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New York Times, Friday, May 17, 2024

Author:
Hemant Mehta
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
25-Down : Not sketchy
TotalDebutLatest
82/8/20208/9/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0000053
ScrabDebutFresh
1.607584%
Hemant Mehta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Mehta. Friday freshness: 21%
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© 2024, The New York Times5/17/24 ( No. 27,219 )
Across
1
Jordans, e.g. : NIKES
6
CNN political correspondent Bash : DANA
10
Stuff : CRAM
14
Place for student mixers? : SCIENCELAB
16
Last thing left in Pandora's box : HOPE
17
Became smitten : FELLINLOVE
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Barely made, with "out" : EKED
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Like some blankets and burritos : WET
20
Eccentric : DOTTY
21
Long rows? : FEUDS
22
"Sounds fun!" : LETS
23
Awards won by George Strait in three separate decades, familiarly : CMAS
25
Capital of Punjab province : LAHORE
28
1873 invention first used in San Francisco : CABLECAR
32
Empty the Trash? : ERASE
33
Massive onrush : TIDALWAVE
34
Fade out : GODIM
35
Option for a road trip: Abbr. : RTE
36
Proctor's directive : BEGIN
37
Dessert skipper's explanation : IMONADIET
39
"Easy on Me" singer, 2021 : ADELE
40
Seven-piece puzzles : TANGRAMS
41
Hill's partner in publishing : MCGRAW
42
Northernmost point in the Inner Hebrides : SKYE
43
Get a rise out of? : BAKE
44
Hidden treasures on "Survivor" : IDOLS
47
Lovable rascal : SCAMP
49
Merger agreement? : IDO
52
It might run in the cold : NOSE
53
"Three-finger salute" to help reboot : CTRLALTDEL
55
Skee-Ball target : HOLE
56
Outpaces the syllabus, say : READSAHEAD
57
Not keep harping on : DROP
58
Java servers : URNS
59
Gets larger, visually : NEARS
Down
1
Letters next to a blurred image, perhaps : NSFW
2
Domed drink : ICEE
3
Pleated garment : KILT
4
Animal that's catadromous, meaning it lives in fresh water but goes to sea to breed : EEL
5
Cutting lines : SNIDEREMARKS
6
Arm raisers, informally : DELTS
7
"Thanks" follower : ALOT
8
Aspiring mariner : NAVYCADET
9
Longest-serving prime minister of Japan : ABE
10
Food item that's fittingly shaped like a mouse cursor : CHEESEWEDGE
11
Modern TV attachment : ROKU
12
Did an impression of : APED
13
Doc's orders : MEDS
15
Bill featuring Ben : CNOTE
21
Contingency : FALLBACKPLAN
22
Tossing and turning, say : LOSINGSLEEP
24
Credential to climb the corp. ladder : MBA
25
Not sketchy : LEGIT
26
Bouquet feature : AROMA
27
Sported : HADON
28
Credits : CITES
29
Court figure, in old slang : CAGER
30
Spain's so-called "City of Saints and Stones" : AVILA
31
Keep up to date on the issues? : RENEW
33
Prenatal period : TRIMESTER
38
Word on either side of "after" : DAY
41
Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips, in a 1960s group : MAMAS
43
Comes out on top? : BALDS
44
Very clear, as a stream : INHD
45
Option in the Monty Hall problem : DOOR
46
Capital city that's home to the Vigeland sculpture park : OSLO
48
Prefix in some juice names : CRAN
49
Sneaking suspicion : IDEA
50
Treasured : DEAR
51
Onetime Ford rival : OLDS
53
Fine wine word : CRU
54
Helpful word in a cryptogram, often : THE

Answer summary:
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