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New York Times, Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Cheng. Tuesday freshness: 14%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/30/24 ( No. 27,111 )
Across
1
Fitzgerald with nine recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame : ELLA
5
Frat dudes : BROS
9
"At Last" singer James : ETTA
13
Toss-up at a football game? : COIN
14
Manga genre involving giant robots : MECHA
16
___ well done (good work) : AJOB
17
Is sound in principle : HOLDSWATER
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Yellowfin or albacore : TUNA
20
Poker variant that, despite its name, did not originate in Nebraska : OMAHA
21
Stately trees : ELMS
23
Turner in a historic rebellion : NAT
24
Weaponry on wheels : COMBATVEHICLE
28
Gradually withdraw (from) : WEAN
29
Pronouncement : EDICT
30
Div. in the N.H.L.'s Eastern Conference : ATL
33
"___ a date!" : ITS
35
Sound coming from a bay? : NEIGH
38
Plummets precipitously : DROPSLIKEASTONE
43
Singer Washington with three recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame : DINAH
44
Cry after being shocked : YOW
45
Woman with a habit : NUN
46
Doolittle of "My Fair Lady" : ELIZA
49
Bourbon order specification : NEAT
52
Garment that may have spaghetti straps : SLEEVELESSTOP
56
Lead-in to pod : PEA
57
From : ASOF
58
Simpleton : IDIOT
61
What might be found in nesting boxes : EGGS
63
Bodies of advisory experts … or, when reinterpreted as an imperative, a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across : THINKTANKS
66
Sly trick : WILE
67
Witch trials town : SALEM
68
Termite-resistant hardwood : TEAK
69
Gumbo or goulash : STEW
70
Solidifies : SETS
71
"Scooping since 1928" brand : EDYS
Down
1
Fading repetition : ECHO
2
Weaving machine : LOOM
3
Shade close to lavender : LILAC
4
"That's for sure!" : ANDHOW
5
X Series carmaker : BMW
6
Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
7
Four duos : OCTET
8
Put aside for a while : SHELVE
9
Gobble : EAT
10
Three-way road layout : TJUNCTION
11
Not musically dissonant, say : TONAL
12
Lessen : ABATE
15
Packing heat : ARMED
18
"Ditto" : SAME
22
Padded parts in soccer : SHINS
25
Something a person in jail might make : BAIL
26
Not for : ANTI
27
Rapper/actor on "Law & Order: SVU" : ICET
30
Make sense, with "up" : ADD
31
Lead-in to -pod : TRI
32
High-flying metaphor for independence : LONEEAGLE
34
___-high : SKY
36
Ungulate found backward in "ungulate" : GNU
37
Layer of 61-Across : HEN
39
Washed out : PALE
40
Hindu god of destruction : SHIVA
41
Galactic time spans : EONS
42
Really impresses : AWES
47
Citrus peel scrapings : ZESTS
48
They may come with big waves in Waikiki : ALOHAS
50
"Look ___ this way …" : ATIT
51
Until now : TODATE
52
Gushes : SPEWS
53
On the up and up : LEGIT
54
Taxpaying option : EFILE
55
Yearned (for) : PINED
59
What a check mark may signify : OKAY
60
Disapproving tongue clicks : TSKS
62
Work with thread : SEW
64
Souvenir for a basketball team : NET
65
E.U. distance units : KMS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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