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New York Times, Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Author:
Meredith Colton Hazy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : Blunder
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Meredith Colton Hazy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Hazy. Wednesday freshness: 90%
Meredith Colton Hazy notes:
When I was making this puzzle, I thought back to elementary school and remembered a worksheet I had done in my third-grade class (hi ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
NIFTY gridwork, especially for 1.) a debut, and 2.) a tricky layout. Working with stacked themers is rarely easy, and four sets make ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times2/2/22 ( No. 26,384 )
Across
1
Basis of a trivia question : FACT
5
Selects from various places : CULLS
10
Main component of soapstone : TALC
14
Party with poi and poke : LUAU
15
Threat to the Allies in W.W. II : UBOAT
16
Brouhahas : ADOS
17
Website links : URLS
18
With 20-Across, goes to great lengths : BENDS
19
Party giver : HOST
20
See 18-Across : BACKWARDS
22
Roll of fabric : BOLT
23
More reasonable : SANER
24
Bottom-first birth position : BREECH
26
"Scram!" : GIT
29
One in peak singing condition? : YODELER
31
Saint, in Portuguese : SAO
32
Pull a fast ___ : ONEON
34
Solidify, as Jell-O : SET
35
With 39-Across, superior : ACUT
36
See 41-Across : THEBELT
39
See 35-Across : THEREST
41
With 36-Across, plays dirty : HITS
42
"Impressive!" : OOH
44
Actress Zellweger : RENEE
45
"The price is negotiable," in classified ads : OBO
46
What might display a little spirit? : MINIBAR
49
Airport inits. : TSA
50
Prominent Venetian Renaissance painter : TITIAN
52
Particle binding quarks together : GLUON
54
Like some tales : TALL
55
See 60-Across : THEBRIDGE
59
Isolate, in modern lingo : SILO
60
With 55-Across, no longer an issue : WATER
61
Discovery : FIND
62
Notable nights : EVES
63
Wear away : ERODE
64
It might come with breakfast in bed : TRAY
65
Lead-in to wolf : WERE
66
___-turvy : TOPSY
67
Sources for longbow wood : YEWS
Down
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Blunder : FLUB
2
Emanation : AURA
3
Class with integrals, for short : CALC
4
Walrus weapons : TUSKS
5
Sandwich invented in Florida, despite what its name suggests : CUBANO
6
Took a car, in a way : UBERED
7
La capital de Inglaterra : LONDRES
8
Fellas : LADS
9
Crosswalks cross them: Abbr. : STS
10
Vehicle named after a lake : TAHOE
11
One between 10 and 20, say : ADOLESCENT
12
They're hopeless : LOSTCAUSES
13
Winter hrs. in New Orleans : CST
21
Surname of Batman, by day : WAYNE
22
Cold comment? : BRR
24
Piano-playing sister in "Little Women" : BETH
25
Something brewing : HOTTEA
26
Went on a lucky streak : GOTHOT
27
Constraining : INHIBITIVE
28
Abstainer from alcohol : TEETOTALER
30
Tennis call : LET
33
C-section performers : OBS
35
"So there you ___!" : ARE
37
Pork order : LOIN
38
Boatload : TON
40
Blunder : ERROR
43
Style of sneaker : HIGHTOP
46
Bad, in French : MAL
47
Demands blackmail from : BLEEDS
48
___ Beardsley, 19th-century English illustrator : AUBREY
51
Words of concession : ILOSE
53
Dandy : NIFTY
55
Popular boba flavor : TARO
56
Grim : DIRE
57
Chew (on) : GNAW
58
Brand name in the freezer : EDYS
59
Do a bit of tailoring : SEW
60
Rainy : WET

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

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