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New York Times, Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Author:
Jeffrey Martinovic
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Down : Fortune tell
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Jeffrey Martinovic

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Martinovic. Wednesday freshness: 47%
Jim Horne notes:

Translating the theme answers as directed results in DESERT DESERT, LAKE LAKE, RIVER RIVER, and EAST EAST.

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C
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L
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A
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S
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S
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L
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E
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T
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B
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G
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M
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F
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L
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H
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W
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A
N
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R
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Y
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R
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M
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B
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D
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S
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O
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U
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A
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G
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M
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A
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K
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F
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M
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L
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R
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N
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A
D
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S
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J
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O
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U
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M
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© 2024, The New York Times2/21/24 ( No. 27,133 )
Across
1
Something a student may cut : CLASS
6
Doesn't bother : LETSBE
12
Team V.I.P.s, in brief : GMS
15
Author of "The Eagle and the Fox" and "The Fox and the Lion" : AESOP
16
Where to watch the Lightning and Hurricanes : ARENAS
17
Porridge grain : OAT
18
Region that spans about 8% of the earth's land area [Arabic] : SAHARADESERT
20
Attempt : TRY
21
Rodin sculpture featuring a couple whose lips don't quite touch : THEKISS
22
"My Gal ___" : SAL
23
Fencing option : FOIL
24
Addams family cousin : ITT
25
Body of water bordering Nevada and California [Washoe] : LAKETAHOE
27
Actor McGregor : EWAN
30
Biological molecule : RNA
32
Days past : YORE
33
Shakespearean fairy queen : MAB
34
Playground retort : DOESSO
37
Electricity bill datum : USAGE
40
Landmark on which most U.S. radio stations base the starts of their call signs, with "W" on the east and "K" on the west [Algonquin] : MISSISSIPPIRIVER
43
Together (with) : ALONG
44
Clay targets, informally : SKEETS
45
Official language of Ghana and Botswana: Abbr. : ENG
46
Certain mattress material : FOAM
48
Commonly torn band, for short : ACL
49
Excited about : INTO
50
Nation that shares an island with part of Indonesia [Indonesian] : EASTTIMOR
54
Fall behind : LAG
56
Takes home : NETS
57
Governor DeSantis : RON
58
Commercial spaces in an app : ADUNITS
62
"Mud" : JOE
63
Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-à-vis the bracketed languages : TAUTOLOGICAL
65
Beatles compilation album made up entirely of their No. ___ hits : ONE
66
Look away from : IGNORE
67
Wombs : UTERI
68
Big fashion inits. : YSL
69
Some downtown street liners : METERS
70
Start over : RESET
Down
1
Dramatis personae portrayers : CAST
2
Actress and documentarian Remini : LEAH
3
Arthur of the court : ASHE
4
Be absorbed, as a marinade : SOAKIN
5
Pole that extends a sail : SPRIT
6
Fellows : LADS
7
Prior to, poetically : ERE
8
___ Virtue, three-time world ice dancing champion : TESSA
9
Underhanded sort : SNEAK
10
Grain in some hearty soup : BARLEY
11
Is French? : EST
12
What all good children do, in a nursery rhyme : GOTOHEAVEN
13
Penguins great Lemieux : MARIO
14
Do, as hair : STYLE
19
First M.L.B. team to use artificial turf in its stadium : ASTROS
23
Persian language : FARSI
25
Eye-opening experience? : LASIK
26
They might be guided : TOURS
27
___ Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open women's tennis champion : EMMA
28
Cry out : WAIL
29
What some workout videos promise : ABSOFSTEEL
31
Loch ___ : NESS
34
Investigate persistently : DIGAT
35
Ape's weapon in "Planet of the Apes" : SPEAR
36
International oil grp. : OPEC
38
Fellow : GENT
39
Therefore : ERGO
41
Little brats : SNOTS
42
"That's sufficient, I guess" : ITLLDO
47
It's just an illusion : MIRAGE
49
Take a lighter to : IGNITE
50
"Have fun!" : ENJOY
51
Long, long times : AEONS
52
Get on : MOUNT
53
How ballerinas often perform : ONTOE
55
Fortune tell : AUGUR
58
Some pub brews : ALES
59
Keeps cold, as a sprained ankle : ICES
60
Scale button : TARE
61
Thin cut : SLIT
63
Cook with a long history at Apple : TIM
64
Bobby of Bruins lore : ORR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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