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New York Times, Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Author:
Henry Lin-David
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
32-Down : Actor who plays Lieutenant Sulu in the rebooted "Star Trek" films
TotalDebut
112/3/2024
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Henry Lin-David

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Lin-David. Tuesday freshness: 99%
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© 2024, The New York Times12/3/24 ( No. 27,419 )
Across
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Frame job : SETUP
6
Joke teller : COMIC
11
Part of a baseball uniform : CAP
14
Without company : ALONE
15
"That's ___!" ("Don't do it!") : ANONO
16
Brouhaha : ADO
17
Vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cups and fudge : MOOSETRACKS
19
The "N" of NDA : NON
20
Bathed, old-style : LAVED
21
Adverb that often precedes "possible" : HUMANLY
23
Actor Brody of "The Pianist" : ADRIEN
25
Classic Sichuan dish made with bean curd : MAPOTOFU
26
What the "Mona Lisa" is painted on : WOOD
27
Speaker's platform : DAIS
29
Perched on : ATOP
30
Sense of self : EGO
31
Attorney general before Garland : BARR
32
Pickle container : JAR
34
What many junk foods contain ... with a hint to the initials of 17-, 25-, 48- and 56-Across : EMPTYCALORIES
39
Father of a mule : ASS
40
When doubled, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
41
Was up on points : LED
43
Place of bliss : EDEN
46
Manicured stretch of grass : LAWN
47
Frat party offering : BEER
48
Bite-size Mars candy, familiarly : MINITWIX
51
Like waters during a storm : CHOPPY
53
Place to store cocktail-making equipment : BARCART
54
Librarian's reprimand : SHUSH
55
2001 boxing biopic : ALI
56
Fictional burrito on "Parks and Recreation" that "literally killed a guy last year" : MEATTORNADO
60
Director Jean-___ Godard : LUC
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Violet variety : PANSY
62
Operating system whose logo features a penguin : LINUX
63
Dashboard fig. : MPH
64
Video chat service owned by Microsoft : SKYPE
65
Watched without intervening : SATBY
Down
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America's "Uncle" : SAM
2
Chess rating system : ELO
3
Hammer's home : TOOLROOM
4
Not mentioned : UNSAID
5
Irk : PEEVE
6
One might be red or yellow in soccer : CARD
7
___ whim : ONA
8
Chocolaty coffee orders : MOCHAS
9
Tattoo, colloquially : INKUP
10
Pink vodka drink : COSMO
11
Lacks the ability to : CANNOT
12
___ Suárez, former prime minister who lends his name to Spain's largest airport : ADOLFO
13
Fork over the cash : PONYUP
18
Amount of time for Kate Hudson to "Lose a Guy," in a 2003 film : TENDAYS
22
Pong company : ATARI
23
Dazzle : AWE
24
Venetian magistrate of old : DOGE
25
"Pulp Fiction" studio : MIRAMAX
28
Curve : ARC
31
First K-pop band to perform at the American Music Awards : BTS
32
Actor who plays Lieutenant Sulu in the rebooted "Star Trek" films : JOHNCHO
33
The N.F.L.'s Cardinals, on scoreboards : ARI
35
Totally stress out : PANIC
36
What a bill may become : LAW
37
Animal that is unable to fly with its ears, regrettably : ELEPHANT
38
Slowly leak : SEEP
42
Not sweet, as wine : DRY
43
Mummify, e.g. : EMBALM
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Way of getting online that might sound like "beep beep beeHAW beeHAW beeeeeep SHRHRHRHRH" : DIALUP
45
Fortify with nutrients : ENRICH
46
Pileup, as of complaints : LITANY
47
Neighbor of Croatia : BOSNIA
49
Packs (down) : TAMPS
50
Cause, as havoc : WREAK
52
Chucks : HURLS
54
Eye sore? : STYE
57
Baking amt. : TSP
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Bestow knighthood on : DUB
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Lead-in to -tocin : OXY

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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