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New York Times, Monday, July 29, 2024

Author:
Jeffrey Lease
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Cry from someone who has finally had it
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Jeffrey Lease

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 14 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Lease. Monday freshness: 2%
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© 2024, The New York Times7/29/24 ( No. 27,292 )
Across
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U.S. public health org. : CDC
4
Impressively done, as a job : BANGUP
10
To and ___ : FRO
13
2016 Summer Olympics host, informally : RIO
14
Break free : ESCAPE
15
Language that's mutually intelligible with Thai : LAO
16
Cry from someone who has finally had it : ENOUGHISENOUGH
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Wriggly sea creatures : EELS
20
"Monday Night Football" channel : ESPN
21
Mount Olympus ruler : ZEUS
22
Fuss over one's appearance : PREEN
24
"It's in my ___" ("I was made for this") : DNA
26
Sarcastic non-apology : SORRYNOTSORRY
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The "veni" in "Veni, vidi, vici" : ICAME
33
Heavens : SKIES
35
Sheep : flock :: cow : ___ : HERD
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Comic Silverman : SARAH
40
Drain : SAP
41
Wedding ceremony words : IDO
42
Solar energy collector : PANEL
43
Pod vegetable in gumbo : OKRA
44
Fracas : MELEE
46
Religion of the Quran : ISLAM
48
Perennial optimist's motto : NEVERSAYNEVER
53
Bard's "before" : ERE
54
Pain relief brand : ALEVE
55
Quick drive around town : SPIN
58
Agent ___ Scully of "The X-Files" : DANA
62
Cain's nephew in Genesis : ENOS
63
Way to make incremental progress : LITTLEBYLITTLE
66
Polished off : ATE
67
"Yes, cap'n!" : AYESIR
68
Actress Mendes : EVA
69
"Pow!" : BAM
70
Strike out : DELETE
71
State that's home to Rehoboth Beach: Abbr. : DEL
Down
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Gives the heebie-jeebies, with "out" : CREEPS
2
Spanish for "money" : DINERO
3
Where beers can be found at a tailgate party : COOLER
4
Implore : BEG
5
Tennis champ Arthur : ASHE
6
Police procedural that premiered in 2003 : NCIS
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[Oh, no!] : GASP
8
Flips on its head : UPENDS
9
Something brought out with a restaurant check : PEN
10
Chimney duct : FLUE
11
Big name in pasta sauce : RAGU
12
Audibly reacts to fireworks : OOHS
17
Log-in requirement : USERID
18
Missouri's ___ Mountains : OZARK
23
Home of MoMA, for short : NYC
25
Nibble between meals : NOSH
27
Apollo mission org. : NASA
28
Muscat residents : OMANIS
29
Mother with a Nobel Peace Prize : TERESA
30
Contest of continental conquest? : RISK
31
2024, e.g. : YEAR
34
Relaxing getaway : SPA
35
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew ___ …": Hamlet : HIM
36
Biblical land west of Nod : EDEN
37
Actor's assignment : ROLE
39
Any member of NATO, to another : ALLY
42
Colleague : PEER
43
Popular brunch order : OMELET
45
___ planner (occupation) : EVENT
47
Actress de Armas : ANA
49
Overnight flight : REDEYE
50
Recapped a frustrating day at work, maybe : VENTED
51
Develop over time : EVOLVE
52
Close again, as an envelope : RESEAL
55
Chunk of concrete : SLAB
56
Gyro bread : PITA
57
Tabloid couple : ITEM
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Cain's brother in Genesis : ABEL
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Nasdaq alternative : NYSE
61
Landed (on) : ALIT
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Wee chap : LAD
65
Fury : IRE

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

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