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New York Times, Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Author:
Justin Werfel
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
31-Across : Like unshorn wool?
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Justin Werfel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Werfel. Tuesday freshness: 82%
Jim Horne notes:

Patrick Berry had a similar theme in this amusing Sunday from 2007.

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© 2024, The New York Times10/8/24 ( No. 27,363 )
Across
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Tackle, as a crossword : SOLVE
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Hold responsible : BLAME
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___ culpa : MEA
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Pertaining to bees : APIAN
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Small bouquets : POSIES
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"Be on the lookout" message, for short : APB
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"Beware of this sausage!"? : FEARTHEWURST
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Insult : DIS
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Genderqueer identity, informally : ENBY
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Balaam couldn't move his : ASS
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Must : HAVETO
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French seasoning : SEL
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Camera roll contents : PHOTOS
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Small drum : TABOR
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Unexpected delight : TREAT
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Like unshorn wool? : ONTHELAMB
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Give some lip : SASS
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Call from a goat : MAA
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Frosts, as a cupcake : ICES
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Breed beef cattle? : RAISETHESTEAKS
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___ good example : SETA
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A.A. Milne youngster : ROO
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Roughly cut : HEWN
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Charlotte's first draft for "Some Pig"? : WHATABOAR
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Book in a cartographer's collection : ATLAS
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Name of Athena's shield : AEGIS
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Two up quarks and a down quark : PROTON
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Supped on : ATE
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Crude and tactless : GAUCHE
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Compete (for) : VIE
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Giant squids have ones the size of dinner plates : EYES
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College sr.'s test : GRE
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Summary of the phonetic puns at 17-, 31-, 38- and 45-Across? : MAKEENDSMEAT
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Tee preceder : ESS
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Building with many wings? : AVIARY
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Handbag : PURSE
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Thing, in legalese : RES
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Hub : NEXUS
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It's a good thing : ASSET
Down
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Most secure : SAFEST
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First game of the season : OPENER
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On the hook : LIABLE
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Fluctuate : VARY
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Treebeard or Beechbone, in Middle-earth : ENT
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Greets with deference : BOWSTO
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Sch. whose mascot is Mike the Tiger : LSU
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Bouncy castle filler : AIR
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Netting : MESH
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Huge tract of land : ESTATE
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Recouped, as an investment : MADEBACK
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Paragons : EPITOMES
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Sops up : ABSORBS
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Money in Mexico : PESO
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"As if!" : HAH
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Lionhearted : VALIANT
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Organizers of book fairs, for short : PTAS
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"I'm buying!" : ONME
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Tuck away for later : STASH
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Like some lions and elephants : ASIATIC
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Despise : HATE
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Novak Djokovic or Nikola Jokic, by birth : SERB
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Bend over : STOOP
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Go over the line? : REHEARSE
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"If I had to estimate ..." : ATAGUESS
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Winter frost : HOAR
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Actor McGregor : EWAN
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Cocky walk : SWAGGER
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"Little Shop of Horrors" lyricist Howard : ASHMAN
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Curiosity and Perseverance, e.g. : ROVERS
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Good things to dress in when it's cold : LAYERS
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"Relax, soldier!" : ATEASE
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End of a sonnet, often : SESTET
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Wee : TINY
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Voluminous ref. : OED
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Spot for an icicle : EAVE
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Cassowary relatives : EMUS
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Cereal with the slogan "Kid-tested. Parent-approved" : KIX
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Mer contents : EAU
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Belgian town known for its mineral baths : SPA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle.

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