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New York Times, Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Author:
Kathy Lowden
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
34-Across : "___ the season!"
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41/6/202010/29/20242
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Kathy Lowden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQXY} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Lowden. Tuesday freshness: 49%
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© 2024, The New York Times10/29/24 ( No. 27,384 )
Across
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Alternatives to Ubers : CABS
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Game also called "hoops" : BBALL
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"I'll drink to ___!" : THAT
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Eleven, in Évian : ONZE
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Stan's partner in old comedy : OLLIE
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___ cava (blood line to the heart) : VENA
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Whole bunch at a family reunion? : DOZENSOFCOUSINS
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Give for safekeeping : ENTRUST
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Titular film character who lives in a swamp : SHREK
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Parent company of Instagram : META
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Kerfuffle : ADO
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Large array for a desk? : SCORESOFDRAWERS
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Author Horatio : ALGER
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"___ the season!" : TIS
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Customizable Nintendo avatar : MII
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Kind of salad with celery, apples, walnuts and grapes : WALDORF
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Performing group at a homecoming game : PEPBAND
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Uno + due : TRE
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The sun or the moon : ORB
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You might ask for one at an annual review : RAISE
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Big group in a dog show? : OODLESOFPOODLES
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Word before cream or crystals : ICE
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Mattress specification : FIRM
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Lead-in to soprano : MEZZO
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Suddenly started speaking : PIPEDUP
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Massive collection for an alchemist? : OCEANSOFPOTIONS
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Blacken on the grill : CHAR
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Be behind : TRAIL
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Boring routines : RUTS
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Word after "Going once, going twice!" : SOLD
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Tube-shaped pasta : PENNE
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Achievement for Elton John and John Legend, in brief : EGOT
Down
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With 28-Down, emergency status : CODE
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Unknown writer, for short : ANON
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[Wrong answer!] : BZZT
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Oracle : SEER
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Office heads : BOSSES
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Drunk as a skunk : BLOTTO
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Sitcom extraterrestrial : ALF
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D.M.V. document: Abbr. : LIC
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Virgo preceder : LEO
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"Nashville" or "Atlanta," e.g. : TVSHOW
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___ apparent : HEIR
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Name shared by two of King Henry VIII's wives : ANNE
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Job : TASK
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Uno or due : NUMERO
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Org. that grades meat : USDA
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Fore's counterpart : AFT
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Rear end, in London's West End : ARSE
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Took care of : SAWTO
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"Of course!," in Spanish : CLARO
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Looked at rudely : OGLED
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See 1-Down : RED
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Guacamole or hummus : DIP
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It might be spam : EMAIL
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Lather, ___, repeat : RINSE
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Diner add-ons : SIDES
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Warm pink hue : ROSE
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To and ___ : FRO
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Not tardy : PROMPT
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Misbehaving : BAD
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Very good pal, informally : BFF
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___ brain (source of our primal instincts, it's said) : LIZARD
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Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
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Broadway musical about the son of Charlemagne : PIPPIN
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Baltimore ballplayer : ORIOLE
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Slipperlike shoes, for short : MOCS
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Repeat word for word : ECHO
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Ardent enthusiasm : ZEAL
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Ireland, to the Irish : EIRE
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___ Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris : DOUG
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"For ___ us a child is born" : UNTO
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Vowelless attention-getter : PSST
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Pit stop brand : STP
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Something crushed during a gold rush : ORE
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Devotee : FAN

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