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New York Times, Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Author:
Barbara Lin
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
16-Across : Hard core exercise?
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Barbara Lin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 14 for Ms. Lin. Tuesday freshness: 44%
Jim Horne notes:

Clever theme.

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© 2024, The New York Times10/22/24 ( No. 27,377 )
Across
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Swedish company that makes submarines (but no longer cars) : SAAB
5
Vegetarian's protein source : TOFU
9
So-called "Las Vegas of the East" : MACAO
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Lead-in to present or science : OMNI
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*Cough, cough* : AHEM
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Hard core exercise? : PLANK
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Bottoms decorated with characters from the "Odyssey"? : LONGSTORYSHORTS
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Prophet : ORACLE
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Originally named : NEE
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"Everything ___ Changed" (Taylor Swift song) : HAS
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Instrument played by Sheila Bromberg on the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home" : HARP
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Guitarist, informally : AXMAN
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Close-fitting pajamas? : SLEEPTIGHTS
31
Shaming sound : TSK
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Something a window shopper might purchase? : PANE
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"___ the fields we go …" : OER
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Extract, as information : GLEAN
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Lends a hand to : AIDS
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Jogs : TROTS
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Not deceived by : ONTO
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Oil container : CRUET
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"OMG!" : WOW
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One who only goes to the *best* restaurants, maybe : SNOB
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"Ability" for Johnny Carson's Carnac the Magnificent : ESP
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Offering in Eilish's clothing brand? : BILLIEJEANS
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Earth tone : OCHRE
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Country that gained its independence from France in 1953 : LAOS
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Messenger molecule : RNA
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Texter's qualifier : IMO
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Turn down : REFUSE
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Request to a custom tailor? : CUTMESOMESLACKS
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Smaller cousins of English horns : OBOES
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Place for grape nuts? : NAPA
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Prepare to use, as a coupon : CLIP
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End of the line, maybe : DEPOT
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Hissy fit : SNIT
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Like taking candy from a baby, it's said : EASY
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All by oneself : SOLO
2
Love, for Rafael Nadal : AMOR
3
Pulitzer-winning journalist and novelist Quindlen : ANNA
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Head honcho : BIGCHEESE
5
Cylindrical alternative to a French fry : TATERTOT
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"Would you look at that!" : OHO
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Plant in a stegosaurus's diet : FERN
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"Well, duh!" : UMYEAH
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Going rate? : MPH
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Island greeting : ALOHA
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Rod on the road : CARANTENNA
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Animals that use pheromones to communicate : ANTS
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Gives a thumbs-up : OKS
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Smack : SLAP
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NSFW message : SEXT
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Place to dock : PIER
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Flavor enhancer in Doritos, for short : MSG
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"The final frontier" : SPACE
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Dens : LAIRS
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Ultimately triumph : ENDUPONTOP
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Warning sound : GROWL
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Used, as a chair : SATON
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Line adjusters on an Etch A Sketch : KNOBS
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Suffers embarrassment : LOSESFACE
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Labor : TOIL
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Curses out : SWEARSAT
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Frankly, in a text : TBH
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Body part that may be green : IRIS
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They can cause sour experiences for car owners : LEMONS
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Director Coen : JOEL
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Small part : CAMEO
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Cartoonist Goldberg who never actually built the machines he drew : RUBE
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Neighbor of the United Arab Emirates : OMAN
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Sch. west of Beverly Hills : UCLA
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Rentals that come with poles : SKIS
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Athletic award : ESPY
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Fish-and-chips fish, typically : COD
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Ballpark guess: Abbr. : EST
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___Pen : EPI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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