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New York Times, Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Author:
Scott Koenig
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Big batteries
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19/27/2023
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Scott Koenig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Koenig. Wednesday freshness: 69%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/27/23 ( No. 26,986 )
Across
1
Playfully tap on the nose : BOOP
5
Hindu Mr. : BABU
9
Step after lather : RINSE
14
Throw a ball for a strike, say : BOWL
15
Intl. price-setting group : OPEC
16
Fake : PHONY
17
Like helium and carbon dioxide : COLORLESS
19
Object of wishful thinking? : GENIE
20
Sealed with a knot : TIEDOFF
22
Symbols of Egyptian royalty : ASPS
23
Was known as : WENTBY
26
Instrument that Hermes made from a tortoise shell and reeds, in myth : LYRE
28
Sunburn soother : ALOE
29
"I haven't the foggiest" : NOCLUE
33
Secrecy-enforcing contract, for short : NDA
36
Get into it : SPAR
37
Indication of correctness in Wordle : GREEN
38
Let it all out, in a way : SOB
39
"Steamed ___," classic "Simpsons" sketch : HAMS
40
You might entertain them : IDEAS
41
Eponym of a popular vodka brand : TITO
42
"Cancel" on a keyboard : ESC
43
Recharge, so to speak : SLEEP
44
Did in : ICED
45
Classic "Simpsons" sound : DOH
46
Second social media account for posting private jokes and such, informally : FINSTA
48
Like father, like son : MALE
49
Plains people : OTOE
51
Big batteries : DCELLS
53
A well-known Stone : EMMA
55
Golf ball features : DIMPLES
59
Alternating current pioneer : TESLA
61
Following 17-, 37-, 40- and 43-Across, end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics : FURIOUSLY
65
Beseeched : ASKED
66
One guilty of disorderly conduct? : SLOB
67
Smoothie seed : CHIA
68
Parental authority : SAYSO
69
Parents, to kids : OLDS
70
Edible seaweed : KELP
Down
1
Airer of many David Attenborough documentaries : BBC
2
On vacation, in work calendar shorthand : OOO
3
Hooter : OWL
4
They're up to no good : PLOTTERS
5
Number two of six for Henry VIII : BOLEYN
6
Imitated : APED
7
Spanish smooch : BESO
8
Bay Area sch. : UCSF
9
D&D or WoW, e.g. : RPG
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This is how rumors get started : IHEAR
11
Meaningless : NONSENSICAL
12
Quick cut : SNIP
13
What ":" might represent in a text : EYES
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Kid : RIB
21
Chimney vents : FLUES
23
Past one's prime, with "up" : WASHED
24
Westernmost city in Texas : ELPASO
25
So-named "father of modern linguistics" : NOAMCHOMSKY
27
Ache : YEN
30
Nash who called the rhinoceros "prepoceros" : OGDEN
31
Plains people : CREES
32
Vaulted : LEAPT
34
"You've got my attention" : DOTELL
35
Dwellings : ABODES
40
"OK, so that's not exactly true" : ILIED
41
Doomscrolling, e.g. : TIMESUCK
43
West Coast hub for United : SFO
47
Unrehearsed lines : ADLIBS
50
"___ From the Crypt," HBO horror anthology : TALES
52
Big boss, informally : CEO
53
Midflight stats : ETAS
54
Butte, but bigger : MESA
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On the off chance that happens : IFSO
57
Chew on : MULL
58
Nudge : PROD
60
Ruckus : ADO
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"___ Drives Me Crazy" (1989 #1 hit) : SHE
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Teeny-weeny : LIL
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Talk, talk, talk : YAP

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

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