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New York Times, Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
39-Down : Crunch of cereal?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
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673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JVXZ} This is puzzle # 102 for Ms. Lempel. Tuesday freshness: 41%
Jim Horne notes:

The first parts of the theme answers have to be chopped in half. So:

  • MA IN DRAG
  • DO OR NAILS
  • BE AT THE CLOCK
  • GO ON SQUAD
1
I
2
S
3
P
4
Y
5
W
6
E
7
B
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S
9
E
10
D
11
A
12
N
13
S
14
M
E
R
E
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O
R
E
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E
P
A
U
L
E
T
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M
A
I
N
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D
R
A
G
19
C
O
U
N
T
E
R
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E
L
M
21
I
D
S
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P
H
O
23
C
O
D
E
24
N
I
E
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C
E
S
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D
O
O
R
27
N
A
I
L
S
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S
O
R
E
29
M
30
A
I
L
31
A
N
D
E
S
32
E
N
I
D
33
I
R
S
34
A
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F
T
36
B
E
37
A
T
T
H
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E
C
L
O
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C
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K
41
W
H
Y
42
G
E
O
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A
L
44
D
45
A
46
A
47
N
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N
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I
E
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T
A
R
O
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P
O
R
N
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G
O
O
N
S
53
Q
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U
A
D
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R
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E
N
N
E
T
57
L
I
S
T
58
U
S
B
59
C
P
L
60
D
A
L
61
A
D
H
E
62
R
E
S
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H
A
L
F
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T
I
M
E
65
R
E
E
N
T
E
R
66
I
R
A
67
S
K
O
R
68
E
A
S
T
E
R
69
D
E
N
70
P
E
N
S
© 2024, The New York Times3/19/24 ( No. 27,160 )
Across
1
Kids' guessing game : ISPY
5
Spider's spot : WEB
8
Common car rentals : SEDANS
14
Trifling : MERE
15
Vein contents : ORE
16
Soldier's shoulder adornment : EPAULET
17
Parent dressed up at a pride parade, perhaps? : MAINDRAG
19
Booth alternative at a diner : COUNTER
20
"Slippery" tree : ELM
21
T.S.A. requirements : IDS
22
Vietnamese noodle soup : PHO
23
Cryptographer's creation : CODE
24
Some family reunion attendees : NIECES
26
Choice between a haircut and manicure? : DOORNAILS
28
Achy : SORE
29
Word after black or before box : MAIL
31
Llama habitat : ANDES
32
Oklahoma city named for a Tennyson character : ENID
33
Org. with a lot of returns : IRS
34
Toward the rear : AFT
36
"Meet me under Big Ben"? : BEATTHECLOCK
41
"___ bother?" : WHY
42
Prefix with -metric or -logic : GEO
43
Alan of "Bridge of Spies" : ALDA
46
Musical based on a comic strip : ANNIE
50
Starchy tropical root : TARO
51
Erotica : PORN
52
"Continue with your routine, cheerleaders"? : GOONSQUAD
55
Milk curdler in cheesemaking : RENNET
57
Shopper's aid : LIST
58
Kind of PC port : USB
59
Low mil. rank : CPL
60
Lentils, on an Indian menu : DAL
61
Sticks (to) : ADHERES
63
Game break … or a hint to interpreting the first parts of 17-, 26-, 36-, and 52-Across? : HALFTIME
65
Come back in : REENTER
66
Savings for the golden yrs. : IRA
67
Hershey toffee bar : SKOR
68
Good day for a hunt : EASTER
69
Bear's lair : DEN
70
Farm enclosures : PENS
Down
1
Gargantuan : IMMENSE
2
Marine mammal that barks : SEALION
3
Tender cut of beef : PRIMERIB
4
Strong desire : YEN
5
Skilled writer, say : WORDSMITH
6
Slices of history : ERAS
7
Implore : BEG
8
Wild animal's trail : SPOOR
9
Thirst quencher in Québec : EAU
10
Scottish king murdered by Macbeth : DUNCAN
11
"Curiously strong" mint : ALTOID
12
Part of a record player or pine tree : NEEDLE
13
What an accent mark indicates : STRESS
16
Reverberation : ECHO
18
Go kaput : DIE
22
Capitol wheeler-dealer, informally : POL
25
Give up : CEDE
26
Chef's creation : DISH
27
Alliance that Ukraine seeks to join, in brief : NATO
30
Highbrow : ARTY
34
Maker of Aspire laptops : ACER
35
Architectural diagram : FLOORPLAN
37
Bowls over : AWES
38
"Holy cow!" : EGAD
39
Crunch of cereal? : CAPN
40
Yukon gold rush site : KLONDIKE
44
"You wish!" : DREAMON
45
Features of bucks, but not does : ANTLERS
46
Shining brightly : AGLARE
47
"I'm completely at a loss" : NOIDEA
48
Eats between meals : NOSHES
49
Purpose : INTENT
50
Keyboard key next to Q : TAB
53
The "Q" in L.G.B.T.Q. : QUEER
54
Cold War power, for short : USSR
56
Pointy-eared being : ELF
59
Give a hoot : CARE
62
Highlighted path on Google Maps: Abbr. : RTE
63
Kept out of sight : HID
64
Recipe meas. : TSP

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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