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New York Times, Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Author:
Jeffrey Lease
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Took the lead
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Jeffrey Lease

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQX} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Lease. Grid flow: 29.3 Wednesday freshness: 29%
Jim Horne notes:

It's been 5 years since the last connect-the-dots alphabetically crossword. You can see the complete list here.

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M
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T
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V
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A
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P
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L
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O
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M
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B
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Z
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A
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O
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B
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N
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C
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C
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W
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© 2024, The New York Times10/9/24 ( No. 27,364 )
Across
1
"RuPaul's Drag Race" airer : MTV
4
Self-assurance : APLOMB
10
Letter that's sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last : ZETA
14
"I'm on vacation" email inits. : OOO
15
High-end German car, casually : BEEMER
16
Dwarf planet with the largest mass : ERIS
17
Fanatic : NUT
18
Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across : CAMERAFLASH
20
Coffee order specification : ICED
22
Like Igor's posture : HUNCHED
23
N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across : CHARGERS
25
Relish : LAPUP
29
Arm of the Mediterranean : AEGEAN
30
Lick ... or slick : WET
32
Game whose name is shouted : UNO
33
Episode interruptions : ADS
34
Hitch : SNAG
36
Buy and then quickly sell : FLIP
37
What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A : LIGHTNINGBOLT
40
Port, for one : WINE
41
Far from friendly : COLD
42
Poetic praise : ODE
43
"___ So Fine" (1963 #1 hit) : HES
44
Deli order : SUB
45
Houses : ABODES
48
Ready to be drawn, perhaps : ONTAP
50
Drink with a 37-Across in its logo : GATORADE
52
Shield : PROTECT
55
Muslim denomination : SHIA
56
Character with a 37-Across on his forehead : HARRYPOTTER
60
Counterpart of flow : EBB
61
[Gasp!] : OHNO
62
Tangle : ENMESH
63
Drink aptly found within "social event" : ALE
64
Tikka masala go-with : NAAN
65
Don't have a choice : NEEDTO
66
Dead end? : DEE
Down
1
Friend on "Friends" : MONICA
2
"Fair point!" : TOUCHE
3
Ixnay : VOTEAGAINST
4
Jackson 5 song that begins "You went to school to learn, girl" : ABC
5
Bird with a showy mate : PEAHEN
6
Madagascar mammal : LEMUR
7
Portentous signs : OMENS
8
Soldier for hire, in brief : MERC
9
Surfer dude : BRAH
10
Princess of Nintendo games : ZELDA
11
Queen Victoria has one named for her : ERA
12
"___ the Voice of the Lobster" (Lewis Carroll poem) : TIS
13
Pale wood : ASH
19
Fedora fabric : FELT
21
Coat, as with flour : DREDGE
24
This is a deep cut : GASH
26
Took the lead : PULLEDAHEAD
27
Squadron, e.g. : UNIT
28
Grammy category : POP
30
What might be out for a spell? : WAND
31
French toast ingredient : EGG
34
Haughty sort : SNOB
35
Naught : NIL
36
Big name in tourism guides : FODORS
37
Concern when transferring a title deed : LIEN
38
The Horned Frogs of the N.C.A.A. : TCU
39
Common clown name : BOBO
40
"Doctor ___" : WHO
44
Agile : SPRY
45
Certify : ATTEST
46
Pot brownie, e.g. : EDIBLE
47
Naval engineer : SEABEE
49
Kitchen cover-up : APRON
50
"Catch my drift?" : GETME
51
Was part of a series, say : ACTED
53
Neon sign word : OPEN
54
Soften, with "down" : TONE
56
Sweetie : HON
57
"I've got it!" : AHA
58
Molecule involved in protein synthesis : RNA
59
Greek consonant : RHO

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

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