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New York Times, Monday, January 1, 2024

Author:
Harry Zheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Leader of a meeting … or that leader's seat
TotalDebut
11/1/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.62228%
Harry Zheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Zheng. Monday freshness: 73%
Jim Horne notes:
I haven't done this in a while, so let's go. Yes, you can use Regex to find 3-letter repeats like HIP HIP HOORAY, and 4-letter ones ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times1/1/24 ( No. 27,082 )
Across
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Take on, as debt : INCUR
6
Got on in years : AGED
10
Part to play in a play : ROLE
14
Get a run or a goal : SCORE
15
Remedy : CURE
16
Taylor Swift's 2023-24 ___ Tour : ERAS
17
Accord, Civic or CR-V : HONDA
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Part of the eye that shares its name with a rainbow goddess : IRIS
19
Suffix for a celebration : FEST
20
Kids' chasing game with head taps : DUCKDUCKGOOSE
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"Rugrats" dad ___ Pickles : STU
25
You, in French : TOI
26
Midsections of the human bodies : TORSOS
27
Off Broadway musical made into a 2021 film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda : TICKTICKBOOM
31
Proportion : RATIO
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Joints exercised by a 56-Across dancer : HIPS
33
"Kapow!" : BAM
36
Steel component : IRON
37
Paint layers : COATS
39
Warsaw native : POLE
40
Average, in golf : PAR
41
Chess piece shaped like a battlement : ROOK
42
Leader of a meeting … or that leader's seat : CHAIR
43
Reply to "Three cheers!" : HIPHIPHOORAY
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Without a doubt : SURELY
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Note acknowledging a debt : IOU
50
Broadband hookup initials : DSL
51
Soothing words : THERETHERENOW
55
Fixed price : RATE
56
Hawaiian dance style : HULA
57
Scratches (at) : CLAWS
60
Yours and mine : OURS
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Very much : ALOT
62
Ice house : IGLOO
63
Devious scheme : PLOY
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Something to whistle : TUNE
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Superior and Victoria, for two : LAKES
Down
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" ... or just about" : ISH
2
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
3
Official on a train … or for an orchestra : CONDUCTOR
4
Language of Pakistan : URDU
5
Be visibly affected by : REACTTO
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Opposite of basic, in chemistry : ACIDIC
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Revered expert : GURU
8
Prince beloved by Ariel in "The Little Mermaid" : ERIC
9
Many office computers : DESKTOPS
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Turn over a new leaf, say : REFORM
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Popular creme-filled cookies : OREOS
12
Rope weapon for Wonder Woman : LASSO
13
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
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Fish in a Japanese water garden : KOI
22
Sticky, drippy substances : GOOS
23
Bacon slice : STRIP
24
Pageant crown : TIARA
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Extended family : KIN
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Military fabric shade : KHAKI
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Chomped down on : BIT
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Property next to Go in Monopoly : BOARDWALK
34
Pseudonym : ALIAS
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Streep with an A.F.I. Life Achievement Award : MERYL
37
Relative of "Roger," in radio transmissions : COPYTHAT
38
"___-la-la!" : OOH
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Brothy noodle dish in Vietnamese cuisine : PHO
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Make angry : RILE
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Advisory committee : COUNCIL
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Charge of religious unorthodoxy : HERESY
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Villain on the high seas : PIRATE
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Gardener's sod-chopper : HOE
46
Barber's razor sharpener : STROP
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Big name in moving vans : UHAUL
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Old-school chic : RETRO
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Netflix competitor : HULU
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Musk of Tesla : ELON
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Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature : OLGA
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Deep sorrow : WOE
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"Rescue us!" : SOS

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

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