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Gimme a Second!

New York Times, Sunday, January 7, 2024

Author:
Michael Schlossberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
99-Across : Ready and waiting
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Michael Schlossberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Schlossberg. Sunday freshness: 44%
Will Shortz notes:
Michael Schlossberg is an internist in Bend, Ore., who's been making crosswords for The Times since 2020. He got the idea for this one after seeing 68-Across as a title at his local ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Four sets of clues repeat on the same line, with shaded FEELINGs in the second answer.

If you're having trouble parsing 46 Across, read it as PR Agencies.

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© 2024, The New York Times1/7/24 ( No. 27,088 )
Across
1
"Old man" : PAPA
5
"Yikes!" : EGAD
9
Childproof bottle contents, for short : MEDS
13
Purchase at a cannabis dispensary : EDIBLE
19
"Sounds 'bout right to me" : IRECKONSO
21
False ___ : IDOL
22
Fine parchment : VELLUM
23
It might be pressed before work : POWERSUIT
24
It might be pressed before work : SNOOZEALARM
26
Post concerned with etiquette : EMILY
27
"Capeesh?" : HEARME
28
Up-and-down, as a relationship : ROCKY
29
Internet harvesting tool : DATASCRAPER
34
"On Photography" author Susan : SONTAG
36
1918-2004 Fenway Park phenomenon, familiarly : THECURSE
38
Nothing-doing? : INIDLE
42
They're home to spinners : SPIDERWEBS
46
They're home to spinners : PRAGENCIES
50
Luxury fashion label : ARMANI
51
1990s workout fad : TAEBO
52
"The Racer's Edge" sloganeer : STP
53
Says, informally : GOES
54
Bay Area gallery, for short : SFMOMA
59
Late winter/early spring, weather-wise : MUDSEASON
63
"___ and the Night Visitors" (opera) : AMAHL
65
Fragrant bloomers : LILACS
67
Animal that becomes a plant if spelled backward : DEER
68
Bandleader's urging … or an alternative title for this puzzle : ONCEMOREWITHFEELING
74
New ___ : AGER
75
Guides : STEERS
76
Athleisure portmanteau : SKORT
78
Certain beach top : SWIMSHIRT
83
Snooty : UPPISH
85
Many a Yemeni : ARAB
86
Piece de resistance? : OHM
87
Tourney round : SEMIS
89
Some goofs : ERRATA
91
One sailing through long passages : SEACAPTAIN
95
One sailing through long passages : AVIDREADER
99
Ready and waiting : ONCALL
100
Gadgets for truckers : CBRADIOS
102
Porterhouse alternatives : TBONES
106
Inspiration for many a lottery pick : LUCKYNUMBER
111
Shame, e.g. : ABASE
114
The yoke's on them : OXTEAM
116
Chuck ___, TV director/producer who's known as the "King of Sitcoms" : LORRE
117
Target of many a viral marketing campaign : GENERATIONZ
119
Target of many a viral marketing campaign : FLUSTRAIN
123
Lead role in 1978's "La Cage aux Folles" : RENATO
124
Kind of terrier : SKYE
125
Exclamation after a rescue : WERESAVED
126
Warm coat : ANORAK
127
Dash : TEAR
128
Measurable impact, so to speak : DENT
129
Bad news for an investor : LOSS
Down
1
Spoke (up) : PIPED
2
Petrichor, n.: The pleasant ___ of rainfall on dry soil : AROMA
3
Bird also known as a lapwing : PEWIT
4
150-mile-per-hour train : ACELA
5
Dawn figure, in myth : EOS
6
Bovid named for the sound it makes : GNU
7
"___ was saying ..." : ASI
8
Part of an ellipsis : DOT
9
Skinflints : MISERS
10
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
11
Subject of a subway announcement : DOORS
12
Remedy for a blink-and-you-missed-it moment : SLOMO
13
First lady? : EVE
14
Start of a classic request for advice : DEARANN
15
Bad reasoning : ILLOGIC
16
Rap's ___ Chyna : BLAC
17
Hang in the shadows : LURK
18
TV award : EMMY
20
Actress Ritter of "Jessica Jones" : KRYSTEN
25
Serene, informally : ZEN
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For the lady : HERS
30
Country singer Stapleton : CHRIS
31
Remote button abbr. : REW
32
Hotshot : ACE
33
Place for a porter : PUB
35
Clip-on, for one : TIE
37
Superfund grp. : EPA
39
Bit of slander : DISS
40
Titan who gave birth on Delos : LETO
41
Disney subsidiary : ESPN
42
Story that isn't a quick read : SAGA
43
BOGO, e.g. : PROMO
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Words after a verbal gaffe : IMEAN
45
Accessory for a rideshare vehicle : DASHCAM
47
___ cycle : REM
48
"Aladdin" sidekick : ABU
49
Amazing woman, slangily : GODDESS
51
"Agricola" author : TACITUS
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Petal pusher? : FLORIST
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Peace, in Russian : MIR
57
Stadium cheer : OLE
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Big mouths : MAWS
60
"Told you so!" : SEE
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Ursine : bears :: anguilliform : ___ : EELS
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Dakota tribe : ARIKARA
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Staying power : LEGS
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Part of a process : STEP
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"I've seen better" : MEH
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Cool, back in the day : HEP
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"Good" day: Abbr. : FRI
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Santa-tracking org. : NORAD
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Really annoy, with "on" : GRATE
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Lift type : TBAR
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Just ... all right : SOSO
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Info in a party invitation : WHEN
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Apple variety : IMAC
81
Stephen of "Michael Collins" : REA
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"Eww! Enough!" : TMI
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Bittern, e.g. : HERON
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Bimonthly business magazine : INC
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Election night news : RESULTS
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Plant that may be mistaken for a dandelion : CATSEAR
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Landlocked province : ALBERTA
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Grp. once led by Arafat : PLO
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Kind of lily : ARUM
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Hoover, for one, in brief : VAC
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"No idea," in a text : IDK
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Like Ikea furniture assembly, for short : DIY
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Sports jacket : BLAZER
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"As if!" : NOT
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Live and breathe : EXIST
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Feed : STOKE
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Storybook ending? : MORAL
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"Nice job!" : BRAVO
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People of western New York : ERIES
110
Sunders : RENDS
111
Tourist mecca in southern Asia : AGRA
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"Never ___ Kissed" (1999 Drew Barrymore film) : BEEN
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Singer with the album "Watermark" : ENYA
118
Hunky-dory : AOK
119
Email chain abbr. : FWD
120
Min Jin ___, author of the 2017 best seller "Pachinko" : LEE
121
You can dispense with this : URN
122
Complete collection : SET

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

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