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New York Times, Thursday, May 2, 2024

Author:
Brandon Koppy
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
3-Down : Romantic partner, casually
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Brandon Koppy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQWYZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Koppy. Thursday freshness: 94%
Notepad: This puzzle contains several pre-filled squares. For a correct solution, tap into each and enter a blank rebus. More assistance can be found in today's Wordplay column: nytimes.com/column/wordplay
Brandon Koppy notes:
My original submission actually omitted the shaded squares—I was worried it would be too "hand-holdy" or something. But I think the ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Each gray square starts with a T, but for the clues to make sense, each T(ea) LEAVES. Note that each entry, Across and Down, with or ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times5/2/24 ( No. 27,204 )
Across
1
Zin alternative : CAB
4
In which 🤟 means "I love you," for short : ASL
7
Pinnacles : ACMES
12
The "toe" of Italy's "boot" : CALABRIA
14
Animal that shares its name with a Spanish 101 word : LLAMA
15
Regal figure on a tarot card : EMPRESS
16
Bit of urban art : MURAL
17
What has a big part in "The Ten Commandments"? : REDSEA
18
Self-titled debut album released four years before "Jagged Little Pill" : ALANIS
20
Dot in la mer : ILE
21
Protected from the wind : ALEE
22
___ monster : GILA
23
Made it to the big leagues : GONEPRO
27
Early Netflix offering : DVD
29
Metroid console, for short : NES
30
Grunts : PEONS
32
Less welcoming : ICIER
34
Manages with delicacy : FINESSES
36
Skippable part of a streaming series : RECAP
37
Mobile home? : SHELL
38
T-shirt size: Abbr. : MED
39
Language in which "sabaidee" means "hello" : LAO
41
Like roughly a quarter of the world's population : ISLAMIC
45
Lincoln and others : ABES
47
"One" on a one : UNUM
49
Father of, in Arabic : ABU
50
Banishes : EXILES
52
Opposed (to) : AVERSE
55
Wirelessly operated toy vehicle, informally : RCCAR
56
Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle : TEALEAVES
58
Eyelike openings : OCULI
59
Uses DoorDash, say : ORDERSIN
60
Mullet resting places : NAPES
61
Hush-hush org. : NSA
62
Son of, in Hebrew : BEN
Down
1
One end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Bridge : CAMDEN
2
Range for many ibex : ALPS
3
Romantic partner, casually : BAE
4
Word sometimes texted as its middle letter : ARE
5
Rope fiber : SISAL
6
Zapped, in a way : LASED
7
___ mater : ALMA
8
Held on (to) : CLUNG
9
Aquatic : MARINE
10
Online correspondent : EMAILER
11
Chipotle choices : SALSAS
12
Singer Green : CEELO
13
Nursing ___ : BRA
15
Fix : RIG
19
Imposes, as a tax : LEVIES
21
Tops : AONE
24
Like one for the books : EPIC
25
Ring : PEAL
26
Presidential also-ran of 1988, 2008 and 2012 : RONPAUL
28
Big battery : DCELL
31
*Air escaping* : SSS
33
Actress Fisher : ISLA
34
Championship trophy for the P.G.A. Tour : FEDEXCUP
35
Carpenter's wedge : SHIM
36
Hitchcock film that won Best Picture : REBECCA
38
Stand-up comedian Marc : MARON
40
Pickup capacity, perhaps : ONETON
42
Martian who wears a green helmet and skirt : MARVIN
43
Playwright Henrik : IBSEN
44
Sticks on a table, maybe : CUES
46
It might elicit a "cha-ching" : SALE
48
Beta testers, e.g. : USERS
51
Apt name for a florist or optometrist? : IRIS
52
One might be pale : ALE
53
Last but not least? : VERB
54
Make smooth : EASE
57
___ Limón, first Latina U.S. poet laureate : ADA

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