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New York Times, Friday, January 5, 2024

Author:
David P. Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Snatched up, in slang
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78/19/20232/15/2025
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David P. Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QWXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Williams. Grid flow: 34.4 Friday freshness: 45%
Jim Horne notes:

This is the third NYT crossword for Mr. Williams. All three have the same grid pattern.

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© 2024, The New York Times1/5/24 ( No. 27,086 )
Across
1
___ TV : PLASMA
7
What an alley-oop is, essentially : ASSIST
13
Business headache : REDTAPE
15
Joint : REEFER
16
Breeze for the beach, maybe : EASYREAD
18
"Never attribute to ___ that which is adequately explained by stupidity" (Hanlon's razor) : MALICE
19
Not stiff at all : AGILE
20
One arriving tomorrow, supposedly : GODOT
22
Set piece? : GEM
23
Superficially clever : CUTE
24
Put off : DETER
25
Sport whose name means "the gentle way" : JUDO
26
"Tee" follower : HEE
27
The brachiocephalic trunk branches from it : AORTA
28
Apple product? : CORER
29
"How about that!" : ILLBEDARNED
31
Innovation of the 1920s that's still spoken of with wonder today : SLICEDBREAD
32
They beep when tested : SMOKEALARMS
33
Tail, maybe : CHASE
34
Aqua ___ : VITAE
35
"Miracle Workers" airer : TBS
38
Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" : HIRE
39
Fashion label founded by Rihanna : FENTY
40
Converse : CHAT
41
Farm creature : ANT
42
Blender setting : PUREE
43
Not fresh : TRITE
44
John Deere product : REAPER
46
Condiment sometimes mixed with mayonnaise : SRIRACHA
48
Break from the band : GOSOLO
49
Snatched up, in slang : YOINKED
50
Eve ___, playwright who created the activist movement V-Day : ENSLER
51
Fleet : SPEEDY
Down
1
"Amen to that!" : PREACH
2
American, for example : LEAGUE
3
Pop-up destination : ADSITE
4
"___ is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn": Gore Vidal : STYLE
5
Dark side of the moon? : MARE
6
Mimic : APE
7
Heavy coat : ARMOR
8
Goal for some runners : SEAT
9
Fleur de ___ (delicate crust on the surface of seawater) : SEL
10
"That makes sense" : IFIGURED
11
Broke off : SECEDED
12
Earth-shaking event : TREMOR
14
Enthusiastic sort : EAGERBEAVER
17
Common spots for autographs : DOTTEDLINES
21
Concern for the 1%? : DEADBATTERY
24
___ far niente (pleasant idleness) : DOLCE
25
Nick, Joe or Kevin of pop : JONAS
27
Uniform : ALIKE
28
Best, in an idiom : CREME
29
Remark from one waving a white flag : ILOSE
30
Ordered lineup : ARRAY
31
One clever enough to win every argument ... but not clever enough not to : SMARTASS
32
Deceive, especially to avoid responsibility for something : SHINEON
33
Word with electric or criminal : CHARGE
35
Alan of "Growing Pains" : THICKE
36
Got clean, in a way : BATHED
37
Fixed : STEADY
39
Red state : FUROR
40
Towering sight at a site for a tower : CRANE
42
Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning "incomparable" : PELE
43
Set off : TRIP
45
Campaigner, informally : POL
47
What some smartphones run on : IOS

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later.

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