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New York Times, Sunday, October 20, 2024

Author:
Jerry Miccolis
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
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Jerry Miccolis

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 75 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Miccolis. Sunday freshness: 8%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Jerry Miccolis is a retired actuary and financial executive who splits his time between the Garden State (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and the Garden Isle (Kauai, Hawaii). He spends his days as a ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times10/20/24 ( No. 27,375 )
Across
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"Yikes!" : EGAD
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Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stew : RAGU
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Last word : FINIS
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It can bust one's bracket : UPSET
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Island west of Komodo National Park : BALI
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Privy to : INON
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Call to mind : EVOKE
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10th of 24 : KAPPA
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Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for ... "Godzilla"? : BIGGIANTMONSTER
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___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New Jersey : ELLIS
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Fantasy football fodder : STATS
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Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhaps : AWARD
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Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr. : OBES
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Bandmate of Keith for 60+ years : MICK
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Hasten, old-style : HIE
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Rival of Forbes : INC
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Futuristic microscopic machine : NANOBOT
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... "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial"? : WITNESSALIENARRIVAL
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Essen exclamations : ACHS
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Bile : IRE
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Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B : ABBA
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Grave words? : EULOGY
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"While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping" poet : POE
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___ alai : JAI
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Sam who directed "Spider-Man" : RAIMI
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D-Day craft: Abbr. : LST
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With 112-Down, a small laugh : TEE
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... "Independence Day"? : HANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER
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Having had a few bites, say : ITCHY
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What this is : CLUE
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Mediterranean condiment : AIOLI
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"Mon ___!" : DIEU
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Liturgical vestment : STOLE
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Center : MIDST
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At sea : LOST
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Suitor of Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera" : RAOUL
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Kind of shell that's easily broken : TACO
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Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity : KAFKA
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... "Rush Hour"? : TANGLEDFROZENTRAFFIC
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"Devilish" cartoon character : TAZ
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Publishing V.I.P.s : EDS
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Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United States : RARER
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Unsafe? : OUT
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Modern H.R. initiative : DEI
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Bryn Mawr grad, e.g. : ALUMNA
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Nag : PEST
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Connections : INS
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One in a line at a grocery store : CART
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... "Insomnia"? : WIREDSLEEPERSMISERY
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Person with attachment issues, perhaps : EMAILER
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"The Strife is ___, the Battle Done" (hymn) : OER
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Detergent brand : ERA
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Baja resort town, familiarly : CABO
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___ Sidle, longtime role on "C.S.I." : SARA
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Moving day leftovers : BOXES
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Overseas refusals : NYETS
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Holding nothing back : ALLIN
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... "Sex and the City"? : MANHATTANHOOKUP
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"Welcome" introduction? : YOURE
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Texas A&M athlete : AGGIE
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Girl's name that sounds like two adjacent letters : EDIE
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Singer Horne : LENA
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Mount : STEED
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Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagels : SEEDS
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Variety : TYPE
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Novelist Johnson who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction : ADAM
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Subsides : EBBS
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Walk way? : GAIT
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Aquarium growth : ALGA
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"Check it out, man!" : DIGTHIS
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Narrow inlet : RIA
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Antonio López de Santa ___, three-time president of Mexico : ANNA
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Finally saw through a deception : GOTWISE
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Emasculates : UNMANS
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Ward (off) : FEND
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E.R. lines : IVS
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Japanese art of flower arrangement : IKEBANA
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Star in Venus's orbit? : SERENA
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Island strings : UKE
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Ingredient in some lipsticks, pizza dough and biodiesel : PALMOIL
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Cause of a hung jury : SPLITVOTE
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Larger-than-life : EPIC
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Assignment : TASK
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"Really?" : ISIT
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Marine menace : ORCA
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Sensitive subject : SORESPOT
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Pioneering computer : ENIAC
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Harsh : BRUTAL
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From what place : WHENCE
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Actor-turned-policeman Estrada : ERIK
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Jazz singer Cleo : LAINE
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Some old PCs : IBMS
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Ending with teen : AGER
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"That's a ___!" (chemist's punny observation) : LYE
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Garden invader : APHID
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Raccoon relative : COATI
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Partner of pride : JOY
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Small brook : RILL
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Illness with chills : AGUE
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Island rings : LEIS
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Roil : CHURN
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Give a lecture, say : SCOLD
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Sported : HADON
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Seasoned rice dish : PILAF
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Listing agent's condition : SOLDASIS
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Voting day: Abbr. : TUES
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Feature of some English gardens : MAZE
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"Happy Birthday" writer, sometimes : ICER
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Athlete's out-of-character performance, say : OFFDAY
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Lift ticket purchaser : SKIER
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Unspoken : TACIT
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Word after hidden or political : AGENDA
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Calorie-rich cake : TORTE
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Apt name for a veterinarian : KAT
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Ankle bones : TALI
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Sky shade : AZUREBLUE
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Claim on an egg carton : FREERANGE
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Woodworking tool : RASP
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Tennille of Captain & Tennille : TONI
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Charlotte ___ (dessert) : RUSSE
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Shooting marble : TAW
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Aide-___ (mnemonic device) : MEMOIRE
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Nobility : PEERAGE
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"Let's do this thing!" : IMREADY
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Creator of colorful crafts : CRAYOLA
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Woolly pack animals : LLAMAS
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Origin : ROOT
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Hexad : SEXTET
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Rubik of puzzle cube fame : ERNO
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Coral islets : CAYS
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Quite often : ALOT
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Sweeties, informally : BAES
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Barbershop sound : SNIP
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Barely made, with "out" : EKED
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Poke bowl ingredient : TUNA
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Overcommunicate, say : SPAM
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___ Low, famed English pirate : NED
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Secreted : HID
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See 53-Across : HEE

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

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