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New York Times, Saturday, October 12, 2024

Author:
Katie Hoody
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
57-Across : Verbally backpedaling
TotalDebut
110/12/2024
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Katie Hoody

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Hoody. Saturday freshness: 78%
Jim Horne notes:
This is the NYT debut for Ms. Hoody, but she has been published elsewhere. Two triple-stacks are tough even for seasoned ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times10/12/24 ( No. 27,367 )
Across
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"It can't be!" : THATSIMPOSSIBLE
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Blissful stretch : HONEYMOONPERIOD
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"Nobody can do this alone" : ITTAKESAVILLAGE
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Put down : SHAMED
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Make an example of : CITE
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First name in classic horror films : LON
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Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore : RUS
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___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail) : CHE
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Set against? : NAYS
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Letters on old kopecks : CCCP
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"Well, I'll be darned!" : GEEWHIZ
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Word before "tip" or after "top" : HAT
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Chickpea, e.g. : SEED
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Liszt's "Transcendental ___" : ETUDES
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"Is it just me …?" : AMINUTS
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Direct flight? : BEELINE
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Boil down : DECOCT
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Lubricants used in oil drilling : MUDS
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Zest for life: Abbr. : SYN
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Lofty passages : SKYWAYS
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Future D.O.'s exam : MCAT
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Disgruntled grunts : UGHS
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Legal V.I.P.s : AGS
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Invite qualifier, for short : BYO
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Good point : PRO
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What flashers do : WARN
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Takes for a ride : DRIVES
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Unable to make progress, say : HITTINGADEADEND
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Verbally backpedaling : EATINGONESWORDS
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Down
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See 51-Down : THIS
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Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back" : HOTH
3
Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova : ANTARCTIC
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Ally : TEAMUP
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Co-creator and co-star of Netflix's "The Upshaws" : SYKES
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Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g. : IMED
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Approaches, briefly : MOS
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Took in a bad way : POACHED
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Displayed : ONVIEW
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Narrow peninsula : SPIT
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Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells's "The First Men in the Moon" : SELENITES
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Texter's "off-line" : IRL
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Polish roll : BIALY
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Corporate figures : LOGOS
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Blissful patch : EDEN
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Pair of accessories? : CEES
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Un color on El Salvador's flag : AZUL
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Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries : CHAD
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Made it : CAME
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L.A. museum, with "the" : GETTY
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Takes to heart : HEEDS
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Doesn't breathe easy : SUCKSWIND
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Find : DISCOVERY
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Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages : ENYA
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No longer being drafted, say : SENT
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Satisfy a midday craving : NOSH
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Is persuaded of : BUYS
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Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar : MAGNANI
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Mars, e.g. : WARGOD
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Melodramatic cry of appreciation : MYIDOL
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Character played by Kieron Moore in "David and Bathsheba" (1951) : URIAH
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Can't not, informally : GOTTA
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Donnybrook : BRAWL
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"Just made it!" : PHEW
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Online home services marketplace : ANGI
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Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect : DESE
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Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie : ENDO
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Calif. school less than an hour's ride from Tijuana : SDSU
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Little warbler : TIT
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Lead follower: Abbr. : DET

Answer summary:
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