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New York Times, Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Author:
Steve Weyer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
59-Across : Fictional lawyer Perry cries "I give!"
TotalDebut
111/1/2023
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Steve Weyer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJKQWXZ} Spans: 4 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Weyer. Wednesday freshness: 66%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/1/23 ( No. 27,021 )
Across
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What a cat's meow might mean : IMHUNGRY
9
Starchless, as some foods : NOCARB
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Peak in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain : MAUNALOA
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1957's "Attack of the Crab Monsters," for one : BMOVIE
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Actor Sean does some things that aren't nice : ASTINISNTASAINT
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What Odysseus was bound to during the sirens' song : MAST
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Turner with many Grammys : TINA
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Feature of some Indian music : RAGA
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Role-play : ACT
23
Sierra runners : MACS
26
Silent film star Bara didn't want to leave us : THEDAHATEDDEATH
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Little shots? : HYPOS
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Vintage Camaro owner's boast? : IROC
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___ Day (May 1, in Hawaii) : LEI
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Break : REST
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An artist might blow it : GLASS
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Carpe ___ : DIEM
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Half dos : UNO
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California's ___ Woods National Monument : MUIR
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Firm refusal : BIGNO
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Artist Édouard mistakenly proposed 11:00 : MANETMEANTTENAM
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TV detective Bosch's former org. : LAPD
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Sites for some docs : ORS
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Touch : ABUT
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Cut-off pants? : TROU
55
Hand over : CEDE
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Fictional lawyer Perry cries "I give!" : MASONMOANSNOMAS
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Peninsula south of the Pyrenees : IBERIA
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Differentiate : SETAPART
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Explorer from 63-Across : DESOTO
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1545 treatise whose rearranged letters aptly suggest 17-, 26-, 44- and 59-Across : ARSMAGNA
Down
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Prayer leader : IMAM
2
Tamale dough : MASA
3
Rustic refuges : HUTS
4
Storage ___ : UNIT
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Photographer Goldin : NAN
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Procedural flaw : GLITCH
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Elmo's turquoise amiga : ROSITA
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"Life of Pi" novelist Martel : YANN
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Trail Blazers' org. : NBA
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Meditation sounds : OMS
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Rough : COARSE
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Alternative to Reebok : AVIA
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Hobbit Frodo's cloaking device : RING
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Test version : BETA
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Wild horses couldn't drag them away, presumably : TAMERS
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Some remote batteries : AAS
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Bothers : ADOS
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Govt. health agency : CDC
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Hum monotonously : THRUM
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Spotted scavenger : HYENA
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Printer brand : EPSON
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What's the point? : DOT
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Heady weapon wielded by Wonder Woman? : TIARA
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Sync up : ALIGN
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"The Brandon ___ Story" (1998 documentary) : TEENA
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Handmade sign at a stadium : HIMOM
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"Forrest ___" : GUMP
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Misled : LIEDTO
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One of five in Yahtzee : DIE
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Underground org. of New York : MTA
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"Dynamite" K-pop group : BTS
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Six Flags ride named for a powerful animal : ELTORO
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Lunchtime tryst : NOONER
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Entities holding property : TRUSTS
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Within : AMID
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Bunyan's ox or Hoggett's pig : BABE
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Applications : USES
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Tabula ___ : RASA
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Manilow's "hottest spot north of Havana," informally : COPA
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Online zine : EMAG
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Swear to mend things? : DARN
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"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
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Minor fault : NIT
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Long March leader : MAO
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Where 38-Down served, for short : NAM

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