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New York Times, Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Author:
Richard D. Allen
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : "Skol!," in Sauternes
TotalDebut
15/17/2022
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Richard D. Allen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Allen. Tuesday freshness: 85%
Richard D. Allen notes:
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© 2022, The New York Times5/17/22 ( No. 26,488 )
Across
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Kids and their parents : GOATS
6
Help with a job, in a way : ABET
10
Wanted, but nowhere to be found : AWOL
14
Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer : ARNIE
15
Winged chatterbox : MYNA
16
Deal (with) : COPE
17
Hive minders : BEEKEEPERS
19
Having trouble deciding : TORN
20
Early-season farming task : SOWING
21
C, for one : NOTE
23
Video chat disruption : LAG
24
Words before "the stars are brightly shining," in a carol : OHOLYNIGHT
27
Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach : OLSON
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Winged hooter : OWL
33
Grind, as one's teeth : GNASH
34
Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google : YOUTUBE
36
Many a Hollywood car crash : STUNT
38
So as not to stand out : SUBTLY
39
Some South Pacific greetings : ALOHAS
42
"Skol!," in Sauternes : SALUT
44
Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent : ENFUEGO
45
"Three coins" fountain location : TREVI
47
Lip : RIM
49
Scatter, as flower petals : STREW
50
Drink that comes with a buzz cut? : DECAFLATTE
53
Gently touch, either forward or backward : PAT
54
Staples of West African cuisine : YAMS
55
Frustrate : STYMIE
61
Et ___ (and others) : ALIA
63
Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? : SPELLBOUND
65
Neatnik's opposite : SLOB
66
Palindromic fashion magazine : ELLE
67
Petulant : SULKY
68
Line up : SYNC
69
Ones calling offsides : REFS
70
Garlic squeezer : PRESS
Down
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Yaks : GABS
2
Twistable snack item : OREO
3
From the top : ANEW
4
First man, in Polynesian creation myth : TIKI
5
Observed : SEEN
6
Rock blaster : AMP
7
"Ta-ta!" : BYENOW
8
Prepares to get schooled, perhaps : ENROLLS
9
Yummilicious : TASTY
10
Not just sit around daydreaming : ACT
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Just sit around daydreaming : WOOLGATHER
12
___ Book Club : OPRAHS
13
Yardstick measurement : LENGTH
18
___ trip : EGO
22
Swamps : ENGULFS
25
De-weeder : HOE
26
West Coast burger chain : INNOUT
27
Cries of dismay : OYS
28
"Sweet Jane" songwriter Reed : LOU
29
Indented part of an outline : SUBSECTION
30
___ rima (eight-line stanza) : OTTAVA
31
Invalidate : NULLIFY
35
Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints : BYU
37
Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club" : TAN
40
Bouncer's concern : AGE
41
Female hog : SOW
43
Ride roughshod over : TRAMPLE
44
911 responder : EMT
45
QB's six-pointer : TDPASS
46
In actuality : REALLY
48
In and of ___ : ITSELF
51
Means of tagging in a game : LASER
52
Class offered at many Y.M.C.A.s : ESL
56
Baking meas. : TBSP
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"That's ___ business" : YOUR
58
Workhorse that's only part horse : MULE
59
Tattoo shop supplies : INKS
60
Ice cream brand : EDYS
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"American Idol" airer starting in 2018 : ABC
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"___ Miz" : LES

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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