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New York Times, Thursday, October 24, 2024

Author:
Ella Dershowitz
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
17-Across : Selecting for a jury
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Ella Dershowitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 11 for Ms. Dershowitz. Thursday freshness: 48%
Jim Horne notes:
Four rows here have two answers each. ANY TAKERS, that is, "N E" TAKERS, means that to match the clues, the second word in those rows ... read more
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B
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A
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R
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O
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R
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L
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A
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K
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© 2024, The New York Times10/24/24 ( No. 27,379 )
Across
1
Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln : BAR
4
Marine animal with distinctive eye patches : ORCA
8
Promote oneself : BOAST
13
Had beef, perhaps : ATE
14
Sport : WEAR
15
Writes with a point? : ETCHES
17
Selecting for a jury : IMPANELING
19
Nickname alternative to Teddy : THEO
20
Bash : FETE
21
"If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice) : WHITE
23
Vinyl records, slangily : WAX
24
Stinging jellyfish : SEANETTLE
26
North Dakota's most populous city : FARGO
28
Epsilon follower : ZETA
29
They end in diciembre : ANOS
31
"Darn it!" : NUTS
32
Emphasis-providing suffix : ASS
33
Thick Japanese noodle : UDON
34
Words of protest : BUTS
35
"Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them : ANYTAKERS
38
Get ready to fly : TAXI
40
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
41
"Also also ...," for short : PPS
44
Hefty read : TOME
45
"Dude!" : BRUH
46
Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" : SARA
47
Frank Sinatra's reads "The best is yet to come" : HEADSTONE
50
Arrogantly confident : COCKY
52
City that's home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr. : ATL
53
Actress Salma : HAYEK
55
Radiator sound : HISS
56
Proponents of crystal healing : NEWAGERS
58
On the same side : ALLIED
61
Totally forgets to do something, informally : SPACES
62
Sports team's assignment : SEED
63
DiFranco who played Persephone in "Hadestown" : ANI
64
Tip-off that you've forgotten something in the toaster : SMOKE
65
Move gradually : EDGE
66
GPS option: Abbr. : RTE
Down
1
Antioxidant-infused water brand : BAI
2
Costs of withdrawing : ATMFEES
3
Emphasizes, in a way : REPEATS
4
Baby that's up all night? : OWLET
5
Big name in outdoor gear : REI
6
"Must this conversation happen again?" : CANWENOT
7
Cry of frustration : ARGH
8
Fighting fish : BETTA
9
Last choice, often : OTHER
10
Crush : ACE
11
Take to the door : SHOWOUT
12
Security deposit payers : TENANTS
16
Makes more alluring, with "up" : SEXES
18
Flour in Indian cuisine : ATTA
22
Theoreticals : IFS
24
Singer with the 2023 #1 hit "Kill Bill" : SZA
25
Word after leading or lunch : LADY
27
Serengeti herd : GNUS
30
Live : ONAIR
33
Prefix with directional : UNI
34
Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna) : BRA
35
Got rid of : AXED
36
Really got to work, with "down" : KNUCKLED
37
Second : ECHO
38
Abdominal floor exercises : TOETAPS
39
Mishmash : AMALGAM
41
Cook until a crust forms : PANSEAR
42
Roll call response : PRESENT
43
Voice : SAY
44
Becomes less tense : THAWS
45
"I tell ya ..." : BOY
46
Personal stake, in a metaphor : SKIN
48
Animated film character with a Scottish accent : SHREK
49
French cup : TASSE
51
Reproach : CHIDE
54
Deftness : EASE
57
Prefix with system : ECO
59
Table support : LEG
60
Block in Atlantic City : DIE

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

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