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New York Times, Friday, October 13, 2023

Author:
John-Clark Levin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : Loose
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John-Clark Levin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JKQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Levin. Friday freshness: 29%
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© 2023, The New York Times10/13/23 ( No. 27,002 )
Across
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Ones getting lit at a party, maybe : MATCHES
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Some subway art : MOSAICS
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Hit 2011 film based on a 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett : THEHELP
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Interminably : ONANDON
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Tame, metaphorically : VANILLA
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Rock subgenre named for its aggressive vocals : SCREAMO
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Pitching coach? : VOICETEACHER
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All in, in a way : OBSESSED
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Pour on the affection : DOTE
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Waste ___ : BIN
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Where more hot dogs are sold than at all Major League Baseball stadiums combined : COSTCO
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"To the stars," in Latin : ADASTRA
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Focus of some modern ethical debates : CHATGPT
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Figure with exactly 10 digits? : MERMAID
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Flag bearer : REFEREE
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Loose : ATLARGE
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House painted with polka dots, you might say : EYESORE
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Absolutely hate : LOATHE
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"Dub," to a sports fan : WIN
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Kind of phase : ORAL
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Adds, as an app : INSTALLS
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Music festival lineup : PORTAPOTTIES
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Point of no return : RUBICON
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Seeing red : ENRAGED
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Foe of Ferocious Flea in Hanna-Barbera toons : ATOMANT
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Raw fish dish : SASHIMI
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"Wish me luck!" : HEREIGO
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Make things even : TIEITUP
Down
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"Becoming a Popstar" airer : MTV
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"Eureka!" : AHA
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Hamilton : TEN
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Herb in many potato dishes : CHIVE
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Choppers : HELOS
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Bret Easton ___, "American Psycho" author : ELLIS
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Scatterbrain : SPACECADET
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50.1%, technically : MOST
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Way back when : ONCE
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Emmy-nominated Gilbert : SARA
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Some speech starters : ANECDOTES
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"Napoleon Dynamite" setting : IDAHO
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Ajax competitor : COMET
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[What a bore!] : SNORE
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Where the Tokugawa shogunate was established : EDO
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Who said "Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues" : OBAMA
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European hotel amenity : BIDET
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Junkyard warning : SNARL
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Paramount requirement? : SCREENTEST
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Gender-neutral pronoun : THEY
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Commercial follower of Mc- or Nes- : CAFE
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Two-bit : SMALLTIME
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Polynesian staple : TARO
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World capital where it's illegal to fly the Soviet hammer and sickle : RIGA
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Junkyard warning : GROWL
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Threat : PERIL
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Main characters in "Booksmart" and "Easy A" : TEENS
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Best seller : HIT
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Highest-rated daytime talk show in American history : OPRAH
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Waze calculation : ROUTE
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Setting for a green wedding, perhaps : ARBOR
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Where early tablets were first unveiled? : SINAI
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To the point : TERSE
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Beverage brand founded in Osaka : ASAHI
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Kind of palm or berry : ACAI
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Early sports video game : PONG
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One step ahead of, say : ONTO
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"Skedaddle!" : GIT
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Runner with vestigial wings : EMU
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Some smokeless tobacco : DIP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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