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New York Times, Sunday, October 29, 2023

Author:
Alina Abidi
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : Makes a decision
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Alina Abidi

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {KQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Abidi. Sunday freshness: 40%
Will Shortz notes:
Alina Abidi, of Pittsburgh (moving to Brooklyn next month), works as a software engineer at Duolingo, an educational software company, where she's a member of its Club Crossword. Every day ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times10/29/23 ( No. 27,018 )
Across
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OutKast or Black Star : RAPDUO
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Shift neighbor : CTRL
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Striped minnow used in drug development : ZEBRAFISH
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Character who lives on the "tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel : ELOISE
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What integrals calculate : AREA
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Got comfortable with : ADAPTEDTO
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Holiday building material (GABARDINE) : GINGERBREAD
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Stay up all night finishing a book, maybe (GABARDINE) : BINGEREAD
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Chocolate brand with a mountain logo : ANDES
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Like some language exams : ORAL
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Slangy term of endearment : BABES
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"You ___?" : RANG
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Without : LESS
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Lighter alternative to a laptop : IPAD
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Makes some stitches : PURLS
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"Siddhartha" author : HESSE
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Elixir : TONIC
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In itself : PERSE
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Captcha target : BOT
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Washington post (SATEEN) : SENATESEAT
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Thumbs-up (SATEEN) : ASSENT
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James of "The Blacklist" : SPADER
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Location for a tragus piercing : EAR
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Site with a "Culturally Jewish" option : JDATE
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"Calvin and Hobbes" bully : MOE
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The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards : ARI
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Fare that's filled and folded : OMELET
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Fends (off) : WARDS
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Makes a decision : OPTS
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Lead-in to wife or life : MID
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"Pay attention!" : FOCUS
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Mongolian word in an honorary title : DALAI
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Brooklyn art school : PRATT
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Having similar qualities ... or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle are? : CUTFROMTHESAMECLOTH
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French film director Claire : DENIS
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Rapper who popularized Auto-Tune : TPAIN
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Hawkins who wrote "The Girl on the Train" (2015) : PAULA
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Mother ___ : HEN
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Latin "Behold!" : ECCE
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Clog in a bathtub drain, maybe : HAIRS
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Monkeys (around) : MESSES
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Part of an old-age plan, for short : IRA
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Nev. neighbor : CAL
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Where Six Flags theme parks originated : TEXAS
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Severe punishment : BAN
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Floors : AMAZES
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Precursor to the main act (NEOPRENE) : OPENER
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Liable to make mistakes (NEOPRENE) : ERRORPRONE
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Follower of sit or stand : INS
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Object of wishful thinking? : GENIE
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"___ we all?" : ARENT
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Like most running shoes : LACED
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Easily shockable sort : PRUDE
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Recipe verb : STIR
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"Pop ___," British show that launched Simon Cowell's TV career : IDOL
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List ender : ETAL
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Voting groups : BLOCS
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12-month rentals, often: Abbr. : APTS
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Country that's more than 2,600 miles long : CHILE
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Grabbing distance (CASHMERE) : ARMSREACH
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Philadelphia specialty (CASHMERE) : CREAMCHEESE
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Carnival performer : FIREEATER
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Jamaican tangelo : UGLI
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Got close to, with "on" : VERGED
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"Understood" : SAYNOMORE
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Big ask? : POLL
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Reacts to a grand gesture, maybe : SWOONS
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Skirt style : ALINE
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Ornate garden features : PONDS
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Broken down : DIGESTED
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Visits, as a restroom : USES
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"Love, Reign ___ Me" (song by the Who) : OER
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Formula 1 event : CARRACE
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Sole protector? : TREAD
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True : REAL
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Young fellow : LAD
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Famed New York City deli : ZABARS
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Weed gummy, e.g. : EDIBLE
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Bugaboos : BANES
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Dungeons & Dragons and others, for short : RPGS
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Did a great job, in Gen Z lingo : ATE
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Pride : lions :: business : ___ : FERRETS
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Components of a mind map : IDEAS
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Super-big fans : STANS
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___ conjecture, one of math's Millennium Prize Problems : HODGE
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Toy with verbal commands : BOPIT
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Lancaster of old Hollywood : BURT
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Ready for battle, say : INARMOR
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Galette fruit : PEAR
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"Weapon" in a backyard water fight : HOSE
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Unrepeated instances : ONEOFFS
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Kind of moss : PEAT
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What vampires don't turn into, in "Twilight" : BATS
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Gave in : SAIDUNCLE
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Get seriously conked : SEESTARS
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Understand someone else's side : EMPATHIZE
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Away : NOTTHERE
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Try out : TEST
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Altman who's the C.E.O. of OpenAI : SAM
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Energy sanctions measure : PRICECAP
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A red one is sweeter than a green one : JALAPENO
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Soaps, e.g. : DRAMAS
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Goodbyes : ADIEUS
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Carbon levy, for instance : ECOTAX
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Filipino spring roll : LUMPIA
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"As It ___" (Harry Styles hit) : WAS
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It's found next to mercurio on the periodic table : ORO
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Bear's home : DEN
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Type of quasiparticle : PLASMON
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Common Father's Day gift : TIE
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Towel word : HIS
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How everything appears in hindsight : CLEARER
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Visual arts style : DECO
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"Hip Hop Is Dead" musical artist : NAS
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Towel word : HERS
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Dark plain on the moon's surface : MARE
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Take care of : TEND
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Baguette topper : BRIE
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"It must be exhausting always rooting for the ___" (Taylor Swift lyric) : ANTIHERO
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TV ratings name : NIELSEN
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Extrema : ENDS
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Kind of comb : RATTAIL
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Rainbow creator : PRISM
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Mr. Whipple of old commercials, e.g. : GROCER
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Trick-taking card game : EUCHRE
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Thumbs (through) : LEAFS
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Some hotel lobbies : ATRIA
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Car model whose name comes from the Japanese word for "crown" : CAMRY
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Who said "Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance" : PLATO
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Something that may be cast : SPELL
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Painter Rivera : DIEGO
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"WandaVision" actress Elizabeth : OLSEN
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___ United, English soccer team : LEEDS
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Grin with a glow : BEAM
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Ship that may have inspired Homer's "Odyssey" : ARGO
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Masticate : CHEW
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Old car inits. : REO
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Part of a Yahtzee set : CUP
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Pharmacy giant : CVS

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

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