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New York Times, Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
48-Down : An octopus uses it for defense
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Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 16 for Ms. Goldstein. Wednesday freshness: 67%
Jim Horne notes:

A theme that sneaks up on you.

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© 2024, The New York Times6/26/24 ( No. 27,259 )
Across
1
Birthplace of the Ironman World Championship : OAHU
5
Slays : OFFS
9
Give a talking-to : SCOLD
14
Where popovers "pop" : OVEN
15
Bottom of some prep school uniforms : KILT
16
World capital nicknamed the "Soaring Dragon" : HANOI
17
Frosh : FIRSTYEAR
19
Cuban dance : RUMBA
20
*Jesus : SEAOFGALILEE
22
___ Dhabi : ABU
23
Like a Senate vote that requires the vice president : TIED
24
*Dorothy Gale : YELLOWBRICKROAD
32
"Rules ___ rules" : ARE
33
Rihanna, to fans : RIRI
34
Prefix with present : OMNI
35
Jay relative : CROW
37
Church centers : NAVES
40
Bupkis : NADA
41
Refine : HONE
42
Impersonates, maybe : APES
44
Part of a pecking order? : HEN
45
*Neil Armstrong : TRANQUILITYBASE
50
Chance to go : TURN
51
Genre for Reel Big Fish : SKA
52
Memorable ad-lib in "Midnight Cowboy" … or what the starred clues would say about their answers : IMWALKINHERE
57
Bygone carrier whose first hub was in Pittsburgh : USAIR
58
Flattening, informally : SMOOSHING
61
Elegant shorebird : STILT
62
___ Linda, recurring "Saturday Night Live" character played by Kristen Wiig : AUNT
63
[waggles hand back and forth] : ORSO
64
Chemical attractions : BONDS
65
Tax whizzes : CPAS
66
Bog buildup : PEAT
Down
1
"That's rough" : OOF
2
Bird: Prefix : AVI
3
Women's health care brand : HERS
4
Open, as a letter : UNSEAL
5
"Fine, I give" : OKYOUWIN
6
Feudal land : FIEF
7
Identify as a potential problem : FLAG
8
Low-altitude clouds : STRATI
9
Bloodcurdling sound : SHRIEK
10
Emotionally volatile situation, metaphorically : CAULDRON
11
"My treat" : ONME
12
Brain section : LOBE
13
Lunes, martes o miércoles : DIA
18
Small drum : TABOR
21
Driver's need: Abbr. : LIC
24
The reality show "Below Deck" is set on one : YACHT
25
Reason for elimination at a spelling bee : ERROR
26
Singer Lewis : LEONA
27
Garment that can be backless : BRA
28
Competitor : RIVAL
29
Poker variety in which each player is dealt four cards : OMAHA
30
Where spectacled bears live : ANDES
31
Songwriter Warren with an Oscar, Emmy and Grammy : DIANE
36
Let loose, say : WENTWILD
38
What may be left of center? : EPI
39
Old-fashioned basketball attempts : SETSHOTS
43
Comedian Wanda : SYKES
46
There are eight in a peck : QUARTS
47
Standard info on a takeout menu, nowadays : URL
48
An octopus uses it for defense : INKSAC
49
Participate in a crawl, perhaps : BARHOP
52
"That ___ say ..." : ISTO
53
Primary : MAIN
54
"You woke me" : IMUP
55
Prefix with -gon : NONA
56
Cork's country : EIRE
57
PC hookup spot : USB
59
Org. employing cryptographers : NSA
60
Tricked : GOT

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