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New York Times, Monday, January 29, 2024

Author:
Garrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Across : Cry at the end of the workweek
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
88/1/20224/20/20244
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2210102
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.635257%
Garrett Chalfin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
234/29/20164/20/20248
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1333355
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
131.588753%
Andrew Kingsley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Chalfin. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Kingsley. Monday freshness: 79%
Jim Horne notes:
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© 2024, The New York Times1/29/24 ( No. 27,110 )
Across
1
Completely enthralled : RAPT
5
Cry at the end of the workweek : TGIF
9
Police dept. alerts : APBS
13
Purple smoothie fruit : ACAI
14
Used a loom : WOVE
15
"Don't ___ the small stuff" : SWEAT
16
*Amorous cartoon skunk : PEPELEPEW
18
Towel material : TERRY
19
Pioneering journalist ___ B. Wells : IDA
20
Cupid's Greek counterpart : EROS
21
Central position : MIDST
22
Home project inits. : DIY
23
Boxing ruling, for short : TKO
24
[I'm cracking up as I type this!] : LOL
25
Historic period : ERA
27
Secret supply : STASH
29
*Impartial court proceeding guaranteed by the Constitution : FAIRTRIAL
32
Rocket launch site : PAD
34
Family guy : DAD
35
Ice cream brand : EDYS
36
What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed : PALINDROMES
39
Poetic tributes : ODES
41
Phillipa of "Hamilton" : SOO
42
"Gnarly!" : RAD
43
*"Just a sec!" : ONEMOMENT
46
Their are too in this clue : TYPOS
50
Source of hardwood : OAK
51
Bud : PAL
52
Musical set in Oz, with "The" : WIZ
54
Regret : RUE
55
Relating to the bottom layer : BASAL
57
Numbers game : KENO
58
And so on: Abbr. : ETC
59
Zsa Zsa or Eva of old Hollywood : GABOR
60
*Short-lived store event : FLASHSALE
62
Two-way, as doors : INOUT
63
Hockey feint : DEKE
64
Something people trip on : ACID
65
Hershey toffee bar : SKOR
66
Take five : REST
67
"What fun!" : WHEE
Down
1
Dangerous (and thrilling!) part of a river, to canoeists : RAPIDS
2
Nailed the exam : ACEDIT
3
Orange smoothie fruit : PAPAYA
4
50-50, e.g. : TIE
5
Bounce one's booty on the dance floor : TWERK
6
Disappear like magic : GOPOOF
7
St. ___ (skin care brand) : IVES
8
Hardly any : FEW
9
Wonderstruck : AWED
10
Summer meteor shower : PERSEIDS
11
*Platter used to carry glassware : BARTRAY
12
Pig's place : STY
15
It helps a clown stand tall : STILT
17
"___ Weapon" (buddy cop film) : LETHAL
21
Sauron's realm in "The Lord of the Rings" : MORDOR
24
"A ___ ought to have a good memory": Quintilian : LIAR
26
Gore and Green, for two : ALS
28
Involuntary muscle contraction : SPASM
30
Bonus : ADDON
31
Thin, as a voice : REEDY
33
Dreary : DISMAL
36
Game that involves covering one's eyes : PEEKABOO
37
Christmas : NOEL
38
Bread at a seder : MATZOH
39
Winning tic-tac-toe line : OOO
40
*Repository of genetic material : DNABANK
44
Images that give the illusion of movement : OPART
45
Fine-tunes : TWEAKS
47
What ministers do : PREACH
48
Extend beyond : OUTLIE
49
Withdraw formally : SECEDE
53
Map enlargement : INSET
56
___ Patch Kids (gummy candy) : SOUR
57
Bauhaus artist Paul : KLEE
59
Dog tag wearers, in brief : GIS
60
First president to appear on television, familiarly : FDR
61
Lumberjack's tool : SAW

Answer summary:
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