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New York Times, Thursday, November 28, 2024

Author:
Ricky J. Sirois
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Delivery person?
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311/27/202311/28/2024
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Ricky J. Sirois

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Sirois. Thursday freshness: 96%
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C
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H
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A
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SUB
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SUB
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P
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SHORT
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HAY
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HAY
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M
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B
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SMOKE
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© 2024, The New York Times11/28/24 ( No. 27,414 )
Across
1
Run down : CHASE
6
"Then again," in texts : OTOH
10
"Abbott Elementary" principal : AVA
13
Nutrient-rich soil component : HUMUS
14
Negative : SUBZERO
15
Editorial notation for an error : SIC
16
Opt : ELECT
17
Considerable : SUBSTANTIVE
19
Common order at a hoagie shop : TURKEYSUB
21
Beyond the pale : TOOFAR
22
British designer Crawford awarded a C.B.E. in 2021 : ILSE
23
Embellish : ADORN
25
Clip : PACE
27
It might be mashed (in more ways than one!) : TATER
29
Grandiose : EPIC
33
Legal org. : ABA
34
8 or 9, in a golf bag : SHORTIRON
35
Haunted ___ (Halloween activity) : HAYRIDE
36
Doesn't have enough : RUNSSHORT
38
Grammy, in Germany : OMA
39
Bumpkin : HAYSEED
40
Slam on the brakes : STOPSHORT
41
Capitalized on an opportunity : MADEHAY
43
Actor Daniel ___ Kim : DAE
44
Canadian fuel brand : ESSO
45
Hackneyed : BANAL
46
Figs. counted in some diets : CALS
47
Praiseful poet : ODIST
49
Supermarket section : MEAT
51
Old Glory : USFLAG
54
Ruse designed to disguise : SMOKESCREEN
57
Amounts to nothing, as a plan : GOESUPINSMOKE
60
"Key ___ " (Bogart movie) : LARGO
61
R&B icon Rawls : LOU
62
Ask for someone else's cig : BUMASMOKE
63
Natural dos : AFROS
64
Since January 1: Abbr. : YTD
65
French, in England : SNOG
66
Saw points : TEETH
Down
1
Jazz great Baker : CHET
2
Streaming giant : HULU
3
Some coffee orders : AMERICANOS
4
Feed like a baby : SUCKLE
5
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
6
Abbr. in a birth announcement : OZS
7
Vietnamese New Year : TET
8
Delivery person? : ORATOR
9
Uprightness : HONOR
10
"You wish!" : ASIF
11
"___ Las Vegas" : VIVA
12
Big name in laptops : ACER
14
Digital newsletter platform : SUBSTACK
18
Color printer supplies : TONERS
20
Mythological creature with origins in Sherpa folklore : YETI
23
Hanna-Barbera character who co-starred with Secret Squirrel : ATOMANT
24
Response to "Gracias" : DENADA
25
Examine in great detail, as a text : PARSE
26
Is adjacent to : ABUTS
28
Bakery byproducts : AROMAS
30
Home away from home : PIEDATERRE
31
Best possible : IDEAL
32
Yields : CEDES
34
Pancake order : SHORTSTACK
35
Place to find a needle, maybe : HAYSTACK
37
Winds : SPOOLS
42
Trees along the National Mall : ELMS
45
'90s rapper with the hit "Still Not a Player" : BIGPUN
46
Pitcher for the reds? : CARAFE
48
Applies carelessly, as paint : DAUBS
50
Flamboyant display : ECLAT
51
Like many Christmas sweaters : UGLY
52
Flue residue : SOOT
53
Longstanding rivalry : FEUD
54
Factory chimney : SMOKESTACK
55
Showbiz awards acronym : EGOT
56
Nibble : NOSH
58
Qualifying abbreviation : IMO
59
Bug : NAG

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

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