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New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 2024

Author:
Garrett Chalfin
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
45-Across : Lao-___
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108/1/20225/18/20254
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Garrett Chalfin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Chalfin. Grid flow: 33.1 Thursday freshness: 7%
Jim Horne notes:

Per 62-Across, shaded inside words must be moved outside (to the front) of the remaining letters to match the clues.

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© 2024, The New York Times12/5/24 ( No. 27,421 )
Across
1
They're checked before a show : MICS
5
"I wasn't finished ..." : ALSO
9
Does programming work : CODES
14
Mate's call : AHOY
15
Setting for the 2019 comedy "Wine Country" : NAPA
16
"La Forza del Destino," for one : OPERA
17
Past issues to settle : OLDSCORES
19
Drawing on : USING
20
Moxie : SPUNK
21
Out of this world : ALIEN
23
Singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills" : SIA
24
What Monday meals might lack : MEAT
26
Places in the pecking order : STATUSES
28
Nickname for N.B.A. great Nate Archibald (he was actually 6'1") : TINY
30
Sickly-looking : WAN
32
Gear tooth : COG
33
Melber on MSNBC : ARI
34
Tight curl : KINK
35
___ Drafthouse (movie theater chain) : ALAMO
38
Big bash : SHINDIG
40
Breaking down grammatically : PARSING
42
Small earrings : STUDS
43
Elaborate hairstyle : COIF
44
Org. with the sculpture "Kryptos" outside its headquarters : CIA
45
Lao-___ : TSE
46
Symbol of obstinacy : ASS
47
___ district, feature of many an urban area : ARTS
48
Like much movie theater popcorn : BUTTERED
52
Not for here : TOGO
54
Atop, quaintly : OER
55
To date : ASYET
57
Rapper who founded Aftermath Entertainment : DRDRE
60
Big name in dental floss : ORALB
62
Pixar film whose title suggests how to read five answers in this puzzle : INSIDEOUT
64
Course concluder : FINAL
65
Org. with conferences : NCAA
66
Name on Canadian pumps : ESSO
67
Marsh plant : SEDGE
68
Starting point : GERM
69
Word before a time stamp in direct messaging : SEEN
Down
1
Raincoats, in England : MACS
2
Chain restaurant whose name sounds like something a rabbit might say? : IHOP
3
Important post at the Post : COLUMNIST
4
Largest city on the Tasman Sea : SYDNEY
5
12 meses : ANO
6
Dr. Zhivago's love : LARA
7
Go caving : SPELUNK
8
Fertile refuge : OASIS
9
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" villain : COUNTOLAF
10
Missions, in brief : OPS
11
Voltaire or Leibniz, religiously speaking : DEIST
12
One of a pair of mismatched friends on "Sesame Street" : ERNIE
13
Long stories : SAGAS
18
___ punk (hybrid music genre) : SKA
22
Like many romance novels : ESCAPIST
25
Matching pullover-and-cardigan pairs : TWINSETS
27
Food thickener : AGAR
28
Bit : TAD
29
Flower that gets its name from the Greek word for "rainbow" : IRIS
31
Director Lee : ANG
34
No place for fine china : KIDSTABLE
36
Small amount of LSD, e.g. : MICRODOSE
37
"Sure thing, boss!" : ONIT
39
Native Rwandan : HUTU
40
"Help wanted" sign? : SOS
41
Hefty expense for an R.V. trip : GAS
43
Pace : CADENCE
47
Matches (with) : AGREES
48
They've got you covered : ROOFS
49
Like the feeling of déjà vu : EERIE
50
Apple or BlackBerry : BRAND
51
Looking over : EYING
53
Out of the ordinary : ODD
56
Onetime Kremlin ruler : TSAR
58
Trick : RUSE
59
College where 20 prime ministers were educated : ETON
61
Fall behind : LAG
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First (and last) two words of "Green Eggs and Ham" : IAM

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