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New York Times, Thursday, August 22, 2024

Author:
Brad Wiegmann
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
41, to 43
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122/28/20215/19/20261
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111.605229.539%
Brad Wiegmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Wiegmann. Grid flow: 30.8 Thursday freshness: 23%
Jim Horne notes:

Sound out the first two bold letters of the five theme clues.

1
I
2
C
3
A
4
N
5
P
6
E
7
D
8
I
9
A
10
B
11
B
12
A
13
C
A
R
A
14
T
15
I
R
A
N
16
B
O
O
N
17
E
M
M
Y
A
18
W
A
R
D
S
19
B
O
Y
D
20
D
I
Y
21
N
O
N
O
22
G
O
T
T
O
23
T
S
A
24
G
E
O
L
25
O
26
C
A
T
I
O
N
27
E
O
N
28
S
29
R
A
M
30
E
Y
E
31
A
L
T
O
32
S
33
S
34
O
F
T
E
35
R
36
E
S
S
A
37
Y
Q
U
E
S
T
I
38
O
39
N
40
O
N
A
U
T
O
41
E
T
H
O
42
S
43
P
44
E
45
G
46
E
R
A
47
E
B
R
O
48
A
N
Y
49
O
L
D
T
50
H
51
I
52
N
53
G
54
E
S
T
55
T
I
M
M
Y
56
E
D
E
N
57
H
E
H
58
O
G
R
E
59
A
60
R
E
Y
O
U
61
G
A
M
E
62
O
M
A
N
63
P
I
L
L
64
S
A
V
E
R
65
T
A
T
S
66
T
O
S
S
67
G
E
N
E
© 2024, The New York Times8/22/24 ( No. 27,316 )
Across
1
Confident claim : ICAN
5
Tootsie treat? : PEDI
9
Enclosed rhyme scheme : ABBA
13
Stone measure : CARAT
15
Modern-day home of Persepolis : IRAN
16
Godsend : BOON
17
MEDALS : EMMYAWARDS
19
"Cheers" bartender Woody : BOYD
20
Crafty inits. : DIY
21
Baseball pitcher's feat, informally : NONO
22
Irritated : GOTTO
23
They work through a lot of baggage, for short : TSA
24
GOBI DESERT : GEOLOCATION
27
Quite some time : EONS
29
Source of the Golden Fleece : RAM
30
What doesn't look the best naked? : EYE
31
Choir section : ALTOS
33
Not so loud : SOFTER
36
"SAY WHAT?" : ESSAYQUESTION
40
Acting unconsciously : ONAUTO
41
Prevailing spirit : ETHOS
43
Game piece in Mastermind : PEG
46
Legislative subject of the 2020 miniseries "Mrs. America," for short : ERA
47
Spain's longest river : EBRO
48
NEOLITH : ANYOLDTHING
54
"Scientia potentia ___" ("Knowledge is power") : EST
55
Lassie's owner on old TV : TIMMY
56
Premier couple's retreat? : EDEN
57
Furtive laugh : HEH
58
Troll's lookalike : OGRE
59
RUMMY : AREYOUGAME
62
Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861 : OMAN
63
Medicinal form : PILL
64
Word with screen or space : SAVER
65
Self images? : TATS
66
Sleep restlessly : TOSS
67
Something passed down the line : GENE
Down
1
Cold beverage popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis : ICEDTEA
2
Sleeveless top : CAMISOLE
3
Small marching band? : ARMYANTS
4
Vote in opposition : NAY
5
Word that can precede or follow "player" : PIANO
6
Flynn of Hollywood's Golden Age : ERROL
7
41, to 43 : DAD
8
Popular crowd : INS
9
Top of the order? : ABBOT
10
Foot warmer : BOOTIE
11
Young male lover, informally : BOYTOY
12
Foul shot following a basket, in hoops lingo : ANDONE
14
Blue reef fish : TANG
18
Heartache : WOE
22
Reproductive cell : GAMETE
25
Lover of Euridice, in opera : ORFEO
26
Scratching post scratchers : CATS
28
Middle-of-the-road : SOSO
32
With a clear head : SANELY
33
Zippo : SQUAT
34
Sound asleep : OUT
35
Formal ceremony : RITE
37
About 2 1/2 pints of beer : YARD
38
Catchphrase for moviedom's "International Man of Mystery" : OHBEHAVE
39
Vikings, e.g. : NORSEMEN
42
"That'll show ya!" : SOTHERE
43
Buns : PATOOT
44
Tough nut to crack : ENIGMA
45
Fitness fanatic, in slang : GYMRAT
49
What seers read : OMENS
50
University of North Carolina team, to fans : HEELS
51
Pastoral poems : IDYLS
52
Keanu Reeves role : NEO
53
Stampeders in "The Lion King" : GNUS
59
Spot-on : APT
60
Birthplace of bossa nova : RIO
61
Joke : GAG

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

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