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New York Times, Friday, January 26, 2024

Author:
Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Foe-run land?
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Sarah Sinclair
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11.559273%
Rafael Musa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JKQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Sinclair. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Musa. Friday freshness: 55%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/26/24 ( No. 27,107 )
Across
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Record label for Pink, SZA and H.E.R. : RCA
4
The "handsaw" in Hamlet's "I know a hawk from a handsaw" : HERON
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Song words preceding "his kiss" : ITSIN
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They're often caving, but not spelunking : PUSHOVERS
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Everybody's opposite : NOONE
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"That's genius!" : GREATIDEA
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Put off : DEFER
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Show of Force? : STARWARS
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Attacked in a snowball fight : PELTED
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A popular nightclub might have one : LINE
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Take risks : BEBOLD
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Rutabaga, for one : TUBER
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"It's all over for us!" : WERETOAST
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Canine protector : ENAMEL
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___ system : NAV
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Stage of metamorphosis : PUPA
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Syst. in which "Deaf Power" can be indicated by an open palm over one ear and the other hand forming a closed fist in the air : ASL
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Couches : SETTEES
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Hound : NAG
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Toni Morrison title : SULA
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Andre Young a.k.a. Dr. ___ : DRE
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Architectural finish : STUCCO
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Foe-run land? : ENEMYTURF
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Unnaturally white : ASHEN
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Work through seven stages, say : GRIEVE
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Like holographic Pokémon cards : RARE
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Takes it easy : CHILLS
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Passage that might be a mess after a rainstorm : DIRTROAD
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Kidney-related : RENAL
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Exonerating words : NOTGUILTY
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Stand and deliver? : ORATE
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"The Bachelor" outing : GROUPDATE
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Not natural, in a way : POSED
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Havens : OASES
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Rubik's Cube, once : FAD
Down
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World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy, for short : RPGS
2
Terse : CURT
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Offshore : ASEA
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Starts off-key? : HOTWIRES
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___-les-Bains, spa town on Lake Geneva : EVIAN
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Amended, as a map : REDREW
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Some Minecraft blocks : ORES
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Org. that advises on ransomware risk mitigation : NSA
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Taking too much credit, say : INDEBT
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Simple skating jump : TOELOOP
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Release of a new product to a limited audience : SOFTLAUNCH
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"This relationship has been a bit overwhelming" : INEEDSPACE
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Many a Comic-Con attendee : NERD
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___ Renaissance : HARLEM
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Vexes : PEEVES
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Skara ___, Scottish site of Europe's most complete Neolithic village : BRAE
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Ride : TEASE
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Pandemic health worker, say : UNSUNGHERO
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Ones whose careers have turning points? : BALLERINAS
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"The door's open!" : ENTER
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Attach : TAGON
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Some Best Buy offerings : LEDTVS
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"Fair point" : TRUE
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High-value ones are called "unicorns" : STARTUPS
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"Has the meeting already begun?" : AMILATE
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Account recovery need : USERID
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Gave a hoot : YELLED
45
Bugles alternative : FRITOS
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Lock horns : ARGUE
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Cut down to size, maybe : CROP
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Bilingual girl of TV and film : DORA
52
"Frozen" figure : OLAF
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Princess in "A Bug's Life" : ATTA
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Not natural, in a way : DYED
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Many a humanitarian effort, in brief : NGO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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