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New York Times, Thursday, May 23, 2024

Author:
Adam Wagner
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
31-Across : Release
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Adam Wagner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Wagner. Thursday freshness: 74%
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P
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© 2024, The New York Times5/23/24 ( No. 27,225 )
Across
1
Many a download : PDF
4
Rugby equivalent of a touchdown : TRY
7
Who said of himself, in 1912, "No one candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority" : TAFT
11
Quirky bit of running footwear : TOESHOE
13
Get over a breakup, say : MOVEON
15
Be like-minded about : AGREEON
16
U.S. region with a weather pattern affectionately known as "Karl the Fog" : BAYAREA
17
Highlands hillside : BRAE
18
What a king might sit on? : SLATS
20
'80s celeb who aptly appeared on Letterman? : MRT
21
Asian capital on the Mediterranean coast : BEIRUT
23
Colony member : ANT
24
Paul who directed "Bridesmaids" : FEIG
25
Flattering verses : ODES
26
Dangerous thing to assume : RISK
28
British unit of mass : TONNE
29
One hawing but not hemming? : ASS
30
Tiniest change : DIMES
31
Release : LETGO
32
Hairstyle worn by Janet Jackson in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice," with a hint to entering four pairs of answers in this puzzle : BOXBRAIDS
34
Next : AFTER
37
Concerning : ASFOR
38
Govt. agency with the motto "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" : FBI
41
This is the life! : BIOTA
42
Next : THEN
43
Name that's an anagram of ORAL : ARLO
44
Buffet dispensers : URNS
45
Texter's "If you ask me ..." : IMO
46
"Please be our hero!" : SAVEUS
48
Heart test inits. : ECG
49
Lay eggs, as fish : SPAWN
51
"Still I ___" (Maya Angelou poem) : RISE
52
What banana bread is often baked in : LOAFPAN
54
Ambassador's aide : ATTACHE
57
Food brand with a rabbit mascot : ANNIES
58
Ropes in : LASSOES
59
Cornerstone abbr. : ESTD
60
"Doesn't matter which" : ANY
61
Show that Cicely Tyson became the first Black woman to host in '79 : SNL
Down
1
Education grp. : PTA
2
Academic achievements : DEGREES
3
Doesn't allow : FORBIDS
4
Western bloc since '93 : THEEU
5
Member of an Australian "mob," colloquially : ROO
6
Strong desires : YENS
7
Section of a kid's store, perhaps : TOYS
8
Director DuVernay : AVA
9
Available, as an apartment : FORRENT
10
Brimming (with) : TEEMING
12
Gives a grilling : SEARS
13
___ James, ABC's first Black "Bachelor" : MATT
14
Nature-centric channel, familiarly : NATGEO
16
Target of a heist : BANKSAFE
19
Light entertainment? : LASERSHOW
21
Amazon predator : BOA
22
Food brand with a rabbit mascot : TRIX
24
Two in a row? : FOES
27
Iconic declaration from Bruce Wayne : IMBATMAN
28
Initialism before an online summary : TLDR
30
___ Maar, muse of Pablo Picasso : DORA
32
"Come" and "Don't come," at a craps table : BETS
33
What electrolytes contain : IONS
34
Spanish grandmother : ABUELA
35
Chosen to do without : FORGONE
36
Ends of a homemade walkie-talkie : TINCANS
38
Swindles : FLEECES
39
Add evenly, as a marinade : BRUSHON
40
Platform whose exploitation is called "jailbreaking," for short : IOS
43
Some athletic sneakers : AVIAS
45
Popular brews : IPAS
47
Chichi : ARTSY
49
Floored it : SPED
50
Disney lion voiced by Beyoncé : NALA
53
Fashionable look, in lingo : FIT
55
Color of coffee ice cream : TAN
56
Subj. for a nonnative speaker : ESL

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

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