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New York Times, Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Author:
Ella Dershowitz
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Gets ready to skate
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Ella Dershowitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Dershowitz. Tuesday freshness: 61%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/12/23 ( No. 26,971 )
Across
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Conks on the head : BOPS
5
Place for a hot bath : SPA
8
Torts students, typically : ONELS
13
Goes crazy : FLIPSOUT
15
Best-selling Japanese manga and anime series : NARUTO
17
Cuter than cute : ADORABLE
18
Summer snack on a stick : ICEPOP
19
Alternatives to Asics : NIKES
20
Theoretical degree : NTH
21
Mined stuff : ORE
22
Prolonged attack : SIEGE
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Comedian Wong : ALI
26
Like tridents and forks : TINED
28
Parrot : APE
29
Sister brand of Crest : ORALB
31
Loch ___ monster : NESS
32
Felt-tipped writing implement : MARKER
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Apt name for a rock climber : CLIFF
37
Aquatic denizen … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's circled words : SEACREATURE
40
Hawaiian beach bashes : LUAUS
41
Dental coat : ENAMEL
44
Successful search results : HITS
47
Rude omissions : SNUBS
49
Toilet paper specification : PLY
50
Challenge for a translator, perhaps : IDIOM
52
4.0 is a great one : GPA
53
Certain bellybutton : OUTIE
55
Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy winner Batiste : JON
56
Income source for Meta : ADS
58
Unwashed : DIRTY
60
Turkey's capital : ANKARA
62
Braggarts : EGOTISTS
65
Anne ___ (figure in Broadway's "Six") : BOLEYN
66
Release of confidential material to the media : NEWSLEAK
67
Brusque : TERSE
68
British singer/songwriter Rita : ORA
69
Sicilian smoker : ETNA
Down
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Deg. for a creative type : BFA
2
___-fashioned (cocktail) : OLD
3
Trailblazers : PIONEERS
4
Parsley portion : SPRIG
5
Drink brand with a lizard logo : SOBE
6
Source of waves in space : PULSAR
7
Chowed down : ATE
8
"I've got this" : ONIT
9
Opposite of day, in Germany : NACHT
10
Before, in poetry : ERE
11
Patti in the American Theater Hall of Fame : LUPONE
12
Mall map listings : STORES
14
Japanese rice wine : SAKE
16
Slanted columns? : OPEDS
20
Nabisco wafer brand : NILLA
22
Actor Waterston : SAM
23
Hoppy quaff, in brief : IPA
25
Gets ready to skate : LACESUP
27
Prefix with structure : INFRA
29
Killer whales : ORCAS
30
Chomps on : BITES
33
Ashton Kutcher's "That '70s Show" role : KELSO
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___ de vie : EAU
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"Sounds like a blast!" : FUN
38
Ladder levels : RUNGS
39
Mathematical grouping that contains no elements : EMPTYSET
42
Yale student : ELI
43
Soapmaking ingredient : LYE
44
Muslim head scarf : HIJAB
45
Huffy response to an untrue accusation : IDONOT
46
Little bell's sound : TINKLE
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Pester persistently : BADGER
51
"The Bells of St. ___" : MARYS
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Table scraps : ORTS
54
Of practical value : UTILE
57
Almost any character in "Hamlet" : DANE
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Corn Belt state : IOWA
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___ Lingus : AER
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Musician Brian : ENO
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Color akin to khaki : TAN
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Precursor to rocksteady : SKA

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

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