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New York Times, Thursday, July 20, 2023

Author:
Drew Schmenner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : The "R" of the M.M.R. vaccine
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Drew Schmenner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FJKQVWX} Scrabble average: 2.04 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Schmenner. Thursday freshness: 6%
Drew Schmenner notes:
I hope solving this puzzle was less difficult than trying to fall asleep on a train (or in a car or on a plane, for that matter). ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Quite a sleepy concept — in a good way! Drew takes the "hidden word" genre and guns the engine, playing on SLEEPING CAR to replace ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times7/20/23 ( No. 26,917 )
Across
1
N.F.L. team with a logo of a bird's head, for short : ARI
4
Tiring journey : SLOG
8
Something you might pick up from a restaurant : AROMA
13
Conjunction in a text : CUZ
14
Grammy-winning jazz singer/pianist Krall : DIANA
15
Experts : GURUS
16
Online tabloid based in L.A. : TMZ
17
Worth discussing, as an issue : UPFORDEBATE
19
Polo competitor : IZOD
21
Cry with a fist pump : YEAH
22
James who was played by Beyoncé in the biopic "Cadillac Records" : ETTA
23
Crown cover : ENAMEL
25
City on a gulf in either Europe or the U.S. : NAPLES
27
Light touches : PATS
28
Young person with uncommon wisdom, say : OLDSOUL
31
"What ___ Like" (1998 hit by Everlast) : ITS
32
Inter ___ : ALIA
33
Folder at work, perhaps : MAID
36
Chart topper, for short? : CEO
37
Snowbird or Steamboat : SKIAREA
40
Lead-in to gender : CIS
42
Trim : SNIP
44
Letters in the classical spellings of "Homer" and "Helen" : ETAS
45
D-Day vehicle: Abbr. : LST
46
Dwells : RESIDES
49
Princess in L. Frank Baum books : OZMA
50
It comes before the main event : OPENER
52
Fictional swinger : TARZAN
54
Sit down ungracefully : PLOP
55
Q: "Did you hear about the cow that cried wolf?" A: "Fake ___!" (dad joke) : MOOS
58
Warm beverage cover : COZY
59
Accommodation for a long train trip ... or a hint to entering a certain letter 14 times in this puzzle : SLEEPINGCAR
62
A goose egg : ZIP
64
Instrument played with a mezrab : SITAR
65
Wipe : ERASE
66
Número of African countries where español is an official language : UNO
67
Quick to start in, perhaps : TESTY
68
Winter retreats : DENS
69
Police title: Abbr. : SGT
Down
1
Do something : ACT
2
Chews (on) : RUMINATES
3
Technological breakthrough first seen on "Jeopardy!" in 2011 : IBMWATSON
4
Highball offer? : SIP
5
___ Sunday : LAZY
6
Six + cinq : ONZE
7
Certain Palestinians : GAZANS
8
Acquire flavor, in a way : AGE
9
The "R" of the M.M.R. vaccine : RUBELLA
10
Speak to the masses : ORATE
11
Long-running comic strip whose main characters aren't human : MUTTS
12
Like Magellan in 1519 : ASEA
14
"My man!" : DUDE
18
Oscar-winning director Chloé : ZHAO
20
Chanted syllables : OMS
23
Greater than great : EPIC
24
Hilarity, in an internet-y spelling : LOLZ
26
Deer stalkers : PUMAS
29
Truss who was Britain's prime minister for 49 days : LIZ
30
Slow to react, maybe : DAZED
32
Peaceful quaker? : ASPEN
34
Classic 1934 novel written in the form of an autobiography : ICLAUDIUS
35
Worrisome : DISMAYING
38
Inbound or outbound thing: Abbr. : RTE
39
Middle ___ : EAST
41
Wawrinka of tennis : STAN
43
"Once again …" : IREPEAT
47
Weigh station sight : SEMI
48
Pressed : IRONED
49
Spanish gold : ORO
50
Hop aboard? : OLLIE
51
Rappers, in a sense : POETS
53
Parcel unit : ACRE
54
[Check this out!] : PSST
56
Man-eater : OGRE
57
Turn into a PDF, perhaps : SCAN
60
Ask some inappropriate questions : PRY
61
Knucklehead : ASS
63
"The devil's lettuce" : POT

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

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