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New York Times, Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Author:
Jill Singer
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Linguistic "stems"
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Jill Singer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Singer. Wednesday freshness: 57%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/27/24 ( No. 27,413 )
Across
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Long : ACHE
5
Member of an 1800s literary family : ANNE
9
Handy expressions? : CLAPS
14
"Justice League of America," e.g. : COMICBOOK
16
Possesses a certain je ne sais quoi : HASIT
17
Member of an 1800s literary family : CHARLOTTE
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Member of an 1800s literary family : EMILY
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Check for errors, perhaps : REREAD
20
Key to close a window : ESC
22
Part of I.P.A. : PALE
23
A little buggy? : ANT
24
Pump selection: Abbr. : REG
26
@@@ : ATS
28
Rose Bowl city : PASADENA
31
Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence : ICU
34
Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak : HOPE
37
Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography : TORTOISES
39
Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle : THETHREESISTERS
42
Home to horned vipers and deathstalker scorpions : THESAHARA
43
Scorch : SEAR
44
Hold (down) : PIN
45
Member of a 2000s showbiz family : KOURTNEY
48
___ Quentin, Calif. : SAN
49
Meditative discipline : ZEN
50
Member of a 2000s showbiz family : KIM
53
Too easy (on) : SOFT
56
Long time : EON
59
Singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music" : SELENA
61
Member of a 2000s showbiz family : KHLOE
63
Linguistic "stems" : ROOTWORDS
65
In an online convo, perhaps : IMING
66
Clever person : BELESPRIT
67
Universal donor's classification : TYPEO
68
Flexible Flyer, for one : SLED
69
Good-looking couple? : EYES
Down
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African city that's home to the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre : ACCRA
2
Poet Leonard : COHEN
3
"Crying in ___," best-selling memoir of 2021 : HMART
4
Gaelic homeland : EIRE
5
Dwellings : ABODES
6
"___ on your life!" : NOT
7
Pay attention to : NOTE
8
Barely gets (by) : EKES
9
Fidel's longtime lieutenant : CHE
10
Things found by reading chairs : LAMPS
11
Home of the highest and lowest points on the earth's surface : ASIA
12
Party pooper : PILL
13
Eye malady : STYE
15
Composer Schumann : CLARA
21
Final two words of "Over the Rainbow" : CANTI
25
Patisserie purchase : GATEAU
27
Southwest ski resort with lifts up to 12,450 feet : TAOS
28
Ball pythons, at times : PETS
29
Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony : DOERR
30
Fake : ERSATZ
31
"Understood" : ISEE
32
Michael who played Allan in "Barbie" : CERA
33
Home to Leningrad, for short : USSR
34
Link prefix : HTTP
35
"Fancy meeting you here!" : OHHI
36
Hammer's end : PEEN
38
First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small" : ITSY
40
Maori ceremonial dance : HAKA
41
River that provides the largest inflow into the Mediterranean : RHONE
46
Fit together : NESTED
47
Celebrity gossip show : ENEWS
48
14-pound unit : STONE
50
Former presidential candidate who served as Biden's climate envoy : KERRY
51
Not mainstream : INDIE
52
Ship poles : MASTS
53
Short routine : SKIT
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"Goodness gracious!" : OHMY
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Do a grillmaster's job : FLIP
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69-Across, poetically : ORBS
58
Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart) : NOEL
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Effortless stride : LOPE
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One's self : EGO
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Flamenco cry : OLE

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

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