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New York Times, Thursday, June 20, 2024

Author:
Ella Dershowitz
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Bowling-pin-shaped creature of Al Capp cartoons
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Ella Dershowitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Dershowitz. Grid flow: 28.1 Thursday freshness: 35%
Jim Horne notes:

To match the clues, each circled names must be traded with the other name in the same row. Answers below are "fixed up."

1
C
2
S
3
I
4
S
5
T
6
A
7
M
8
P
9
S
10
A
11
T
12
V
13
S
14
R
U
N
15
H
E
T
E
R
O
16
S
E
A
L
17
I
N
T
18
I
M
A
T
I
O
N
19
H
A
L
E
20
S
T
E
N
O
21
N
O
M
A
22
D
23
R
E
I
24
C
A
N
N
O
25
N
26
S
P
R
A
27
Y
I
N
G
28
O
N
T
29
A
30
B
I
T
31
L
E
E
C
H
32
S
33
T
I
E
S
34
B
L
A
S
E
35
A
L
I
V
E
36
L
E
A
S
T
37
O
N
I
C
E
38
P
A
B
S
T
39
S
M
A
C
K
40
M
E
M
O
41
A
42
D
43
A
44
P
I
C
K
E
45
D
O
N
46
P
47
A
48
R
T
E
D
49
E
G
O
50
T
O
N
T
51
O
52
S
C
O
L
D
53
D
O
N
54
E
55
T
R
A
D
56
E
N
A
M
E
S
57
U
S
D
A
58
T
O
D
D
L
E
59
I
T
T
60
P
H
A
T
61
Y
E
S
S
I
R
62
C
E
O
© 2024, The New York Times6/20/24 ( No. 27,253 )
Across
1
Evidence collector, for short : CSI
4
Airport acquisitions : STAMPS
10
Transports not allowed on highways, in brief : ATVS
14
Homecoming, of a sort? : RUN
15
Lead-in to normative : HETERO
16
Canning jar component : SEAL
17
Breath : INHALATION
19
Marathoner's focus : TIME
20
Trial figure : STENO
21
Itinerant : NOMAD
23
Hiking gear chain : REI
24
Kids' menu go-with : CRAYON
26
Reaching across : SPANNING
28
Neighbor of New York: Abbr. : ONT
29
Kind of : ABIT
31
Hanger-on : LEECH
32
Slop spots : STIES
34
Over it : BLASE
35
Get out of Dodge : LEAVE
36
Fancy few : ALIST
37
In reserve : ONICE
38
Name associated with blue ribbons : PABST
39
Loud kiss : SMACK
40
Staff note : MEMO
41
Accessibility law inits. : ADA
44
Walked for a cause : PICKETED
46
Prisoner's reprieve : PARDON
49
Issue in a group project, perhaps : EGO
50
Sidekick of 1950s TV : TONTO
52
Dress down : SCOLD
53
"Deal!" : DONE
55
Commercial identifiers ... or what four pairs of answers must do in order to match their clues : TRADENAMES
57
Letters on an "Organic" label : USDA
58
Take baby steps : TODDLE
59
TV relative who wears a bowler hat and sunglasses : ITT
60
Dope : PHAT
61
Roger's cousin? : YESSIR
62
Position held by a woman at roughly 10% of Fortune 500 companies : CEO
Down
1
Brand for bakers : CRISCO
2
Get bronze : SUNTAN
3
Mens rea, for example : INTENT
4
Bowling-pin-shaped creature of Al Capp cartoons : SHMOO
5
What the March Hare dips his watch in : TEA
6
Subject line abbr. : ATTN
7
Process of cell division : MEIOSIS
8
Inspiration for an essay writer : PROMPT
9
Technology used in seafloor mapping : SONAR
10
Vape's lack : ASH
11
Most lachrymose : TEARIEST
12
Kind of electrons on the outermost shell of an atom : VALENCE
13
Dancer's haul : SLEIGH
18
Lorelai's place of business on "Gilmore Girls" : INN
22
U.S. city where the frozen margarita was invented : DALLAS
25
Gullible : NAIVE
27
"Wild" ingredient in some beers : YEAST
30
Symbol of industry : BEE
32
Smooth : SLICK
33
Something to pick up at will call : TICKET
34
Monk's style : BEBOP
35
Boa you wouldn't want around your neck : ANACONDA
36
On the ___ : LAM
37
"Wowzers!" : OMIGOSH
38
Fivesomes : PENTADS
39
Went from a trot to a canter, say : SPEDUP
40
President during the Era of Good Feelings : MONROE
41
Like some clocks : ATOMIC
42
Have away with words? : DELETE
43
Enhances : ADDSTO
45
Eccentric : DOTTY
47
He played Mary Richards's boss at WJM-TV : ASNER
48
Former parent company of NBC : RCA
51
Calculations often expressed with a "+" or "–" : ODDS
54
Partake of : EAT
56
Certain Ivy Leaguer : ELI

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

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