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New York Times, Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Author:
Josh M. Kaufmann
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Overly lenient
TotalDebut
110/30/2024
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.57319%
Josh M. Kaufmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQVZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kaufmann. Wednesday freshness: 27%
Jim Horne notes:

Original theme idea. Nicely done.

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© 2024, The New York Times10/30/24 ( No. 27,385 )
Across
1
Wrap on a roll : SARAN
6
Like flushed cheeks : ROSY
10
Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family" : ERIC
14
"Throw me ___!" : ABONE
15
Foxtrot preceder : ECHO
16
Prefix with space : AERO
17
With 59-Across, instructions for the sets of circled letters : PUTTHEMTOGETHER
20
Head liner? : HAIR
21
The "lava" in a lava lamp : WAX
22
Member of Tarzan's tribe : APE
23
Kristen of "Palm Royale" : WIIG
25
Calculator symbol on a MacBook, e.g. : ICON
28
Li'l ___ : ABNER
30
Popular music genre from Nigeria : AFROBEAT
32
Symbols of electrical resistance : OMEGAS
33
"The People's Princess" : DIANA
34
Connect : JOIN
36
Contractor's assessment: Abbr. : EST
37
Overly lenient : INDULGENT
40
___ in Charlie : CAS
42
Carbon compound : ENOL
43
Certain Disney princess-inspired Halloween costumes : ELSAS
47
Oft-repeated saying : MANTRA
49
Naught, nil, nada : GOOSEEGG
51
Belittle : ABASE
52
City at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône : LYON
53
Crack jokes : JEST
54
"Any given Sunday" org. : NFL
55
Start of some art movement names : NEO
57
Bud : CHUM
59
See 17-Across : SAYITTHREETIMES
65
Thereabouts : ORSO
66
What lives in a hole in the wall? : NAIL
67
Hurdles for some bio majors : MCATS
68
Takes home : NETS
69
Common connections : ANDS
70
Gave false romantic hope : LEDON
Down
1
Sentimental sort : SAP
2
Father of, in Arabic : ABU
3
401(k) alternative : ROTHIRA
4
29-Down and others : ANTAGONISTS
5
Classic soda brand : NEHI
6
Dream stage : REM
7
Spooky mo. : OCT
8
Presented : SHOWN
9
Mat class? : YOGA
10
Dig in : EAT
11
Puts back on a wall : REHANGS
12
Words that might follow "This is not a drill" : IREPEAT
13
Tubes used in sediment sample collecting : CORERS
18
Lake with a spooky-sounding name : ERIE
19
Checkup : EXAM
23
Hunk of gum : WAD
24
"___ were a rich man ..." : IFI
26
Louisiana Acadian : CAJUN
27
Study of the ear : OTOLOGY
29
Ghoulish character who appears after someone follows the instructions at 17- and 59-Across : BEETLEJUICE
31
Moratorium : BAN
32
Lone index finger, symbolically : ONE
35
Home with a dome : IGLOO
38
Agcy. that carries out the Controlled Substances Act : DEA
39
Original console for the Super Mario games, for short : NES
40
Cost of a ride, say : CABFARE
41
Data cruncher : ANALYST
44
Appear angry : SEEMMAD
45
Garland, Barr, Sessions, etc., for short : AGS
46
Army rank: Abbr. : SGT
47
Rock singer Shirley : MANSON
48
Pay to stay : RENT
50
Fairy tale opener : ONCE
52
Lindsay with a cameo in 2024's "Mean Girls" : LOHAN
56
11,000+-foot peak in southern Italy : ETNA
58
Web programmer's code : HTML
60
Apple devices run on it : IOS
61
Cleanse (of) : RID
62
Chicago trains : ELS
63
W.W. II arena : ETO
64
"Last four digits" fig. : SSN

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

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