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New York Times, Friday, November 22, 2024

Author:
Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
48-Across : Puts on the back burner, say
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
610/3/202211/22/20245
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
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Sarah Sinclair
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1410/21/202211/22/202410
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.549872%
Rafael Musa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Sinclair. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Musa. Friday freshness: 29%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/22/24 ( No. 27,408 )
Across
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One with an "accept all cookies" policy? : SANTA
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Ladies' night attendee : GALPAL
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Bunch of Daisies : TROOP
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Language written with runes : OLDNORSE
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Macronutrient grouping? : AEIOU
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Took advantage of a Saturday, say : SLEPTLATE
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"You sure about that?" : ISIT
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Dentist's directive : SPIT
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Allied (with) : SIDED
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Google's former motto : DONTBEEVIL
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Makeup brand known for its risqué product names : NARS
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"Wow, what a thrill!" : SOEXCITING
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Bêtise : IDIOCY
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Adroit : ABLE
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Name that sounds like its first letter : KAY
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Sauce for a caprese sandwich : PESTO
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Lead-in to ✔ on a boarding pass : PRE
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Tolerate : ABIDE
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Be in the picture? : ACT
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Home to Cuyahoga Valley National Park : OHIO
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Beliefs : CREDOS
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Awkward setups, perhaps : BLINDDATES
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Irritation treated with a warm compress : STYE
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Ordinary person, idiomatically : MEREMORTAL
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Puts on the back burner, say : HEATS
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___ lesson : LIFE
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One is seen above the pretzel in the Auntie Anne's logo : HALO
52
Field of stars? : ASTROLOGY
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Like the subject of politics in a job interview, often : TABOO
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"You should leave" : PLEASEGO
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Divvy up : ALLOT
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Understudy opportunities? : EASYAS
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Staff figures : CLEFS
Down
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Humorless : STAID
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Playground comeback : ARESO
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"Really, allow me!" : NOIINSIST
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[Hey! The light turned green!] : TOOTTOOT
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Toon whose last name is Nahasapeemapetilon : APU
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The U.S. has the world's largest : GDP
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Creatures that sleep by taking hundreds of minute-long naps throughout the day : ANTS
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Reacting to a meme, maybe : LOLING
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Hermès competitor : PRADA
10
Daisylike bloom : ASTER
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City between York and Manchester : LEEDS
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Youngest artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 : OLIVIARODRIGO
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Album whose creation is profiled in 2021's "The Beatles: Get Back" : LETITBE
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___ script (screenwriter's pitch) : SPEC
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Like many Halloween costumes : SEXY
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"Don't embarrass me!" : BECOOL
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Small small? : LIL
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Close by : NEARTO
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"Hazy" beverage : IPA
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Cal. ender : DEC
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Where small plates are served? : KIDSTABLE
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___ Annie, role for which Ali Stroker was the first wheelchair user to win a Tony : ADO
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"May I help you?" : YES
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Fragrant fire fodder : PINELOG
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Oktoberfest establishment : BEERHALL
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"I Don't Know How to Love ___" ("Jesus Christ Superstar" song) : HIM
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Made it : CAME
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Reveal unintentionally : BETRAY
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Go up against : DEFY
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Fashion : SHAPE
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His birthday is celebrated as National Science Day in Serbia : TESLA
44
English filmmaker David or Peter : YATES
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Cool : ALOOF
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Takes badly? : LOOTS
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Slugger with 609 career home runs : SOSA
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"___ Fleurs du Mal" (Charles Baudelaire poetry collection) : LES
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Part of OOO : TAC

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle.

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