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New York Times, Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Author:
Dan Harris
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
It might be made short
TotalDebut
111/3/2021
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Dan Harris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Harris. Wednesday freshness: 98%
Dan Harris notes:
I've had a draft of this puzzle lying around since 2015, and while cooped up at home last year, I decided to dust it off. With fresh ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Will Shortz takes few "both words can follow X" themes these days, so it takes an exceptional execution to make one stand out from the ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/3/21 ( No. 26,293 )
Across
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Popular gem-matching app game : BEJEWELED
10
Names as a source : CITES
15
Disney theme park designer : IMAGINEER
16
___-garde : AVANT
17
It might be made short : LONGSTORY
18
"The Jeffersons" actress Gibbs : MARLA
19
Hebrew letter that also names a part of the body : SHIN
20
Icy Hot competitor : BENGAY
21
Ball caller : UMP
24
Shortcuts : TIMESAVERS
27
Joie de vivre : GAIETY
30
Graph line : AXIS
31
___ Fridays : TGI
32
Grind, as teeth : GNASH
33
Multicolored : PIED
34
Battle of Normandy city : CAEN
35
Paper to fill out when asserting a claim : INSURANCEFORM
38
Fraternal letters : BPOE
39
Devices that criminals attack through "jackpotting" : ATMS
40
Advance slowly : CREEP
42
Schwarzenegger's birthplace: Abbr. : AUS
43
Western ski resort that doesn't allow snowboarding : ALTA
44
A whole lot : OCEANS
45
Pedigrees : BLOODLINES
48
Piggery : STY
49
Noted anonymous street artist : BANKSY
50
Dec. 25 : XMAS
53
Video Pinball maker : ATARI
54
The great beyond ... or where each word in 17-, 24-, 35- and 45-Across might be found? : AFTERLIFE
59
Implied : GOTAT
60
Increasingly outmoded circus role : LIONTAMER
61
Make changes to the board : ERASE
62
Ire : ILLTEMPER
Down
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___ Keane, "The Family Circus" cartoonist : BIL
2
___ rap (music subgenre) : EMO
3
One of the Brady Bunch : JAN
4
Scrambled order : EGGS
5
What accompanies tossing a coin into a fountain : WISH
6
Thing : ENTITY
7
Téa of TV : LEONI
8
Always, poetically : EER
9
"I'll wash, you ___" : DRY
10
Arrived dressed up like : CAMEAS
11
Joint czar with Peter I : IVANV
12
Places to focus on : TARGETAREAS
13
Photo lab request : ENLARGEMENT
14
Has a quiet night, perhaps : STAYSIN
20
Second song of a single : BSIDE
21
Boot lined with sheepskin : UGG
22
Puller of strings : MANIPULATOR
23
One of 32 by Beethoven : PIANOSONATA
25
Go-to guy : MAINMAN
26
Suits : EXECS
28
Agere sequitur ___ ("action follows being": Lat.) : ESSE
29
Tue. plus two : THU
33
LaBelle or LuPone : PATTI
34
Fitness center? : CORE
36
Bounce back : RALLY
37
I.S.P. regulator : FCC
38
Charles who helped invent the mechanical computer : BABBAGE
41
"Gangnam Style" rapper : PSY
43
Pop-up business? : ADSITE
44
Hollywood's Haley Joel : OSMENT
46
Gumbo vegetables : OKRAS
47
Glorify : EXTOL
51
Museo works : ARTE
52
Bang shut : SLAM
54
Comedian Wong : ALI
55
Chick-___-A : FIL
56
Little fiend : IMP
57
Downside of checking a bag : FEE
58
Goof : ERR

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

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