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New York Times, Thursday, April 11, 2024

Author:
Dan Caprera
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Slicing and dicing, say
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Dan Caprera

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QWXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Caprera. Thursday freshness: 13%
Jim Horne notes:

The "secret" letters spell PASSAGES.

1
F
2
O
3
O
4
D
5
R
6
E
7
P
8
R
9
A
10
T
11
I
12
O
13
N
14
A
N
N
O
15
I
N
A
16
U
N
A
B
L
E
17
L
I
C
E
18
O
L
I
19
V
E
T
R
E
E
S
20
C
O
U
R
21
T
22
I
D
E
23
E
A
T
S
24
O
N
E
S
I
25
E
S
26
I
27
D
S
28
R
E
T
29
I
N
A
30
S
31
T
32
A
33
B
34
F
35
O
36
R
37
S
A
K
E
N
38
S
39
C
A
R
C
E
40
A
L
O
U
D
41
D
A
42
P
43
A
G
I
N
G
44
S
E
C
R
E
45
T
46
P
A
47
S
S
A
G
E
S
48
T
O
K
E
49
I
50
N
T
R
O
S
51
J
L
O
52
E
N
I
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G
54
M
55
A
56
S
57
M
58
A
59
N
E
60
T
61
I
N
62
S
H
A
R
K
63
P
O
L
O
S
64
H
I
R
T
65
S
66
O
R
G
Y
67
C
O
A
R
S
E
68
M
A
E
69
S
L
O
P
70
P
R
I
M
E
R
71
A
L
E
72
T
A
T
E
© 2024, The New York Times4/11/24 ( No. 27,183 )
Across
1
Slicing and dicing, say : FOODPREPARATION
5
Training unit : REP
8
Share of the supply : RATION
14
Italian for "year" : ANNO
15
___ word : INA
16
Lacking the wherewithal : UNABLE
17
Head-scratchers? : LICE
18
Subjects in a series of van Gogh landscape paintings : OLIVETREES
20
Pricey basketball tickets : COURTSIDESEATS
22
Ending with fluor- or chlor- : IDE
23
Serious ___ (popular cooking blog) : EATS
24
Some baby shower gifts : ONESIES
26
Self images? : IDS
28
Modern scanning target : RETINA
30
Something to take when you're in the dark : STAB
34
Abandoned : FORSAKEN
38
Rare : SCARCE
40
Not in one's head, say : ALOUD
41
Alternative to a handshake : DAP
43
Vintner's concern : AGING
44
With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle : SECRET
46
See 44-Across : PASSAGES
48
Take a hit : TOKE
49
Good hosts make them : INTROS
51
"This is Me ... Now" singer, familiarly : JLO
52
Head-scratchers : ENIGMAS
57
"Jaws" menace : MANEATINGSHARK
60
Commonly mined material that's relatively rare in Earth's crust (about 2 p.p.m.) : TIN
62
Lender you shouldn't trust : SHARK
63
Whales and alligators might be seen on them : POLOSHIRTS
66
Celebration in the worship of Bacchus : ORGY
67
Like stubble : COARSE
68
Comedian ___ Martin : MAE
69
Spill : SLOP
70
Valuable property : PRIMEREALESTATE
71
Choice for a round : ALE
72
Institution with galleries in Liverpool and Cornwall : TATE
Down
1
"Nurse Jackie" star : FALCO
2
Something that can be red or white, but not blue : ONION
3
When theatrical special effects happen, one hopes : ONCUE
4
Workhorses : DOERS
5
Casino that houses the Penn & Teller Theater : RIO
6
Draft status : ENLISTED
7
Settled up : PAID
8
French translation of the Spanish "calle" : RUE
9
Alternatives to blinds : ANTES
10
___ VanDerveer, coach who holds the record for the most wins in college basketball history (1,200+) : TARA
11
"Pfft" : IBET
12
Chorus for los toreadores : OLES
13
Platform for playing Kirby's Adventure : NES
19
Place to take shots : VEIN
21
Diatribe : TIRADE
25
"There's something in the pantry!" : EEK
27
Prosecution figs. : DAS
29
Not right (for) : INAPT
30
N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy, for one : SAGA
31
What has degrees in math? : TRIG
32
Common Photoshop target : ACNE
33
Appeals to : BEGS
34
Like lightning : FAST
35
Product made from vegetable oil : OLEO
36
Be awesome, informally : ROCK
37
100%, so to speak : SURE
39
Crème de ___ (liqueur) : CASSIS
42
Kind of leave or guidance : PARENTAL
45
'Fore : TIL
47
Author Joe Hill, vis-à-vis Stephen King : SON
50
Terse denial : NOTI
51
Walter's meth-dealing partner on "Breaking Bad" : JESSE
53
Suddenly go silent, in modern dating lingo : GHOST
54
"The Jeffersons" actress Gibbs : MARLA
55
Insider language : ARGOT
56
Verb akin to "Zoom" : SKYPE
57
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" location : MOOR
58
Jai ___ : ALAI
59
Average : NORM
61
Name found in "affirmation" : IRMA
63
Doctor sought for a checkup, in brief : PCP
64
___ Honor : HER
65
"Capeesh?" : SEE

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

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