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New York Times, Thursday, August 1, 2024

Author:
Rajeswari Rajamani
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Middle ground, from the Latin
TotalDebutLatest
28/1/202411/18/2024
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Rajeswari Rajamani

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Rajamani. Grid flow: 27.2 Thursday freshness: 19%
Jim Horne notes:

RIPPED ABS at 61-Across means that "ab" has to be ripped out of the starred clues to match the answers.

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A
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W
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M
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© 2024, The New York Times8/1/24 ( No. 27,295 )
Across
1
Tools for making belt holes : AWLS
5
Cocktail served in a copper mug, familiarly : MULE
9
Like a kite : AVIAN
14
Signal to stop, say : HAIL
15
Common ___ : AREA
16
Tiny pest : MIDGE
17
*They're found next to cabarets : EXPONENTS
19
Airpods come in them : PAIRS
20
Nearsighted sort : MYOPE
21
Neighbor of Ursa Major : LEO
23
Champagne name : MOET
24
*Viable investment plans : PONZISCHEMES
28
Kind of protein for bodybuilders : WHEY
31
Split : DIVIDED
32
Occupants of 53-Across : ETS
33
Like pomegranate seeds, but not apple seeds : EATEN
34
Many a flower girl : NIECE
38
*They might be marked as absent : EMAILS
40
*Baby talk : ORALLY
41
Measure the depth of : PLUMB
42
Like corduroy fabric : RIDGY
45
Show signs of mythomania : LIE
46
Racetrack leader : POLECAR
48
Google ___ : MAPS
49
*Like some nasty habits : BELOWTHEBELT
53
Subjects of Project Blue Book : UFOS
54
Isaac Newton, from the age of 62 onward : SIR
55
Tedium : ENNUI
59
Puts up on Zillow, perhaps : LISTS
61
Many a gymgoer's goal ... or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? : RIPPEDABS
64
[$@#%!] : BLEEP
65
Lead-in to skeleton or scope : ENDO
66
Where Columbus thought he had landed in 1498 : EDEN
67
Junipero ___, known as the "Apostle of California" : SERRA
68
Trick-taking card game : SKAT
69
Feature of a witch costume : WART
Down
1
Interjection that might serve as a mild warning : AHEM
2
Like some kitchen paper : WAXY
3
Cosmetic procedure, for short : LIPO
4
Not careful : SLOPPY
5
Fannie of the finance industry : MAE
6
Popular subject for still-life drawing : URN
7
Spare, perhaps : LETLIVE
8
Makes a gradual entry : EASESIN
9
Psych (up) : AMP
10
Middle ground, from the Latin : VIAMEDIA
11
Bad apple or sour grapes, e.g. : IDIOM
12
What subjects and their verbs should always does ... er, do? : AGREE
13
Things weavers weave : NESTS
18
___-soul (music genre) : NEO
22
Condition associated with hyperawareness, for short : OCD
25
Documents that ensure secrecy, for short : NDAS
26
Target of benzoyl peroxide : ZIT
27
Novelist Miller : HENRY
28
Go "Boo-hoo!" : WEEP
29
Many pages are written using this : HTML
30
Isaac's firstborn : ESAU
33
Endpoint of a radius : ELBOW
35
___ the Elephant, childrens' TV character : ELLA
36
Excerpt : CLIP
37
They may be locked or rolled : EYES
39
Fraud : IMPOSTER
40
Man-eating menace : OGRE
42
Brings back on : REHIRES
43
Where you might find yourself on edge? : ICERINK
44
Approximate recipe measure : DAB
47
Superiors of sgts. : LTS
48
Stylized name for a caffeinated soft drink : MTNDEW
49
Flower shop purchases : BULBS
50
Meet a mid-April deadline, say : EFILE
51
Who pays all legal costs under the so-called "English rule" : LOSER
52
"Twisters" director ___ Isaac Chung : LEE
56
Zilch : NADA
57
Company that acquired Postmates in 2020 : UBER
58
"___ that nice!" : ISNT
60
Word with dog or day : SPA
62
Open show of intimacy, for short : PDA
63
Flower shop purchase : POT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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