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Teacher's Marks

New York Times, Sunday, October 6, 2024

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
56-Across : "You say it, you pay it" containers
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 78 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Kugelman. Sunday freshness: 29%
Joel Fagliano notes:
John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer and musician. He dedicates this puzzle to his sister Julie Buffington, a.k.a. "Mrs. B," a second-grade teacher at nearby ... read more
John Kugelman notes:
This puzzle, my first NYT acceptance, got the thumbs up in March of 2023. At that time I'd only been constructing for a few months and had a bad habit of trying to cram as many themers as ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Fun puzzle. The clue markings displayed below are a pale approximation of the PDF, which shows more detailed teacher's marks.

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© 2024, The New York Times10/6/24 ( No. 27,361 )
Across
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Remained under cover? : SLEPTIN
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John Singer Sargent portrait that scandalized Paris in 1884 : MADAMEX
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Just peachy : AOK
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"Time to start the day!" : UPANDATEM
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What Beyoncé Knowles goes by : ONENAME
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Tournament pass : BYE
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Mrs. B you'll die when you hear what happened to "me" this summer. : DONTQUOTEMEONTHIS
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Steve Jobs called it "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life" : LSD
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Municipal regulations: Abbr. : ORDS
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Soccer star Hamm : MIA
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Make airtight : SEAL
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"Shall we?" reply : LETS
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___ degree : NTH
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Windfalls : BONANZAS
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Digestive enzyme : LIPASE
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So we're at the convenience store and WOW I find a 5$ dollar bill on the floor : YOURMONEYSNOGOODHERE
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Stewart's successor on "The Daily Show" : NOAH
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Needy : POOR
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James Joyce short story set in a bazaar : ARABY
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Surprise surprise! Whom should walk in? Just my best friend ever! : HALTWHOGOESTHERE
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Old West actress? : MAE
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"Queen of the Jungle," in comics : SHEENA
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Grp. with an in-season tournament beginning in 2023 : NBA
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"You say it, you pay it" containers : SWEARJARS
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Tandoor bread : NAAN
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Multi-movement works : SUITES
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Progeny : SCIONS
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Me and Jamie ask if we can get a couple of scratchers : DONTSTARTWITHME
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2001 title role for Audrey Tautou : AMELIE
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Bottoms of boots : TREADS
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Ending with spy or ransom : WARE
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Indelicacy : CRUDENESS
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"Licensed to ___" (Beastie Boys album) : ILL
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They might be said to be dancing or raging : FLAMES
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Draw conclusions, in brief? : OTS
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My mom buys them, and she knows how much I loooooooove lottery tickets : ALLYOUNEEDISLOVE
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Marilyn who sang "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" : MCCOO
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Inappropriate to say, maybe : UNPC
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Greetings from Brazil : OLAS
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"Scratch them your self girls," she says, so we do : PULLYOURSELFTOGETHER
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Feature of Japan's flag : REDSUN
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Tool with metal jaws : CALIPERS
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Bad thing to do during a meeting : NAP
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Confront : FACE
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Bumps off : ICES
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Introspective question : AMI
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Et ___ : ALIA
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One of four rhyming letters : ETA
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OMG can you believe it! We won the mall!!! : YOUCANTWINTHEMALL
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Polar sky phenomena : AURORAE
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Devilish : DEMONICAL
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Ones ordering shots, for short : DRS
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Ransack : PILLAGE
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Wrestler's outfit : SINGLET
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Bandmate of Ginger, Scary, Posh and Baby : SPORTY
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Cry from a crow's nest : LANDHO
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Fangorn Forest inhabitants, in fiction : ENTS
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A.S.A.P. : PDQ
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Sigma follower : TAU
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"What was ___ do?" : ITO
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Volleyer in a doubles match : NETMAN
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What a stooge! : MOE
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Good "Wheel of Fortune" buy for TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL : ANO
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Fox burrows : DENS
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Prefix with chamber : ANTE
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"Thank you," on Oahu : MAHALO
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Actor Estevez : EMILIO
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Strikes (out) : XES
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Rank in the Merchant Marine : ABLESEAMAN
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Eateries whose patrons dine with tiny forks : OYSTERBARS
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Sneaker brand : KEDS
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Thick Japanese noodle : UDON
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German possessive : MEINE
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Labyrinthine : MAZY
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Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR
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Lightly fry : BROWN
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The "O" in a H.O.R.S.E. poker tournament : OMAHA
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N.Y.C. neighborhood just below Astor Place : NOHO
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Ancient symbols of royalty : ASPS
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Spoiled brat : SNOT
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Smartphone predecessor, for short : PDA
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Neglected : UNTENDED
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Impressed responses : OOHS
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Waxed : GREW
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Most spiders have eight : EYES
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QVC alternative : HSN
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"Eureka!" : AHA
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Thompson of the box-office bomb "Howard the Duck" : LEA
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Bearded beasts : GNUS
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Newspaper notice : OBIT
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Trouble : EATAT
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"No playing" signs : RESTS
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A pop : EACH
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Lip : RIM
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Longtime guitarist for the Eagles : JOEWALSH
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World's most recycled material : STEEL
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Drop the ball : ERR
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Bier holder : STEIN
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Flamenco shout : OLE
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One in a historic trio : NINA
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Thick plank of a ship : WALE
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Loaf : IDLE
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Monet manager? : ARTCURATOR
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Mustangs and Firebirds : MUSCLECARS
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"Te ___" (Rihanna song) : AMO
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Fire (up) : REV
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Suffix with Milan or Bhutan : ESE
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Give for free : COMP
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Legato mark : SLUR
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Terms and conditions, e.g.: Abbr. : SYNS
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Auditor's target : FILER
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Exams for aspiring clerks, in brief : LSATS
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International grp. based in Vienna : OPEC
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Home of Pauley Pavilion: Abbr. : UCLA
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Lead-in to coin, for a meme currency : DOGE
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Adjective used with "ye" : OLDE
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Yiddish exclamations : OYS
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"Certainement!" : OUIOUI
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Straighten, as hair : UNCURL
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Shortcoming : FLAW
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Fainthearted : TIMID
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Voices one's views : OPINES
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Braid : ENLACE
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Upbraid : RAILAT
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Dark cloud : PALL
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Ward (off) : FEND
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Darwinian subj. : ECOL
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Tegan and ___ (pop duo) : SARA
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"Thanks ___!" : AMIL
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Yammer : YAP
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Get after : NAG
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Timeout signal : TEE
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"Ew!," in a text : TMI
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Darlin' : HON
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Home to the Cotswolds: Abbr. : ENG

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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