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New York Times, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Author:
Sara Muchnick
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Colorful variety of lettuce
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15/16/2024
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Sara Muchnick

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Muchnick. Grid flow: 50.4 Thursday freshness: 20%
Jim Horne notes:

Substituting ALL for ONE and ONE for ALL has a long history in crosswords, but if you haven't seen it before, it's a good gimmick. Here's an example from 2012.

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© 2024, The New York Times5/16/24 ( No. 27,218 )
Across
1
Seabird's nesting spot, say : ISLE
5
Musical lead-in to beat : AFRO
9
Pounds, perhaps : ACHES
14
Ostracize : SHUN
15
Schreiber of "Asteroid City" : LIEV
16
Word with secret or school : TRADE
17
*Gone : SOMENERVE
19
How high rollers want to live : LARGE
20
"Shirt Front and Fork" sculptor, 1922 : ARP
21
Life lines, for short? : IVS
22
Like some peanuts and celebrities : ROASTED
24
*Stone tool : TOILETBRUSH
27
Scenarios to consider : IFS
28
Tailored item that can have tails : SUIT
29
Lessens : EBBS
33
Bit of a bluff : CRAG
36
*Scoop received in a call : ICECREAM
38
Back : AGO
40
Colorful variety of lettuce : REDLEAF
42
They might be targeted : ADS
43
*Shall : SPARKLED
45
With every detail perfect : TOAT
47
Vegetable that's a letter off from an Ivy : KALE
48
Notable Guinness : ALEC
50
Aromatic welcome gift : LEI
52
*It gets the ball rolling : ROTARYJOINT
56
"Ah, yes ..." : ISEENOW
59
The Reds, on a scoreboard : CIN
60
Give the name of : DUB
62
Final points in scores? : CODAS
63
When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle's starred clues : ALLFORONE
66
Say "I dunno," say : ELIDE
67
Where to find a very wet sponge : REEF
68
Actor Wilson : OWEN
69
Biblical verb with "thou" : DOEST
70
Whirl or swirl : EDDY
71
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
Down
1
Rae of "American Fiction" : ISSA
2
Repetitive clicking sound? : SHORTI
3
Disappointing stocking stuffer : LUMPOFCOAL
4
Dir. from Atlanta to Athens : ENE
5
Tylenol alternative : ALEVE
6
Some Guinness records : FIRSTS
7
Title for Al Sharpton: Abbr. : REV
8
How the fish in nigiri is served : OVERRICE
9
The whole world in your hands? : ATLAS
10
Uninvited party guest : CRASHER
11
Stag : HART
12
Competitive advantage : EDGE
13
Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juice : SEED
18
Zero : NIL
23
Down more than : OUTEAT
25
Neighbor of Leb. : ISR
26
Carpenter or mason : BUILDER
30
World-weary : BEATENDOWN
31
Michael Jackson's first concert tour after the Jackson 5 : BAD
32
Texting format inits. : SMS
34
Craft measured in cubits : ARK
35
Italian dessert : GELATO
37
Head of lettuce? : CFO
38
"I have to ___ ..." : ASK
39
School fig. : GPA
41
Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated : DELAWARE
44
Goes over again : REREADS
46
Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums : ALI
49
Participated in a spin class : CYCLED
51
Apple Music predecessor : ITUNES
53
It's a start : ONSET
54
Flash : JIFFY
55
Collaborator on 1980's "Double Fantasy" : ONO
56
Coffee order specification : ICED
57
Stag : SOLO
58
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
61
Having a kink, maybe : BENT
64
Was ahead : LED
65
Louis XIV, par exemple : ROI

Answer summary:
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