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New York Times, Friday, November 24, 2023

Author:
Rafael Musa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Down : Splits
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1310/21/20228/23/20249
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4000072
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.559273%
Rafael Musa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Musa. Friday freshness: 69%
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K
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© 2023, The New York Times11/24/23 ( No. 27,044 )
Across
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Lottery game originally played using Chinese characters : KENO
5
"___ Indahouse" (2002 comedy) : ALIG
9
Bad lighting? : ARSON
14
___ Sea : ARAL
15
Word before and after "a" : MANO
16
Back in : RETRO
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Hackathons and "Star Trek" conventions, say : NERDFESTS
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Had in mind : MEANT
20
Trial that might involve a monologue : SCREENTEST
22
Love, they say : DRUG
23
When some people meet for lunch : ATONE
24
Fuel-efficient option : PRIUS
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Kind of housing aimed at low-income residents, in brief : SRO
27
Sydney's home, for short : NSW
28
Locale for a lowing herd in Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" : LEA
30
Part that may be contracted : PROVISO
32
Actor Mortensen : VIGGO
34
Double-texted, say : NUDGED
35
"Actually, this is what we're doing now …" : CHANGEOFPLANS
38
Present-day vehicle? : SLEIGH
39
Half-human/half-bird creature of myth : HARPY
40
Some "bearded" dogs : COLLIES
42
Campsite org. : KOA
43
Bygone ___ : ERA
46
Drill sound : HUP
47
Color akin to "driftwood" : TAUPE
49
Class or order : TAXON
51
"___ of Dogs" (hit 2018 animated film) : ISLE
53
Kids acting out? : DRAMACLUBS
55
Omega alternative : SEIKO
57
What might cover a lid : EYESHADOW
58
Like Mufasa, but not Nala, in "The Lion King" : MANED
59
What a kid drinks from : TEAT
60
Apportion : METE
61
Fuzzy finish : SUEDE
62
Brand of cooler : YETI
63
Hydrogen sulfide has a distinctive one : ODOR
Down
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Dwight Eisenhower, for one : KANSAN
2
Puts up : ERECTS
3
Come to a point? : NARROW
4
Like days long past : OLDEN
5
"Couldn't agree more!" : AMEN
6
Where a whodunit may reveal "who done it" : LASTPAGE
7
Bury : INTER
8
Spill it! : GOSSIP
9
Spot for a shot : ARM
10
Easily swayed person, metaphorically : REED
11
Something a birthdate determines : STARSIGN
12
Workers who must maintain a sterile environment, in brief : ORNURSES
13
"Uh-oh" : NOTGOOD
18
Vibing with something : FEELINGIT
21
Go into the majors, say : TURNPRO
25
Facial hair also known as a "mouche" : SOULPATCH
29
Ivory tower sort : EGGHEAD
31
Celebration over the end of W.W. II, informally : VDAY
32
Colorado ski mecca : VAIL
33
"Whoa!" : OOH
35
Fictional detective first seen in a 1964 film : CLOUSEAU
36
A counselor may be at the end of one : HELPLINE
37
Option for a vegetarian : FAKEMEAT
38
Splits : SCHISMS
41
Feeling of conviction : SURETY
43
Gave off : EXUDED
44
"Mr. ___" (1983 Styx hit) : ROBOTO
45
Something "Jeopardy!" gives you : ANSWER
48
Part of a check list? : PAYEE
50
Budget alternative : ALAMO
52
Just made, with "out" : EKED
54
Province in Piedmont : ASTI
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"Intimations of Immortality," for one : ODE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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