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New York Times, Friday, October 11, 2024

Author:
Billy Bratton
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
20-Across : Bits of fiction
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Billy Bratton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Bratton. Friday freshness: 41%
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© 2024, The New York Times10/11/24 ( No. 27,366 )
Across
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Make something possible, so to speak : PAVETHEWAY
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Celebratory dance : JIG
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Question from someone bursting through the door : AMITOOLATE
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Musician's pitch? : DEMO
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Builders of pyramids, perhaps : CONARTISTS
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If not : ELSE
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Venture (to) : TRY
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Island home of a goat known as the kri-kri : CRETE
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Bits of fiction : TALES
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Dish topped with lime, basil and hoisin sauce : PHO
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Online provocateur, in slang : EDGELORD
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Like some watermelons and tennis players : SEEDED
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Female dog portrayed by nine different male dogs : LASSIE
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Pro side : YEAS
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High 90s, say : APLUS
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Weeding tool : HOE
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German beer historically consumed by monks : BOCK
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"The ___ of the System" (David Foster Wallace's first novel) : BROOM
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21-Across, e.g. : SOUP
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Taylor Swift's "___ Song" : OUR
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Shells out for dinner, say : PASTA
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Makes a pick : OPTS
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Low tie : ONEALL
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What hilarity often does, it's said : ENSUES
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Superhero alter ego for Kathy Kane : BATWOMAN
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"___ be my pleasure!" : ITD
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😡 😡 😡 : IMMAD
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Was downright awful : STANK
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Sound from a pointer : ARF
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Smell something fierce : REEK
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Catcher of drops : RAINBARREL
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Feast : DINE
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"False!" : THATISALIE
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Run after R : STU
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Setting indicated by a bell with a slash : SILENTMODE
Down
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Diplomatic success : PACT
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___ patriae (Latin for "patriotism") : AMOR
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Ivy descriptor : VINY
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Concourse info, in brief : ETA
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Items wielded by angry mobs : TORCHES
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Drag participant? : HOTROD
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Human rights activist Wiesel : ELIE
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Underachiever's issue : WASTEDPOTENTIAL
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Called out on Instagram, informally : ATTED
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Consent cue : YES
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They're set for a night of drinking : JELLOSHOTS
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"No, really!" : IMSERIOUS
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Prepares for a bomb : GOESDEEP
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Hands out : DEALS
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Array on a trolley : TEAS
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Max : PEAK
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Lugubrious : GLUM
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What might have sandwiches under wraps? : SECRETMENU
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All ___ : EARS
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"I'll do whatever" : YOUNAMEIT
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Floated sum : LOAN
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Fans that are hardly keeping cool : BOOBIRDS
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Skin soother : BALM
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Went in the high 90s, say : SPED
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Drag one's feet : PLOD
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Southern hip-hop duo with the #1 hit "Ms. Jackson" : OUTKAST
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Not out : AWAKE
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Penalty box, in hockey slang : SINBIN
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Competitor of Kirin : ASAHI
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Alternative to blinds : ANTE
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Janis's cartoon partner : ARLO
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Super Bowl-winning coach Andy : REID
49
Become a fugitive : FLEE
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Some football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
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Force (through) : RAM

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

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