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New York Times, Thursday, October 31, 2024

Author:
Sarah Sinclair and Paolo Pasco
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
54-Across : "Last Christmas" pop duo
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.542970%
Sarah Sinclair
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277/17/201510/31/202410
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
341.6119374%
Paolo Pasco

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 40 This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Sinclair. This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Pasco. Thursday freshness: 89%
Jim Horne notes:

Boo!

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TROLL
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© 2024, The New York Times10/31/24 ( No. 27,386 )
Across
1
Go downhill fast, maybe : SLED
5
Instigate : FOMENT
11
Little while : BIT
14
Adjective often paired with "hearty" : HALE
15
The "boy" in the Broadway lyric "Never before has a boy wanted more!" : OLIVER
16
Cruise through : ACE
17
"Duh!," in textspeak : OBVS
18
Noted convention center? : GENEVA
19
"Moo, ___, La La La!" (children's book) : BAA
20
June observance : PRIDEMONTH
22
Pastry whose dough is used in making pigs in a blanket : CRESCENTROLL
24
Common situations in time travel narratives : PARADOXES
26
The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legend : HORSE
27
Lowercase "n" lookalike : ETA
28
Its cups aren't supposed to runneth over : BRA
29
Singer Lewis : HUEY
30
Last word in the full title of Cervantes's most famous novel : MANCHA
33
Pigeonry : COTE
34
Halloween-themed hit, with a hint to four squares in this puzzle : MONSTERMASH
36
What the puck is going on? : RINK
37
" … have it your way, then" : ORDONT
38
BeBe's sister, in a gospel duo : CECE
39
Something "dead" in a haunted corn maze? : END
40
___ powder (manicure type) : DIP
43
It comes from the heart : AORTA
45
Summer drink made from the fruits of two tropical trees : MANGOLEMONADE
48
Graphic showing the status of a download, say : PROGRESSBAR
50
Like Polish, but not polish : PROPER
51
Lionizing lines : ODE
52
General during the Clone Wars : KENOBI
54
"Last Christmas" pop duo : WHAM
55
Marble count for each side in Chinese checkers : TEN
56
Opposite of a jumbo shake? : TREMOR
57
Prefix with trust or rust : ANTI
58
Sounds of hesitation : ERS
59
Recorded, in a way : ONTAPE
60
Throw hard, in modern slang : YEET
Down
1
Quaint store : SHOPPE
2
Maze runner : LABRAT
3
"Mistress of the Dark" in a 1988 film : ELVIRA
4
"Othello" role : DESDEMONA
5
Sound sounds : FOGHORNS
6
Encouragement to a flamenco performer : OLE
7
Cut finely : MINCE
8
Civil rights leader Medgar : EVERS
9
Campbell of horror film fame : NEVE
10
Just terrible, in slang : TRASH
11
One of the original five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame : BABERUTH
12
"Yes, that's abundantly clear" : ICANSEE
13
Source of refreshments on a train to London : TEATROLLEY
21
Financial institution with A.T.M.s known as "Green Machines" : TDBANK
23
Fellow presenter : COHOST
25
Art knife brand : XACTO
30
Paintings in the "Water Lilies" series, e.g. : MONETS
31
Dating app for queer women : HER
32
Elizabeth of cosmetics : ARDEN
33
Openness : CANDOR
34
Certain edible seedlings : MICROGREENS
35
Khan tract? : MONGOLEMPIRE
36
Keep in stock, say : REORDER
38
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" author : CAPOTE
40
"Apollo and ___" (Bernini masterpiece) : DAPHNE
41
Kick around some concepts : IDEATE
42
Aspiring driver's need : PERMIT
44
Invite for : ASKTO
45
Painter whose "Olympia" caused controversy for its depiction of a sex worker : MANET
46
Result of burning sage : AROMA
47
"Not happening!" : NOWAY
49
2016 election nickname : BERN
53
Catchy song : BOP

Answer summary:
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