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New York Times, Thursday, July 7, 2022

Author:
Philip Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : Does a prewash task
TotalDebut
17/7/2022
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ScrabbleFresh
1.5637%
Philip Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Wolfe. Thursday freshness: 31%
Jeff Chen notes:
My latest YouTube obsession is the Takedown Twins , a pair of New Englanders who ingest massive amounts of food. I've tried to ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times7/7/22 ( No. 26,539 )
Across
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Opening in a magic act : ABRA
5
Some nasty repartee : BARBS
10
Does a hit on : OFFS
14
Bread: Ger. : BROT
15
Accustom : INURE
16
___ of mandamus : WRIT
17
1967 James Bond film : YOUONLYLIVELIVE
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Yawn, for wanting guests to leave : SIGNAL
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Locale for a talking snake : EDEN
22
Pro who calls the shots? : VET
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Ready to retire, say : SLEEPY
24
Sister of Thalia and Urania : ERATO
26
Bankruptcy cause : DEBTS
29
Takes to task : SCOLDS
32
Apt word hidden in "Cleopatra's prop" : ASP
35
Kentucky ___ (sister race of the Kentucky Derby) : OAKS
37
Fly-fisher's catch : TROUT
38
Randomized clinical trial : BLINDBLINDSTUDY
42
Surgical tool with an acronymic name : LASER
43
Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
44
Census datum : SEX
45
Hosts : EMCEES
47
Ferret look-alike : STOAT
50
Something politicians and professors do : ORATE
52
Weak, as an excuse : FLIMSY
56
Chicago trains : ELS
58
"Do the ___" : MATH
60
Comprehension : UPTAKE
61
One who's maybe too virtuous : GOODYSHOESSHOES
64
Stick : GLUE
65
Occupied : INUSE
66
Northern terminus of I-79 : ERIE
67
Crocheter's purchase : YARN
68
Does a prewash task : SORTS
69
Rackets : DINS
Down
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Hell, to Dante : ABYSS
2
Oven option : BROIL
3
It might make you blush : ROUGE
4
Made amends (for) : ATONED
5
Actor Thornton : BILLYBOB
6
Lead-in to how or hoo : ANY
7
Straight line : RULE
8
Ring bearer : BRIDE
9
Cuts off : SEVERS
10
Fly-by-night? : OWL
11
Not serious : FRIVOLOUS
12
Quitting time, for many : FIVE
13
Put back in : STET
18
Part of the body covered by a mullet : NAPE
19
Passes : ENACTS
25
___ reform (political issue) : TORT
27
Anklebones : TALI
28
Some amateur theater productions : SKITS
30
"Yo, ___!" : DUDE
31
River on which Greek deities swore their oaths : STYX
32
Meeting all the job requirements : ABLE
33
Event for poets : SLAM
34
Peruvian cocktail : PISCOSOUR
36
Impertinent one : SNOT
39
Not once, in poems : NEER
40
Very handsome, as a beau : DREAMY
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Stupid, incompetent ones : DOOFUSES
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Balance : STASIS
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"The Sound of Music" backdrop : ALPS
49
Gave 10% : TITHED
51
Prefix with centric : ETHNO
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Many a Cook Islander : MAORI
54
Tangle : SKEIN
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Hoped-for responses to proposals : YESES
56
Like most French toast and challah : EGGY
57
"Damn Yankees" vixen : LOLA
59
11 or 12, say, but not 13 : HOUR
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Retreat : DEN
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Around figure?: Abbr. : EST

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

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