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New York Times, Thursday, August 31, 2023

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : Members of the Flat Earth Society, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
177/12/20109/23/20241
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1562111
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.647932%
Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 43 Missing: {BQZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Cheng. Thursday freshness: 8%
Freddie Cheng notes:
Of the many (too) weird and (too) wacky Thursdays I've ever submitted, this one runs much easier in comparison, as you could ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Day four of "Gotta JET" (Jeff's expressions of thanks)! I've loved corresponding with so many constructors and especially enjoyed ... read more
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D
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W
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© 2023, The New York Times8/31/23 ( No. 26,959 )
Across
1
Follower of November : OSCAR
6
Main character in a Verne novel : NEMO
10
Preserves, maybe : JAM
13
Instant ___ : KARMA
14
Actress Lena of "Chocolat" : OLIN
15
Neural conductor : AXON
17
2009 fantasy rom-com starring Zac Efron : AGAIN
18
"Need a hand here!" : HELP
19
What the dish congee is made from : RICE
20
Food item that may be candied : YAM
21
Strongly implied : DROVEAT
24
"Caught ya!" : OHO
25
Hang loose? : DRAPE
26
Former N.B.A. star who has unofficially served as a peace ambassador with North Korea : RODMAN
28
"___ all mad here": Cheshire cat : WERE
31
"Understood" : TENFOUR
33
Oodles : ATON
34
Made cuts to, maybe : ALTERED
38
Made cuts to : INCISED
42
Base of an encipherment : MESSAGE
43
Shade that might be made in the shade? : FAKETAN
44
Fall in the winter : SNOW
45
Holds on to : RETAINS
49
Site for artisans : ETSY
50
Chips in England : CRISPS
53
Casual negatives : NOPES
55
Seeming eternity : EON
56
Desert feline : SANDCAT
58
Where to find canines : JAW
61
Undergarment shade : NUDE
63
Ewe got this! : WOOL
64
Kerfuffle : HOOHA
66
Worker's cry of relief : TGIF
67
Any of three major-league brothers : ALOU
68
The first "O" of O/O : OWNER
69
Word with rack or trick : HAT
70
Antiquity : YORE
71
Scumlike : SLIMY
Down
1
Authorize : OKAY
2
Long, long yarn : SAGA
3
Kind of session for a procrastinator : CRAM
4
"What ___ missing?" : AMI
5
Vacation time, informally : RANDR
6
Zero chance of a good result : NOHOPE
7
Popular store chain with a green, red and orange logo : ELEVEN
8
2002 film that earned Eminem two MTV Movie Awards : MILE
9
Out of jail early, perhaps : ONPAROLE
10
Preserves preserver : JAR
11
Fundamental math assumption : AXIOM
12
Dark brown shade : MOCHA
16
Like many colors in 1980s fashion : NEON
22
Templeton of "Charlotte's Web," for one : RAT
23
Hypes : TOUTS
25
Members of the Flat Earth Society, e.g. : DENIERS
27
2008 rom-com starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden : DRESSES
28
Ragamuffin : WAIF
29
The monster Typhon was said to be trapped under it, in Greek myth : ETNA
30
NBC comedy series starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin : ROCK
32
Peeps : FAM
35
Something mad people do : RANT
36
"I" problems? : EGOS
37
Covered with condensate : DEWY
39
1935 Hitchcock thriller, with "The" : STEPS
40
Corrodes : EATSAWAY
41
Inherent nature, figuratively : DNA
46
Like some cats and plumbing : INDOOR
47
"Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle : NOCLUE
48
Balneotherapy locale : SPA
50
Rapper Curtis Jackson, more familiarly : CENT
51
Unrefined : ROUGH
52
Land where the concept of zero was developed : INDIA
54
Cultural values : ETHOS
57
___ contendere (court plea) : NOLO
58
Singer Mitchell : JONI
59
[Cough cough] : AHEM
60
Guarded : WARY
62
Juvenile stage of a newt : EFT
65
Noted head turner : OWL

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