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New York Times, Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Author:
Michael Dewey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Home of the Minotaur's Labyrinth
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Michael Dewey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Dewey. Wednesday freshness: 82%
Michael Dewey notes:
Ever had a song get stuck in your head? Yeah, me too…. The final iteration of this grid results from a gradual evolution from ... read more
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HAPPY TRAILS to Wednesday solvers! There's something JOYFUL about featuring so many MERRY words throughout the puzzle. I ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times9/14/22 ( No. 26,608 )
Across
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TikTok's 3-D musical eighth note, e.g. : LOGO
5
Peak temperatures : HIGHS
10
Low face? : JACK
14
Wildly : AMOK
15
Pomp and circumstance : ECLAT
16
___ irregular basis : ONAN
17
Payment-lowering deal, in brief : REFI
18
Out in front : AHEAD
19
Lead-in to thesis or thermic : HYPO
20
One singer of 35-Across on old TV/radio : DALEEVANS
22
Neglected youths : WAIFS
23
Baseball's so-called "steroid ___" : ERA
24
Angling accessory : NET
25
Holi people? : HINDUS
26
Like bonds and Bond films : RATED
28
Princeton Review subj. : PSAT
30
"Don't Bring Me Down" band, in brief : ELO
31
Greyhound's capacity, perhaps : BUSLOAD
34
"Nah, none for me" : PASS
35
Theme song of a classic western, visually suggested six times in this puzzle's grid : HAPPYTRAILS
37
Sign up for : JOIN
39
License : ENTITLE
40
Photo blowup: Abbr. : ENL
41
Compulsions : YENS
42
Drink that may be served hot or iced : LATTE
46
Lost freshness : STALED
48
Load for Santa Claus : BAG
50
"Elvis ___ left the building" : HAS
51
Sets to zero, as a scale : TARES
52
One singer of 35-Across on old TV/radio : ROYROGERS
55
Lake at one end of the Niagara River : ERIE
56
Wispy clouds : CIRRI
57
Sorvino of "Mighty Aphrodite" : MIRA
58
Posh hotel chain : RITZ
59
Abides by : HEEDS
60
___-deucey (gambling game) : ACEY
61
Protein bean : SOYA
62
Words of resignation : ILOSE
63
Stark and Flanders, for two : NEDS
Down
1
Food cupboard : LARDER
2
Mark in the World Golf Hall of Fame : OMEARA
3
Lose fizz : GOFLAT
4
Resident of the 46th state : OKIE
5
Launch : HEAVE
6
Old Mac app : ICHAT
7
Watkins ___, N.Y. : GLEN
8
Actor Lukas of 2014's "Dark Was the Night" : HAAS
9
Part of P.S.T.: Abbr. : STD
10
Role for Daveed Diggs on "Black-ish" : JOHAN
11
Brainstorming question : ANYIDEAS
12
Measures of detergent, maybe : CAPFULS
13
Home of the Minotaur's Labyrinth : KNOSSOS
21
Finish : ENDUP
22
Punster : WIT
25
Tore into : HADAT
27
Abba of Israel : EBAN
28
Mrs. ___, "Beauty and the Beast" character : POTTS
29
Dress with one end tied to the waist : SARI
32
Tear : SPEED
33
Suburb of Boston : LYNN
34
"Not guilty," e.g. : PLEA
35
Extreme amusement : HILARITY
36
Volunteer's offer : ILLGO
37
Some court performers : JESTERS
38
Lake at one end of the Niagara River : ONTARIO
41
"You called me?" : YES
43
What may be broken at a party : THEICE
44
Covered, in a way, as a road : TARRED
45
Contents of college blue books : ESSAYS
47
Gibbons of talk TV : LEEZA
48
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" band, with "the" : BYRDS
49
Pop up : ARISE
52
Cambodian cash : RIEL
53
Brand behind Cakesters snack cakes : OREO
54
F.B.I. guy : GMAN
56
Midwestern metropolis, informally : CHI

Answer summary:
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