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Do You Hear That?

New York Times, Sunday, January 8, 2023

Author:
Wyna Liu
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Across : French festival, familiarly + ___ + Actor Michael
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Wyna Liu

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 69 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Liu. Grid flow: 52.3 Sunday freshness: 80%
Notepad: Note: Each italicized clue contains a blank, which should be filled with a letter of the alphabet. When completed, the letters in order will spell out a two-word phrase.
Will Shortz notes:
Wyna Liu is an associate puzzle editor for The Times, which she joined in 2020. She helps select and edit clues for the puzzles that appear in the paper. The thing she loves most about her ... read more
Wyna Liu notes:
Ever since I discovered the joy of puzzle hunts and meta-puzzles, I've wanted to make a crossword whose theme entries were connected by an additional layer. Today's theme was inspired by a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Solvers, take a letter! Take ten of them, in fact; each one a part of a phonetic chain that completes a phrase. Sounds good? I C, U need an example. [Presses CTRL+P + ___ + Easter ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times1/8/23 ( No. 26,724 )
Across
1
Villains' antagonists : HEROES
7
"Uh, sure" : IGUESS
13
Power project : DAM
16
Real mess : STY
19
2007 Lil Wayne song that opens "Young Money! You dig?" : AMILLI
20
Subject of clip art? : BONSAITREE
22
"What do we have here?!" : OHO
23
Word before the year on U.S. paper currency : SERIES
24
Small thing to keep on track : MODELTRAIN
25
Human rights activist Xiaobo, the first Chinese citizen to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2010) : LIU
26
Presses CTRL+P + ___ + Easter egg coloring : PRINCESSDI
28
___ + Scroungy mutt + Parent's sister, in some regions : AUCOURANT
30
Active Sicilian volcano : ETNA
31
European river that's an anagram of REED : EDER
34
Promise to pay : IOU
35
[I'm frustrated!] : ARGH
36
Fragrant noodle soup made with beef : PHO
39
Like Captain James T. Kirk, by birth : IOWAN
41
Número de "Años de Soledad" in a Gabriel García Márquez novel : CIEN
43
Follows : OBEYS
44
___ + Golfer's cry + "Ugh!" : EUPHORIC
46
Column crossers + Sentry + ___ : ROSEGARDEN
49
"Encore!" : AGAIN
50
Irks : NETTLES
52
Crossed off : XED
53
Gangster film prop : GAT
56
"Holy" city : TOLEDO
58
Nongendered possessive : THEIR
59
Insult that's also a measurement device : DIPSTICK
61
"The landlords of New York," once : ASTORS
63
One cast in a fantasy movie : SPELL
65
Digging : INTO
66
French festival, familiarly + ___ + Actor Michael : CANDYCANE
70
Punching tool + Chopping tool + ___ : ALLACCESS
72
Cherubic archer : AMOR
73
Foil lookalikes : EPEES
75
Seoul-based carrier : ASIANA
76
Influential sorts : BIGSHOTS
78
Rod with seven A.L. batting titles : CAREW
80
Athlete's cup : TROPHY
85
Flattering verse : ODE
86
In the manner of : ALA
87
Demonstrate extreme flexibility, as an acrobat : CONTORT
89
Opposite of neo- : PALEO
90
Tandoor bread + Harlem music venue + ___ : NONAPOLOGY
93
Word of obligation + ___ + Punxsutawney name : AUTOFILL
95
Some origin stories : MYTHS
97
Response to "Shall we?" : LETS
98
H.S. science class for some college-bound students : APBIO
99
Rocky Mountain bugler : ELK
100
Move, in real estate lingo : RELO
101
Pioneered : LED
103
Immediately : STAT
105
Couple of llamas? : ELLS
107
Rug rat + Magic stick + ___ : TAEKWONDO
110
Soccer score + ___ + Scottish inlets : GOLDILOCKS
115
Resistor unit : OHM
116
Iconic 1984 movie vehicle that was a combination ambulance/hearse : ECTOMOBILE
119
"Anything for you!" : NAMEIT
120
Actress de Armas : ANA
121
Annoyances when trying to make change : LARGEBILLS
122
Challenging, informally : GNARLY
123
Corleone, for one : DON
124
Toilet paper spec : PLY
125
Most likely to offer solace, say : NICEST
126
Calm : SEDATE
Down
1
Fastener used with a padlock : HASP
2
The "E" in FEMA: Abbr. : EMER
3
"Diamonds" singer, to fans : RIRI
4
QB protectors, collectively : OLINE
5
Time to decide who's in or out : ELECTIONDAY
6
Polite Spanish assent : SISENOR
7
ThinkPads, e.g., once : IBMS
8
"Doc" in the Mets Hall of Fame : GOODEN
9
Removed, as a knot : UNDID
10
Language suffix : ESE
11
Spanish seasoning : SAL
12
Hindu goddess in the "Ramayana" : SITA
13
Serpentine constellation : DRACO
14
Ambidextrous features? : AEIOU
15
It may have just desserts : MENU
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Converter of natural heat energy : SOLARENGINE
17
Doohickey : THINGY
18
Tweens, e.g. : YOUTHS
21
Making level : TRUING
27
Welcomed at the door : SAWIN
29
Broccoli follower : RABE
32
Intestinal bacterium : ECOLI
33
Choir platforms : RISERS
36
Boggy stuff : PEAT
37
Literary award shaped like a rocket : HUGO
38
Milky gemstone : OPAL
40
Common solvents : ACETONES
42
Some R.P.I. grads : EES
43
Chances : ODDS
45
Hurry : HIE
46
Waze suggestions: Abbr. : RTES
47
Armpit, anatomically : AXILLA
48
Move to a larger pot, say : REPLANT
51
More than a couple : THREE
54
Doesn't just sit there : ACTS
55
Boxing stats : TKOS
57
Influential leader of the Seminole people : OSCEOLA
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Burrito-shaped lunch counter item : DELIWRAP
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Part of X-X-X : TIC
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[Is this thing on?] : TAPTAP
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Scenic stroll, from the Spanish : PASEO
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Baja resort, for short : CABO
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In the thick of : AMID
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Hardly Mr. Nice Guy : NOGENTLEMAN
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Hippocratic oath takers: Abbr. : DRS
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Path covered with diamonds : CARPOOLLANE
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Vamooses : SCOOTS
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Pretentiously affected : ARTY
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"Frozen" villain : HANS
79
Existential emotion : ANGST
81
Goofus : OAF
82
Dance squat : PLIE
83
Where 95-Down's Wild Ride ends, at Disneyland : HELL
84
Key ingredient in key lime pie : YOLK
87
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame city: Abbr. : CLE
88
Floated down a river, say : TUBED
91
"Hmm, gotcha" : OHOK
92
Unteachable sort, in a saying : OLDDOG
94
Tessellations : TILINGS
95
"The Wind in the Willows" squire : MRTOAD
96
"Nice try, but I don't think so" : YEAHNO
98
Islands that form atop underwater volcanoes : ATOLLS
101
Making all the stops : LOCAL
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Portion of a log : ENTRY
104
Quick to think or act : AGILE
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[Grrr!] : SOMAD
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"Eh, what can you do?!" : WELP
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Black cat, classically : OMEN
111
For fear that : LEST
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Michael of 2007's "Superbad" : CERA
113
Wraparound garment : KILT
114
Eye affliction : STYE
117
Belt worn with a yukata : OBI
118
Company that owns Wite-Out : BIC

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

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