
35
Alternative to in-store : MAILORDER
37
"I'll be right with you" : INASECOND
39
Tandoor bread : NAAN
41
Apple desktop : IMAC
49
Contraction starting a Christmas poem : TWAS
50
Archipelago part : ISLE
51
Bloke : CHAP
52
It doesn't mean a thing : ZERO
53
In addition : ALSO
56
Lead-in to "the hill" or "the top" : OVER
57
"What ___ you thinking?" : WERE
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Reason for a school day off : SNOW

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