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New York Times, Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Author:
Patrick Maher
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Across : Swindler at the pool table
TotalDebut
11/23/2024
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Patrick Maher

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Maher. Tuesday freshness: 85%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/23/24 ( No. 27,104 )
Across
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A wing for a prayer : APSE
5
Club gig with prerecorded tracks, informally : DJSET
10
Wambach with a 2016 ESPY Icon Award : ABBY
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Pioneering synthesizer brand : MOOG
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Tirades : RANTS
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Give a hoot : CARE
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Breathing aid demonstrated by a flight attendant : OXYGENMASK
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Chowder morsel : CLAM
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Camouflage : CLOAK
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Irritate : PEEVE
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Swindler at the pool table : SHARK
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Protective drape for an X-ray : LEADAPRON
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Mother ___ : TERESA
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Tenant's payment : RENT
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Jazz singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Playfully bites : NIPSAT
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Dit's counterpart in Morse code : DAH
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Principles for good prose in a classic writing guide by Strunk & White … or a hint to the wardrobe assembled at 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across : ELEMENTSOFSTYLE
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Coiffures, informally : DOS
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Wolflike : LUPINE
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Tumbling spot for Jack and Jill : HILL
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First, second, third or reverse : GEAR
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Hip-hop dance move of the 2010s : NAENAE
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Major-league award for fielding prowess : GOLDGLOVE
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Delivery person, for short : OBGYN
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Decorative woodwork technique : INLAY
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Cut from the same cloth : ALIKE
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___ all-time high : ATAN
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Headgear designed to block psychic intrusions : TINFOILHAT
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Tasty treats, in memespeak : NOMS
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Take responsibility for something : OWNIT
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A red and white target, for Target : LOGO
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Weather-resistant wood : TEAK
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Polynesian Disney heroine : MOANA
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Eject with force : SPEW
Down
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___, amas, amat … : AMO
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Pestilence : POX
3
Base for tofu and tempeh : SOY
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Soda fountain treat that contains neither of the ingredients in its name : EGGCREAM
5
Title Bond villain : DRNO
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Actor Malcolm-___ Warner : JAMAL
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Plumber's drain-clearing device : SNAKE
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Flying saucer crew, for short : ETS
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Cluck of disapproval : TSK
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Tolerate : ACCEPT
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Hay-collecting machine : BALER
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Congratulatory-sounding letter in the NATO alphabet : BRAVO
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Country across a strait from Djibouti : YEMEN
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Fraternal order : ELKS
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Culottes or corduroys : PANTS
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Knight's mount : STEED
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"Greetings!" : HELLO
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French setting for many van Goghs : ARLES
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Bad match on tinder? : ARSON
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Overwhelm with noise : DEAFEN
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Like most holidays and physicals : ANNUAL
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Specialist in P.C. problem-solving : ITPRO
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Greek letter shaped like a pitchfork : PSI
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Going out, as embers : DYING
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Ease, as worries : ALLAY
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Actress Mirren : HELEN
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Verse of mourning : ELEGY
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Poe poem with the line "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle" : THEBELLS
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Polish city by the sea : GDANSK
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Isao of golf : AOKI
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Colossal : GIANT
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How a ballerina pirouettes : ONTOE
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Camelid sometimes used to guard sheep : LLAMA
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Game show co-host who could be called a "woman of letters," familiarly : VANNA
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Small and pixieish : ELFIN
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Speck : IOTA
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When repeated, a kind of drum : TOM
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___ Jima : IWO
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Use a pogo stick : HOP
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Ripen nicely, as wine : AGE
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Haul : TOW

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