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New York Times, Thursday, February 3, 2022

Author:
Adam Wagner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : Nonunion?
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Adam Wagner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Wagner. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Thursday freshness: 53%
Adam Wagner notes:
A few years ago my wife Anna made cake pops for my birthday. When I asked how the heck she made such perfect, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I SLUMPED from being STUMPED but quickly went from WTF? to FTW! How could [Key lime] possibly be MOMENT OF TRUTH? Doubly fun to ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

This Thursday CROSS THE T'S theme is a companion piece to the following Thursday's DOT THE I'S.

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© 2022, The New York Times2/3/22 ( No. 26,385 )
Across
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Aid in woodworking : ADZ
4
Having excessive pride : SMUG
8
Neighbor of Francia : ESPANA
14
Chinese "way" : TAO
15
Primo : AONE
16
Where a sleeping bag may be found : TEACUP
17
Spokeswoman in Progressive insurance ads : FLO
18
Warm coals : DOWNJACKETS
20
Shakespearean fool : IAMB
22
Pop singer Jason : DERULO
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4G ___ (phone norm) : LTE
24
Springs (from) : RISES
26
Arnaz of 1950s comedy : DESI
27
Sunbeams : RAYS
28
Hurried home, in a way : SLIDIN
30
Beverage brand whose name means "fresh" in Hindi : TAZO
32
Go for bronze? : TAN
33
Walls in a cinema : NAOMI
36
Squeaks (by) : EKES
39
Key lime : MOMENTOFTRUTH
42
Over again : ANEW
43
Moviemaker Miyazaki : HAYAO
44
Homophone of a synonym for "obey" : HED
46
Big Board org. : NYSE
48
Skunk marking : STRIPE
50
1942 romance movie heroine : ILSA
53
Preceder of Romeo or Bravo : ALFA
56
Whoop-de-do : HOOHA
57
"Kidding!" : NOT
58
"Good enough" : ITLLDO
60
Paper view? : OPED
61
Proofreader's reminder ... or some advice for finishing here? : CROSSYOURTS
64
Agcy. making lax regs : IRS
65
One who makes bail, perhaps : ANGLER
66
Buggy app version, maybe : BETA
67
Drink suffix : ADE
68
Acquiesce : SAYYES
69
Primer dog : SPOT
70
Org. Edward Snowden once worked for : NSA
Down
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Before knowing more : ATFIRST
2
One for whom libel is a major issue : DALAILAMA
3
Magnifies, in a way : ZOOMSINON
4
Hurl, say : SAD
5
Kind of ring or music : MOOD
6
Nonunion? : UNWED
7
Sci-fi or romance : GENRE
8
And so on : ETALIA
9
Dry, as a vino : SECO
10
Afg. neighbor : PAK
11
Express service since 2000 : ACELA
12
Harebrained : NUTTY
13
Church areas : APSES
19
Provide a good reason for : JUSTIFY
21
King or queen : BED
25
Fibrous : SINEWY
27
IV device found in many homes nowadays : ROKU
29
Grandma, in Cambridge : NAN
31
Beginning of an ordered sequence : ZEROTH
34
Game whose board is an 8x8 grid : OTHELLO
35
Big bygone bird : MOA
37
Addis Ababa denizen : ETHIOPIAN
38
Goal keepers' kin : SHEPHERDS
40
Suvari of "American Pie" : MENA
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Profs' aides : TAS
45
Some of Jordan's border : DEADSEA
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Companions of Dionysus : SATYRS
49
Offspring of Kanga : ROO
50
Quechua speakers : INCAS
51
"___ Doone" : LORNA
52
Cheap cigar : STOGY
54
Messes up : FLUBS
55
"Mad Men" worker, in brief : ADREP
58
"Hmm ..." : ISEE
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Prussia's ___ von Bismarck : OTTO
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Foxy : SLY
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Squalled, say : SAT

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

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