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New York Times, Thursday, December 16, 2021

Author:
Trenton Charlson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Down : Surfer wannabes
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Trenton Charlson

This puzzle:

Rows: 14, Columns: 16 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Charlson. Thursday freshness: 83%
Trenton Charlson notes:
As a lifelong fan of word games, I have been a force to be reckoned with at Scrabble and Boggle for about as long as I can remember. Though ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I never understood why they named it BOGGLE. There are so many ways to hint at mixed-up letters, much to the chagrin of this bafflingly bad ... read more
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G
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M
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D
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B
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© 2021, The New York Times12/16/21 ( No. 26,336 )
Across
1
Corresponds : AGREES
7
Very much : ALOT
11
Hot temper : IRE
14
Something often held underwater : BREATH
15
Flummox : BEWILDER
17
Flummox : BEMUSE
18
Shakespeare, notably : SONNETEER
19
Call of support : YEA
20
Grazer with a bushy beard : GNU
21
Joined forces (with) : SIDED
22
South American arboreal snake : TREEBOA
26
Laser tag equipment : GUNS
27
Depictions of lands' ups and downs : RELIEFMAPS
29
Seriously shortchange : ROB
32
Focal points of a debate : MAINISSUES
34
Offensive line : BARB
35
Mind : OBEY
36
Brambles with edible purple fruit : DEWBERRIES
39
Resting place : BED
40
Uncompromising sorts : HARDLINERS
42
Small bouquet : POSY
43
Setting for Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" : ILLYRIA
45
Casts off : SHEDS
47
Weekly 90-min. TV show : SNL
48
Cowboys' grp. : NFC
50
Word with room or system : OPERATING
52
Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found : BOGGLE
55
Flummox : BEFUDDLE
56
Nonchalant : CASUAL
57
No. after a no. : EXT
58
Drink sometimes served in a masu cup : SAKE
59
Hits the roof : ERUPTS
Down
1
"Sesame Street" Muppet with magical powers : ABBY
2
Hug or kiss, maybe : GREET
3
Took a second? : REMARRIED
4
Three-vowel French word that sounds like a fourth vowel : EAU
5
French connections : ETS
6
___-wolf : SHE
7
"___ Ben Adhem" (Leigh Hunt poem) : ABOU
8
"Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman : LEN
9
Comes clean : OWNSUP
10
Certain marketing gimmicks : TIEINS
11
Pensée : IDEE
12
Liberal arts college in Portland, Ore. : REED
13
Transgress : ERR
16
Former Fords : LTDS
18
In a real mess : SNAFUED
20
Runs out of water : GOESDRY
23
Start of a count-off : EENY
24
Name that drops "-jah" : ELI
25
Dumbbell curls build them, for short : BIS
26
Monthly utility statement : GASBILL
28
Sound from a crib : MEWLING
29
Giving a boost : RAISINGUP
30
Unrefined material : ORE
31
Dangerous pellets : BBS
32
Rabble : MOB
33
Figure on a fiver : ABE
34
Winter exclamation : BRRR
37
Photo lab request: Abbr. : ENL
38
Singer Lana del ___ : REY
40
Surfer wannabes : HODADS
41
Subordinate in the prosecutor's office: Abbr. : ASSTDA
42
Its flag has vertical stripes of red-white-red : PERU
44
Key just above G : AFLAT
45
Glasses, informally : SPEX
46
Weight : HEFT
47
Old dagger : SNEE
49
Collectible cartoon frames : CELS
50
Award turned down by Alan Rickman: Abbr. : OBE
51
Variety : ILK
52
Pre-A.D. : BCE
53
Piece of equipment for certain summer Olympians : OAR
54
Atlanta sch. : GSU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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