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New York Times, Monday, August 16, 2021

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Organizing guru who asks "Does it spark joy?"
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197/12/20104/20/20261
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11.648527.731%
Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Cheng. Grid flow: 32.4 Monday freshness: 42%
Freddie Cheng notes:
Being a music lover, I had wanted to do a musical theme for the longest time, so I was happy when I got the go-ahead for this one. The ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Music accidentals have been played upon (sorry) many times, but as with all well-trodden paths, there's usually room for some extra ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times8/16/21 ( No. 26,214 )
Across
1
What a plumber might fix a leak in : PIPE
5
Artist Vincent van ___ : GOGH
9
Feathered Outback runners : EMUS
13
Baghdad's land : IRAQ
14
Visually challenged "Mr." of cartoons : MAGOO
15
Steady look : GAZE
16
Universal code of ethics : NATURALLAW
18
Stick-to-itiveness : GRIT
19
More gray in appearance : ASHIER
20
Active Sicilian volcano : ETNA
22
" ... or thereabouts" : ISH
23
Midwife's instruction : PUSH
25
Phrase starting a legal memo : INRE
27
Xmas mo. : DEC
30
Quick-minded sort : SHARPCOOKIE
35
Put pen to paper : WROTE
37
Desire for a contestant on "The Bachelor" : ROSE
38
___ Blanc : MONT
39
Packing heat : ARMED
40
What wolves do at the moon : BAY
41
Language group of southern Africa : BANTU
42
Need for tug of war : ROPE
43
Long-necked pear : BOSC
44
Finished : ENDED
45
One who says that you're not on the ball? : FLATEARTHER
48
Flamenco dancer's cry : OLE
49
At the home of: Fr. : CHEZ
50
Pizzeria fixture : OVEN
52
Toward the stern : AFT
54
Finish second, say : LOSE
57
"Please allow me ..." : IFIMAY
61
Civil rights pioneer Parks : ROSA
63
Speaking of which ... or where the starts of 16-, 30- and 45-Across can be found? : ONTHATNOTE
65
Pivotal point : CRUX
66
Singer Carpenter or actress Gillan : KAREN
67
Button at the start of a Zoom call : JOIN
68
Possess : HAVE
69
King Kong and others : APES
70
The "A" in B.A. : ARTS
Down
1
___ colada : PINA
2
Cousins of 401(k)s : IRAS
3
Trail : PATH
4
Gear up : EQUIP
5
Participant in a square dance : GAL
6
Eye lewdly : OGLE
7
Bearded farm animal : GOAT
8
"What a kind gesture!" : HOWNICE
9
Nog ingredient : EGG
10
Organizing guru who asks "Does it spark joy?" : MARIEKONDO
11
Israeli submachine guns : UZIS
12
Late-night host Meyers : SETH
14
Boggy tract : MARSH
17
Got some extra life out of : REUSED
21
365 días : ANO
24
Where ships arrive and depart : HARBOR
26
Like I, for one? : ROMAN
27
___ planet (designation for Pluto) : DWARF
28
Swashbuckling Flynn : ERROL
29
Kia Sportage or Ford Escape : COMPACTSUV
31
Make fun of mercilessly : ROAST
32
Hitchcock film with a classic shower scene : PSYCHO
33
Info from a spy : INTEL
34
One of 27 Chopin piano pieces : ETUDE
36
Things that gears and crocodiles share : TEETH
41
Lacking, with "of" : BEREFT
43
Brand of bubble gum : BAZOOKA
46
Conger, for one : EEL
47
Brand of water named after a town on Lake Geneva : EVIAN
51
Assassin of old Japan : NINJA
52
One half of the McDonald's logo : ARCH
53
"It's ___ good cause" : FORA
55
Jacket fastener that's not a button : SNAP
56
Raison d'___ : ETRE
58
Heathland : MOOR
59
Squabbling : ATIT
60
Longs (for) : YENS
62
Cancel, as a show : AXE
64
"___ dead, Jim" (much-parodied "Star Trek" line) : HES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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