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New York Times, Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Female singer with a hit album in every decade since the 1960s
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339/23/200710/29/2023
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111.6149%
Daniel Raymon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {K} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Raymon. Wednesday freshness: 87%
Daniel Raymon notes:
This theme lingered a while because it wasn't so easy for me to find words that turn into other words when you add a 'y' sound after ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'm not sure how to describe today's sound change theme. FORD to FJORD, BOOTY to BEAUTY, FOOD to FEUD, COUP to QUEUE … the last three ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Not only did Mr. Raymon find four different ways to add the Y sound after the first letter, none of those ways needed the letter Y.

1
C
2
H
3
E
4
R
5
I
6
M
7
H
8
O
9
T
10
P
11
A
12
U
13
L
14
H
A
Z
E
15
M
A
O
R
I
16
O
G
R
E
17
E
D
I
T
18
P
R
O
A
M
19
L
G
B
T
20
F
J
O
R
21
D
E
X
P
L
O
22
R
E
R
23
I
I
I
24
R
O
M
E
25
R
26
O
27
P
28
I
29
L
A
F
30
S
31
M
32
S
33
B
I
G
I
F
34
R
O
I
L
35
B
E
A
U
36
T
Y
C
A
L
L
37
E
N
O
38
C
A
R
T
M
A
N
39
T
I
A
40
F
I
N
41
G
E
R
F
E
U
D
42
M
O
N
T
43
A
Z
T
E
C
44
S
O
P
45
B
A
R
G
E
46
B
E
A
T
I
47
T
48
B
B
C
49
M
I
L
I
50
T
51
A
52
R
Y
Q
U
53
E
54
U
55
E
56
G
57
W
E
N
58
D
O
G
I
T
59
S
A
R
A
60
P
O
R
T
61
A
G
A
V
E
62
E
V
A
S
63
S
O
S
O
64
L
O
R
E
S
65
R
E
L
Y
© 2017, The New York Times9/6/17 ( No. 24,774 )
Across
1
Female singer with a hit album in every decade since the 1960s : CHER
5
"It's boiling in here!" : IMHOT
10
House speaker Ryan : PAUL
14
Confused state of mind : HAZE
15
New Zealand native : MAORI
16
Folklore fiend : OGRE
17
Pare a phrase? : EDIT
18
Many a charity golf tourney : PROAM
19
Rainbow flag letters : LGBT
20
One traveling around Scandinavia? : FJORDEXPLORER
23
Senior's grandson : III
24
Cesar who played the Joker on TV : ROMERO
27
Rice-and-broth dish : PILAF
30
Texting format, in brief : SMS
33
Significant qualification : BIGIF
34
Stir up : ROIL
35
Visit to the salon? : BEAUTYCALL
37
Rock's Brian : ENO
38
"South Park" kid : CARTMAN
39
Ana's aunt : TIA
40
Argument that involves pointing? : FINGERFEUD
42
France's Pic de Rochebrune, e.g. : MONT
43
Ancient worshiper of Huitzilopochtli : AZTEC
44
Drench : SOP
45
Trash hauler : BARGE
46
End of the sentence "Make like a drum and ..." : BEATIT
48
___ America : BBC
49
Soldiers in line formation? : MILITARYQUEUE
56
Late journalist Ifill : GWEN
58
Shirk one's responsibilities : DOGIT
59
Grammy and Tony nominee Bareilles : SARA
60
Part of a cruise itinerary : PORT
61
Mojave plant : AGAVE
62
Mendes and Longoria : EVAS
63
Comme ci, comme ça : SOSO
64
Like early computer graphics : LORES
65
Be dependent : RELY
Down
1
Course designer : CHEF
2
Muslim pilgrimage : HADJ
3
Pinza of "South Pacific" : EZIO
4
Result of a deadlocked jury : RETRIAL
5
Noted architect who turned 100 in 2017 : IMPEI
6
Who said religion "is the opium of the people" : MARX
7
Piece of equipment for 29-Down : HOOP
8
Kind of history or hygiene : ORAL
9
___ Sea (body north of Australia) : TIMOR
10
Controversial argument : POLEMIC
11
News site like the Drudge Report : AGGREGATOR
12
Metro area : URB
13
Authorize to : LET
21
"What's the ___?" : DIF
22
One-named Swedish singer with the 1997 hit "Show Me Love" : ROBYN
25
Annoying : RILING
26
These days : OFLATE
27
Not made from scratch, say : PREFAB
28
Give a charge to : IONIZE
29
Dangerous circus jobs : LIONTAMERS
30
Drudges : SERFS
31
San ___, Calif. : MATEO
32
Encapsulate : SUMUP
35
Setting for many a joke about a priest, a rabbi and a minister : BAR
36
Small amount : TAD
38
Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarship : CECIL
41
Begin to enjoy : GETINTO
42
Apple consumer : MACUSER
45
Many a Labor Day event, for short : BBQ
47
Kind of wave : TIDAL
48
Gig parts : BYTES
50
Not for here : TOGO
51
Gelatin substitute : AGAR
52
Split : RIVE
53
Shade provider : EAVE
54
River forming part of the boundary between Europe and Asia : URAL
55
"Not so fast!" : EASY
56
Car speaker : GPS
57
Romance : WOO

Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle.

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