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New York Times, Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Author:
Brad Wiegmann
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
37-Down : Times to get back to work
TotalDebutLatest
92/28/20218/22/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
3103110
ScrabDebutFresh
1.594542%
Brad Wiegmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Wiegmann. Wednesday freshness: 87%
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© 2024, The New York Times6/19/24 ( No. 27,252 )
Across
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Captain's position : HELM
5
Person of the year, for short? : ALUM
9
Degs. from Northwestern's Kellogg School : MBAS
13
"Never get involved in a land war in ___" (advice in "The Princess Bride") : ASIA
14
Common provider of free Wi-Fi : CAFE
15
Animal life : FAUNA
16
Wait + see : STOPWATCH
18
Top-flight destination? : ATTIC
19
Title for a crime boss : DON
20
Items often stored in plastic protectors : IDS
21
Touch of color : TINCT
23
Early-age garment : ONESIE
25
Give + take : HANDHOLD
28
Prudent : WISE
29
Sport that takes place in an octagon, for short : MMA
31
Abolitionist senator Charles : SUMNER
32
Org. with the Artemis program : NASA
33
Where Captain Kirk was born and raised : IOWA
35
Moves gingerly : EASES
36
Kiss + tell : SMACKTALK
39
Evening stroll, from the Spanish : PASEO
42
Drummers' collections : KITS
43
Blows it : ERRS
47
Symbols of humble beginnings : ACORNS
49
Dropped behind? : SAT
50
Gather : REAP
51
Hit + run : SLAPDASH
53
"Fiddler on the Roof" setting : RUSSIA
55
Actor Reeves : KEANU
56
Miranda rights reader : COP
57
What a fixer-upper home needs, casually : TLC
58
Like Rudolph's nose : SHINY
60
Cut + paste : CHOPSTICK
63
Big name in ketchup : HUNTS
64
Gorilla who was said to have developed the vocabulary level of a three-year-old human : KOKO
65
Ultrafastidious : ANAL
66
No-no for vegans : EGGS
67
"No ___" (airplane wing warning) : STEP
68
Enemy of Hop-o'-My-Thumb : OGRE
Down
1
Knows by heart : HASDOWN
2
What's opposite Finland on the Gulf of Finland : ESTONIA
3
Cubs manager? : LIONESS
4
Common encyclopedia graphic : MAP
5
Professor's realm : ACADEMIA
6
Targets of pull-down exercises, in brief : LATS
7
29-Across org. : UFC
8
Conductor Zubin : MEHTA
9
Fixer-uppers, of a sort : MATCHMAKERS
10
Remote possibilities? : BUTTONS
11
Good guess for a single letter in a cryptogram : ANI
12
Alveolus, e.g. : SAC
15
Big name in sports betting : FANDUEL
17
Console with a sensor bar : WII
22
Entrees : INS
24
Creatures that kill Laocoön in the "Aeneid" : SEASERPENTS
25
Aggressively pro-war : HAWKISH
26
"To Kill a Mockingbird" writer : LEE
27
Rx writers: Abbr. : DRS
30
Imitation : MOCK
34
"___ boy!" : ATTA
37
Times to get back to work : MONDAYS
38
Rocket-shaped frozen treat : ASTROPOP
39
Faux ___ : PAS
40
Wounded knee site, for short : ACL
41
Very wet : SOAKING
44
Not in motion : RESTING
45
Caboose, e.g. : RAILCAR
46
Gap filler : SPACKLE
48
The "S" of U.C.S.D. : SAN
52
Uses a straw : SUCKS
54
FedEx competitor : UPS
56
Popular pop : COKE
58
"Steady as ___ goes!" : SHE
59
Keep close to : HUG
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Between 90 and 100, say : HOT
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Confucian philosophy : TAO

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

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