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New York Times, Monday, February 5, 2024

Author:
Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Governed by fate
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Desirée Penner
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Jeff Sinnock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QXY} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Penner. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Sinnock. Monday freshness: 55%
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E
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T
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© 2024, The New York Times2/5/24 ( No. 27,117 )
Across
1
U.F.O. crew, supposedly : ETS
4
Mimicked : APED
8
Light bulb, in a comic strip : IDEA
12
Soaks up some rays : SUNS
14
Duck known for its soft down : EIDER
16
Smallest unit of life : CELL
17
Peach or beech : TREE
18
Underwater divers' aids : SCUBAMASKS
20
Lowest numbered club for a golfer : ONEIRON
22
Reznor of Nine Inch Nails : TRENT
23
"When the moon hits your eye like a big ___, that's amore" (Dean Martin lyric) : PIZZAPIE
25
Datum for a basketball point guard : ASSIST
28
Deutschland denial : NEIN
29
Rite Aid competitor : CVS
31
Show respect for : HONOR
32
Many a G.I. : NCO
34
Break bread : EAT
36
Nanny : goat :: ___ : sheep : EWE
37
"Wanna take this outside?," e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle's circled letters : FIGHTINGWORDS
42
Can material : TIN
43
Maple product : SAP
44
"___ to Billie Joe" (1967 #1 hit) : ODE
45
Commonly sprained joint : ANKLE
48
Prefix that means "bad" : MAL
50
Dutch cheese : EDAM
53
Stones embedded in a crown : JEWELS
55
Influence through close contact : RUBOFFON
58
Moved smoothly : EASED
60
Bygone Japanese camera brand : MINOLTA
61
Weird Al Yankovic medley that features "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls : POLKAPOWER
64
Landing spot for Santa : ROOF
65
Delta deposit : SILT
66
What's in style : TREND
67
Pub projectile : DART
68
To boot : ALSO
69
Fool (with) : MESS
70
Passenger-screening org. : TSA
Down
1
Legally prohibit : ESTOP
2
Submit, as homework : TURNIN
3
Reason to say "Gesundheit!" : SNEEZE
4
Famed fable writer : AESOP
5
Meal on a blanket : PICNIC
6
College email suffix : EDU
7
Red ink, so to speak : DEBT
8
"You underestimate me!" : ICANSO
9
Governed by fate : DESTINED
10
Rocky Mountain ___ (state animal of Utah) : ELK
11
Politicians Gore and Franken : ALS
13
Taking by force : SEIZING
15
"Ta-___ Boom-de-ay" : RARA
19
Netlike fabric : MESH
21
Cattle farmer's land : RANCH
24
What "E" stands for in golf : EVENPAR
26
Female pigs : SOWS
27
Uno + due : TRE
30
Droop : SAG
33
Tie-breaking periods, for short : OTS
35
What it takes to tango : TWO
37
"OK, have it your way!" : FINE
38
What quill pens are dipped in : INKWELLS
39
Sam-___ (Seuss character) : IAM
40
Greek theater : ODEON
41
Robert ___, Paul Newman's co-star in "The Sting" : REDFORD
42
___ Mahal : TAJ
46
Surreptitiously give, as classified information : LEAKTO
47
"Frozen" queen : ELSA
49
Light units : LUMENS
51
Opposite of sinking : AFLOAT
52
The "M" of G.M. : MOTORS
54
Labor Day's mo. : SEPT
56
Eagles and falcons : BIRDS
57
Can./U.S./Mex. treaty : NAFTA
59
Campus building : DORM
61
"Don't text and drive" ad, e.g. : PSA
62
Dipstick coating : OIL
63
Itsy-bitsy : WEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle.

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