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New York Times, Friday, November 17, 2023

Author:
Hemant Mehta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Onetime collector of bizarre facts
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Hemant Mehta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Mehta. Friday freshness: 28%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/17/23 ( No. 27,037 )
Across
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Presider over weddings, in Greek myth : HERA
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Lunchbox fave : PBJ
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Jackie's predecessor in the White House : MAMIE
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It's a sign : OMEN
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The "glitter of the snack world," per Ellen DeGeneres : CHEETODUST
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___-in-waiting : LADY
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Focus of a get-rich-quick scheme? : LOTTOBALLS
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Saddlebag carrier : ASS
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Underworld V.I.P.s : DONS
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Onetime collector of bizarre facts : RIPLEY
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It's settled! : COLONY
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Cologne first launched by Fabergé : BRUT
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Home of the Green Wave : TULANE
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Setting for a speech : DAIS
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"My man!" : BRO
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Sad postgame report : ILOST
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Scrambled syntax : WORDSALAD
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Fitness test with beeps : PACER
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Sit in a cellar, perhaps : AGE
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___ Abbott, longtime role on "The Young and the Restless" : TRACI
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Requirement for getting into school? : STUDENTID
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Icy coatings : RIMES
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Informal affirmative : YEP
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Dom Perignon's winery, informally : MOET
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Split : BISECT
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French fashion house : DIOR
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"That'd be nice!" : HOPESO
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Make the grade? : ASCEND
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They're drunk at socials : TEAS
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What may be behind the curtain : TUB
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Things gotten just for kicks? : FIELDGOALS
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Request from Oliver Twist : MORE
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"… seriously!" : ANDIMEANIT
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Major opening? : URSA
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Candy mogul Harry : REESE
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Canvas finish? : TKO
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Sent a private note, in brief : DMED
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Hello, in Honduras : HOLA
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Neuter : EMASCULATE
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Common receptacle in beer pong : REDSOLOCUP
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Selected at random : ANY
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Knockoff : PHONY
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Pot growers? : BETS
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Part of a jacuzzi : JET
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One-sided curiosities : MOBIUSSTRIPS
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Show flexibility : ADAPT
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Ruminate on : MULL
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Jersey or Guernsey : ISLE
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Site with the categories "Bags & Purses" and "Bath & Beauty" : ETSY
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Knockoff : CLONE
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Like some love affairs : TORRID
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"Ugh, yeah, I'm well aware" : DONTREMINDME
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Performed light surgery on? : LASED
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Made visible : BARED
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Partially plastered : TIPSY
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Slack off : DOGIT
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Heated discussion of who's responsible for a failure : BLAMESTORM
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Ascot, e.g. : RACECOURSE
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Keats or Shelley : ODIST
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Zero-calorie beverage : WATER
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Respond to an alarm, say : ARISE
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Chronic pest : NOODGE
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"Veni, vidi, vici," e.g. : BOAST
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Panini purveyors : DELIS
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Head for the sun? : HELIO
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Where many travelers come from : AFAR
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0, for 180 : SINE
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Turn over : CEDE
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Fail precipitately, in slang : TANK
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Strung-out sort? : BEAD
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Part of a stable diet : OAT
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Word with puppy or pie : MUD

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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