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New York Times, Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Author:
Jared Goudsmit
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Legendary Himalayan humanoid
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Jared Goudsmit

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Goudsmit. Wednesday freshness: 58%
Jared Goudsmit notes:
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© 2022, The New York Times6/29/22 ( No. 26,531 )
Across
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Cardamom-infused tea : CHAI
5
Not give up, say : FIGHT
10
Pronoun before "it may concern" : WHOM
14
Partner of raised : BORN
15
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
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Place that generates buzz : HIVE
17
Ate and ran, say : GRABBEDABITE
19
Almost closed : AJAR
20
___ on actual events : BASED
21
Fit to live in : INHABITABLE
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"The Goldfinch" writer Donna : TARTT
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Some E.R. cases : ODS
26
Make a scapegoat of : BLAME
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Kigali resident : RWANDAN
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Title of respect : SRI
33
Unclear mental state : HAZE
36
Throw with force : HEAVE
37
Legendary Himalayan humanoid : ABOMINABLESNOWMAN
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Capacious : ROOMY
42
Not falling for : ONTO
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Play for a sucker : USE
44
Place to pitch a product : ADSPACE
46
Entice : TEMPT
49
Amber quaff : ALE
50
Catherine of "Beetlejuice" : OHARA
52
The magic word? : ABRACADABRA
56
Japanese automaker : ISUZU
60
Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" meanie) : HUTT
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Core exercises … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle : ABCRUNCHES
63
Relative of a cor anglais : OBOE
64
Consumes, in a way : READS
65
Sharer's word : OURS
66
Tear to bits : REND
67
Food service giant : SYSCO
68
Norse god of thunder : THOR
Down
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N.Y.C. venue for the Ramones and the Cramps : CBGB
2
Sesenta minutos : HORA
3
Certain horses : ARABS
4
Still being debugged : INBETA
5
Gave sustenance : FED
6
"Not right this second" : INABIT
7
Flicker of light : GLINT
8
"Thirty days ___ September …" : HATH
9
Finish gift-wrapping, say : TIEABOW
10
"How've you been?" : WHATSNEW
11
Muslim headscarf : HIJAB
12
The earth's path around the sun, e.g. : OVAL
13
Little more than : MERE
18
Dutch cheese : EDAM
22
Neighbor of Montana : IDAHO
24
Fix up again, as a house : REHAB
26
Hen's hatchlings : BROOD
27
V.I.P. conveyances : LIMOS
28
Staff break? : REST
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Block, as a stream : DAMUP
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"Stop!," at sea : AVAST
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State bird of Hawaii : NENE
32
Hummus brand : SABRA
34
Prickly plant with healing qualities : ALOE
35
___ garden : ZEN
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Affected : IMPACTED
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Spiral-horned antelope : NYALA
40
The "N" of N.B. : NOTA
45
Aromatic evergreens : CEDARS
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Dublin's land, to poets : ERIN
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Poppin' Fresh or Tony the Tiger : MASCOT
50
Arctic predators : ORCAS
51
Cool head? : HARDC
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Dislike with a passion : ABHOR
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Cartoonist Goldberg who drew contraptions like the "Self-Operating Napkin" : RUBE
54
Gobs : ATON
55
Friar's home : ABBEY
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"Think again!" : UHUH
58
Bit of binary code : ZERO
59
Geographical inits. until 1991 : USSR
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Troop troupe, for short : USO

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