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New York Times, Thursday, December 12, 2024

Author:
Daniel Bodily
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Part of a bat that produces the best contact
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Daniel Bodily

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 71, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Bodily. Grid flow: 38.7 Thursday freshness: 2%
Jim Horne notes:
Spelled-out numbers in the theme answers must be replaced by the answers at that grid number. 19-Across is SWEET SIXTEEN, and ... read more
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P
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© 2024, The New York Times12/12/24 ( No. 27,428 )
Across
1
Strike one! : POSE
5
Word with slow or strawberry : JAM
8
"___ gusto" ("Nice to meet you," in Spanish) : MUCHO
13
Can : JOHN
14
Spanish article : UNA
15
Paella base : ARROZ
16
Domino pip, e.g. : SPOT
17
Party crashers, perhaps : STRANGERS
19
Part of a bat that produces the best contact : SWEETSPOT
21
Small nail : BRAD
22
Express publicly : AIR
23
Saint, in Rio : SAO
25
"A Beautiful Mind" director Howard : RON
27
Balayage providers : SALONS
32
___ Swiatek, four-time French Open winner : IGA
33
Cake part : TIER
35
Fresh : ANEW
36
Get serious hang time, as a skateboarder : CATCHAIR
40
Times for holiday parties : EVES
41
Boomer in a band : TUBA
42
It makes Max profits : HBO
43
Italian dynasty that produced four popes : MEDICI
46
Bit of kitchenware : PAN
47
"Cleopatra With the ___" (Reni painting) : ASP
48
Hosp. staffers : RNS
50
Branch of a sort : SECT
52
Three-digit numbers in parentheses : AREACODES
57
Low-key place for gnocchi : TRATTORIA
58
Toon with a monkey named Boots : DORA
60
Matcha ___ (tea-based beverage) : LATTE
61
Human thing to do : ERR
62
Waze figs. : ETAS
63
Easy to understand : CLEAR
64
Hits up on Instagram, for short : DMS
65
Meeting, informally : SESH
Down
1
A family might have matching ones, for short : PJS
2
"D'oh!" : OOPS
3
Strutted one's stuff : SHOWBOATED
4
Maze prompt : ENTER
5
Line below a swoosh : JUSTDOIT
6
Pantry problem : ANTS
7
"I Feel Pretty" singer in "West Side Story" : MARIA
8
Mind repeating that? : MANTRA
9
"Irresistible" feeling : URGE
10
Language from which we get "Manitoba" and "Saskatchewan" : CREE
11
Motorist's warning : HORN
12
The "40" in a malt liquor 40: Abbr. : OZS
18
x, y or z : AXIS
20
The world at your feet? : EARTH
23
Order to an attack dog : SICEM
24
Plant used in xeriscaping because of its tolerance to drought : AGAVE
26
Hogwarts exam after the O.W.L. : NEWT
28
Nonexpert : LAY
29
"While we're discussing it ..." : ONTHATNOTE
30
Novice gamers, informally : NEWBS
31
Word after one fell? : SWOOP
34
Extend, as a contract : REUP
37
Show with a "Cyber" spinoff : CSI
38
Suns that shine? : NBASTARS
39
Roger B. ___, justice who infamously authored the Dred Scott decision (1857) : TANEY
44
Sign of impact : CRATER
45
Deets : INFO
49
Begat : SIRED
51
Writes in C or R, say : CODES
52
Kazakhstan's ___ Sea : ARAL
53
Quoted figure : RATE
54
Pioneering blues guitarist Baker : ETTA
55
Unyielding : FIRM
56
___ Tour, pop culture phenomenon of 2023-24 : ERAS
57
Pampering, for short : TLC
59
Tree with so-called helicopter seeds : ASH

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