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New York Times, Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Author:
John-Clark Levin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Down : 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi movie whose title means "to the stars"
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John-Clark Levin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQUVXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Levin. Grid flow: 11.6 Wednesday freshness: 6%
Jim Horne notes:

You can see all the crosswords with enlarged cells.

PS. As you can see, I guessed wrong. The puzzle, as published, has repeated normal-size squares.

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© 2024, The New York Times1/24/24 ( No. 27,105 )
Across
1
Some water bearers : MAINS
6
"M*A*S*H" co-star Alan : ALDA
10
Dressed : CLAD
14
"Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom) : ALLIE
15
Tandoori chicken accompaniment : NAAN
16
"In time we ___ that which we often fear": Shak. : HATE
17
First American to orbit the earth : GLENN
19
Littlest speck : IOTA
20
Born : NEE
21
Flinch, say : REACT
22
Made a choice : OPTED
23
Fancy "so" : ERGO
25
Selma march leader who served 17 terms in Congress : LEWIS
27
Pageant prize : TIARA
29
Not learned : INNATE
30
Introductory course? : SALAD
31
Throws in : ADDS
34
Its HQ is sometimes called "Crypto City" : NSA
35
Winter underwear ... or what appear four times in this puzzle : LONGJOHNS
39
"Eureka!" : AHA
42
Damage, so to speak : COST
43
Football penalty markers : FLAGS
47
"Gracias!" response : DENADA
50
With 63-Down, boxer who retired undefeated in 2007 : LAILA
51
Only U.S. president elected under the Federalist Party : ADAMS
56
Event with a royal court : PROM
57
Barber's razor sharpener : STROP
58
Talk to shrilly : YAPAT
60
Dawg : BRO
61
Norse god portrayed in film by Chris Hemsworth : THOR
62
Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls : ELWAY
64
Bridle strap : REIN
65
"The Clan of the Cave Bear" heroine : AYLA
66
"How about that!" : ILLBE
67
Logical operators that output "true" only if both inputs are true : ANDS
68
Dry run : TEST
69
Like many bathroom floors : TILED
Down
1
Refrigerator decorations : MAGNETS
2
Largest country in Africa : ALGERIA
3
Bootleg, e.g. : ILLEGAL
4
Goose egg : NIL
5
Oracle : SEER
6
Yearly record : ANNAL
7
Jousting weapon : LANCE
8
Italian poet who wrote "Nature is the art of God" : DANTE
9
___ Taylor : ANN
10
Contribute : CHIPIN
11
Like some Hmong : LAOTIAN
12
Bears witness : ATTESTS
13
Its shores have the lowest land-based elevation on Earth : DEADSEA
18
Fish with "snowflake" and "sawtooth" varieties : EEL
22
Have title to : OWN
24
Unwritten : ORAL
26
One might be made on a birthday : WISH
28
Kerfuffle : ADO
31
In the past : AGO
32
CD players? : DJS
33
. : DOT
36
Sports org. with more than a thousand members : NCAA
37
Sports org. in which five members have bird names : NFL
38
*How rude!* : SLAP
39
2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi movie whose title means "to the stars" : ADASTRA
40
Pagan : HEATHEN
41
iOS alternative : ANDROID
44
Court failure : AIRBALL
45
"Hallelujah!" : GLORYBE
46
Siberian sled dog : SAMOYED
48
Decorates : ADORNS
49
Fist bump : DAP
52
"Baloney!" : MYEYE
53
Busy places at Christmas : MALLS
54
Food fight sound effect : SPLAT
55
Old saying : SAW
59
Nincompoop : TWIT
62
Make a fast stop? : EAT
63
See 50-Across : ALI

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