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New York Times, Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Author:
Brad Wiegmann
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Broncos and Explorers
TotalDebutLatest
92/28/20218/22/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.594542%
Brad Wiegmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Wiegmann. Wednesday freshness: 52%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/6/24 ( No. 27,147 )
Across
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Lead-in to box or bug : PILL
5
Encumbers, with "down" : BOGS
9
Gooey sandwiches, informally : PBJS
13
Weapon whose name has two accents : EPEE
14
Lighthearted refrain : TRALA
15
Surface calculation : AREA
16
Popular videoconferencing app : ZOOM
17
Machu Picchu visitor, say : HIKER
18
Knitter's stitch : PURL
19
Nicholson and Nicklaus, e.g.? : ONEEYEDJACKS
22
Persephone's lover : ADONIS
25
"Next one's on me" : IOWEYA
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Soren Kierkegaard and Chris Isaak, e.g.? : DOUBLEAGENTS
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Little bits : IOTAS
31
Kaput : DONE
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"NCIS" airer : CBS
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Qatari dignitary : EMIR
36
Broncos and Explorers : FORDS
37
Who might call French fries "chips" : BRIT
38
"Oh, what's the ___?" : USE
39
Constellation named for a mythical ship : ARGO
40
Overworked : TRITE
41
Percy Bysshe Shelley and Billy Ray Cyrus, e.g.? : THREEWISEMEN
44
Second number on a pants tag : INSEAM
47
Least experienced : RAWEST
48
Henry the Eighth and Hubert H. Humphrey, e.g.? : FOURHLEADERS
52
Stadium sounds : OLES
53
New wing, say : ADDON
54
Frog transformer : KISS
58
Club soda garnish : LIME
59
Dorothy, to Em : NIECE
60
Something to bat around : IDEA
61
The yearling in the 1939 Pulitzer winner "The Yearling," e.g. : DEER
62
Receptionist's spot : DESK
63
Bar that gets smaller and smaller : SOAP
Down
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Candy whose name derives from the German "Pfefferminz" : PEZ
2
Airbnb had one in 2020, for short : IPO
3
Certain fire sign : LEO
4
Tart treat : LEMONBAR
5
Cheese with a white rind : BRIE
6
Like wine aged in casks : OAKY
7
Sheer delight : GLEE
8
Fish thought to be named after a region in Italy : SARDINES
9
Relatives of custard apples : PAPAWS
10
The Boss, familiarly : BRUCE
11
Snack whose name comes from the Quechua for "dried meat" : JERKY
12
Chip dip : SALSA
14
"If ___ walls could talk ..." : THESE
20
Zeros, in soccer : NILS
21
Little bit : JOT
22
Seine send-off : ADIEU
23
Unhappy fates : DOOMS
24
Convex navel : OUTIE
27
Be nuts about : ADORE
28
Pig out : GORGE
29
Provide resources for : ENDOW
32
Word before ring or after true : CRIME
33
Snacks : BITES
34
Cardiologist's insert : STENT
36
Most of Nebraska : FARMLAND
37
Rathskeller offerings, informally : BREWSKIS
40
Target of a 1917 uprising : TSAR
41
More succinct : TERSER
42
Taunting laugh : HAH
43
Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped : IRENE
44
Poker declaration : IFOLD
45
"I kid you not!" : NOLIE
46
"Sorry, not sorry" : SUEME
49
Falco of "Nurse Jackie" : EDIE
50
Some summer libations : ADES
51
Berth place : DOCK
55
Wedding words : IDO
56
Domain of SpongeBob SquarePants : SEA
57
Sticky stuff : SAP

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

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