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New York Times, Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Author:
Paul Coulter
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Paul Coulter

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Coulter. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Tuesday freshness: 54%
Paul Coulter notes:
This one had the working title of Good Vibrations. Pretty straightforward theme. It began when I noticed the phrase SITTING PRETTY in ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
It's tough not to smile when a puzzle is all about happiness. Great interpretations of five catchy phrases; Paul imagining them as ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times9/17/19 ( No. 25,515 )
Across
1
Pettable purrer : LAPCAT
7
2012 film about the so-called "Canadian Caper" : ARGO
11
Sights in sports bars : TVS
14
Where Odysseus is king, in the "Odyssey" : ITHACA
15
"That was a close one!" : WHEW
16
Carnival city, informally : RIO
17
Like a happy astronaut? : OVERTHEMOON
19
Raggedy redhead : ANN
20
C.I.A. sister service : NSA
21
State that's only 45 miles wide at the top: Abbr. : IDA
22
Complete, as a PDF contract : ESIGN
24
Like a happy portrait model? : SITTINGPRETTY
29
Cry of triumph after arriving : IMADEIT
31
Boot from office : OUST
32
Jeans material : DENIM
33
PC bailout key : ESC
34
Bear with a bed that was too hard : PAPA
38
Like a happy mountaineer? : ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
42
Bringing up the rear : LAST
43
Pride for a gym rat : PEC
44
Overcaffeinated : WIRED
45
Quick farewells : BYES
47
Old British coins worth 21 shillings : GUINEAS
49
Like a happy medium? : INGOODSPIRITS
53
Prefix with ribonucleic : DEOXY
54
Connections : INS
55
Rug rat : TOT
58
Something that may be chocolate-coated? : LAB
59
Like a happy meteorologist? : ONCLOUDNINE
64
H : ETA
65
Pouty face : MOUE
66
Convenience from an auto garage : LOANER
67
Nursery supply usually sold in rolls : SOD
68
Knocks the socks off : AWES
69
Space in a relationship : AGEGAP
Down
1
One of two statues outside the New York Public Library : LION
2
Off-road rides, for short : ATVS
3
They're game : PHEASANTS
4
You drive it on a parkway and park it in a driveway : CAR
5
Make a scene? : ACT
6
The H.M.S. Bounty stopped here in 1788 : TAHITI
7
"You're killing me, bro!" : AWMAN
8
P : RHO
9
Prefix with cache : GEO
10
Titleholders : OWNERS
11
Blue eyes or hairy legs, e.g. : TRAIT
12
French 20 : VINGT
13
Eldest Corleone brother : SONNY
18
Change ... one hopes for the better : EDIT
23
Score of 5-4, 40-15, say : SETPOINT
25
Boob tube : IDIOTBOX
26
Fill-in : TEMP
27
"Holy cow!" : GOSH
28
Color akin to eggplant : PUCE
29
Fan favorite : IDOL
30
Actress Suvari : MENA
33
Inclusive abbr. : ETC
35
Very noticeable : ARRESTING
36
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope," e.g. : PLEA
37
Annexes : ADDS
39
Kind of column : OPED
40
Admit, with "up" : FESS
41
It had theaters in Europe and the Pacific, for short : WWII
46
Virtuoso taking a bow before a performance? : YOYOMA
47
Vocalist Vannelli : GINO
48
Villainess in "The Little Mermaid" : URSULA
49
Doesn't go anywhere : IDLES
50
"Cool beans!" : NEATO
51
Rot : GOBAD
52
Heaps : PILES
56
Apartment number for many a building superintendent : ONEA
57
Maryland collegian, informally : TERP
60
"This instant!" : NOW
61
Signal : CUE
62
Follow relentlessly : DOG
63
Scottish denial : NAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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