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Right on the Money

New York Times, Sunday, November 12, 2023

Author:
Garrett Chalfin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
96-Across : Figures in Islamic mythology
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Garrett Chalfin

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 86 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Chalfin. Sunday freshness: 27%
Will Shortz notes:
Garrett Chalfin, of New York City, is a first-year student at the University of Chicago, taking classes in biology, "Human Being and Citizen" and "Classics of Social and Political ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
"Right on the Money" means that five Down answers turn right at the circled currency units (well, actually, they turn left, but toward the right side of the grid) and then down again to ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times11/12/23 ( No. 27,032 )
Across
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Landscaper's purchase : SOD
4
Downright : PLUMB
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[If you'll allow me to butt in …] : AHEM
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"Gotcha!" : AHA
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Anton ___, food critic in "Ratatouille" : EGO
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Come-on : TEASER
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___ years (old age) : RIPER
20
Word with purpose or personality : DUAL
21
"___ you ready?" : ARE
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Enjoyed oneself : HADAGOODTIME
24
Major part of astronomy? : URSA
25
Tous ___ jours (French for "every day") : LES
26
Something dot something, say : URL
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Features of telephone directories : AREACODEMAPS
29
Emerged as a victor : WON
31
Grovel : EATDIRT
34
Writer Ayn : RAND
35
Fight (for) : FEND
36
Rest atop : LIEON
37
Euphemistic cry of frustration : DADGUMIT
41
Sweetly, in scores : DOLCE
42
Actress Close : GLENN
43
Japanese buckwheat noodle : SOBA
44
2022 culinary black comedy, with "The" : MENU
45
Peabody-winning journalist Linda : ELLERBEE
47
Prefix with sphere : HELIO
49
It can be a lifesaver, in brief : CPR
50
One might read "Caution: Messy eater!" : BIB
51
Twilled fabric : SERGE
53
Satyrs, say : LEERERS
55
Old nomad of central Asia : HUN
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Playroom collection : TOYS
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Where to see heads of gladiators, informally : AMEXCARDS
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Little fights : SPATS
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Degrees for most profs : PHDS
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Poet Ezra : POUND
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Dark green Indian dish : SAAG
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"That was hilarious!," in textspeak : LMFAO
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Totally committed to : DEADSETON
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Serves right? : ACES
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Stuff refineries refine : OIL
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Classifies : ASSORTS
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Part of a furniture measurement : DEPTH
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60 minuti : ORA
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Senator Klobuchar : AMY
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Whole shebang : GAMUT
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Figure of speech in which words are reversed for effect, like "Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you" : CHIASMUS
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Vassal's plot : FIEF
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Miss : LASS
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Goldman ___ : SACHS
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Stylish women's shoes : PUMPS
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Hasty signature, often : SCRIBBLE
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Figures in Islamic mythology : GENII
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Twit, to a Brit : PRAT
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Not fake : REAL
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Formulates, as a plan : DEVISES
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Craving : YEN
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Movie hero introduced in 1981 : INDIANAJONES
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Novelist Patchett : ANN
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Go down slightly : DIP
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King Tut, during most of his reign : TEEN
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Titular feature of fiction's Lisbeth Salander : DRAGONTATTOO
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#34 : IKE
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Oomph : ZING
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___ vincit amor : OMNIA
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Displayed : ONVIEW
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Trawler's need : NET
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Red army member? : ANT
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Caught : SEEN
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Blobby parts of blobfish : NOSES
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Much of the planet Saturn : GAS
Down
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Product safety indicator : SEAL
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Princess Fiona, e.g. : OGRE
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Treats favorably / Has a very good effect : DOESWELLBY/DOESWONDERS
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Fall fruit : PEAR
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It may deliver a punch : LADLE
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What may come before Today : USA
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Gig part : MEG
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Get bigger : BROADEN
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Jacinda ___, New Zealand prime minister who, at 37, was the world's youngest female head of government : ARDERN
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Blindly punch : HITAT
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Big, big, big : EPIC
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Like a momentous occasion / Office communiqué : MEMORABLE/MEMORANDUM
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Someone's je ne sais quoi : AURA
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Padlock holder : HASP
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"Sorry to say …" : ALAS
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Speaks loudly : THUNDERS
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Firefighter famous for extinguishing burning wells : REDADAIR
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Lollipop with a "mystery flavor" : DUMDUM
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Film company behind "Amadeus" and "Platoon" : ORION
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The "E" of E.S.L., for short : ENG
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"Back in the good old days …" : ONCE
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Claim : ALLEGE
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50-50, e.g. : TIE
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First ___ (Shakespeare collection) : FOLIO
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Movers and shakers : DOERS
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Robotic anime genre : MECHA
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Enter : INPUT
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Switches allegiances, as a spy : TURNS
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You're gonna pay for this! : DEBT
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Targets of some wipes : GERMS
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Got less hairy : SHEDDED
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Bracelet bit : BEAD
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Peak in the "Odyssey" : OSSA
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Masters / Elaborated : EXPERTS/EXPOUNDED
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Gives kudos : LAUDS
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Flying fish-eaters : ERNS
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Pool locale : SPA
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Application of polish, e.g. : COAT
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Grp. that goes on tour : PGA
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Novelist Tami : HOAG
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They're no longer "fresh" : SOPHS
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Prefix with thesis : ANTI
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Enjoys doing nothing : LOAFS
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Taunt, in a way : MIMIC
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Philadelphia athlete : FLYER
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Drench : DOUSE
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Worker at the Genius Bar : TECHIE
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Large, as a lead : COMMANDING
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Blow : ERUPT
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Give lip service? : SASS
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Captain of M.L.B.'s Swingin' A's of the 1970s : SALBANDO
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What a Tyrannosaurus rex grapples with? : SMALLARMS
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"Are you satisfied?" / Common fairy tale conclusion : HAPPYNOW/HAPPYENDING
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"Not a problem" : SURE
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Part of a potter's process / Parts of a building's safety system : FIRING/FIREALARMS
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Early evening hour : SEVEN
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Actress Jennifer : ANISTON
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Lead-in to gender : CIS
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Arthur of "The Golden Girls" : BEA
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Christopher Columbus, e.g. : GENOAN
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Motherless calf : DOGIE
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"Socrate" composer : SATIE
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Chichén ___ (ancient Mayan city) : ITZA
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Hamburg refusal : NEIN
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Bad impression? : DENT
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Primatologist Goodall : JANE
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Refusals : NOES
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Store whose name is an acronym : IKEA
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Some motel prohibitions : PETS
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Year abroad? : ANO
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They might be wall-mounted : TVS

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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