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New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 2024

Author:
Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
42-Across : Japanese game using pentagonal pieces
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QVX} Spans: 4 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Goodridge. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Garavito. Saturday freshness: 85%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/30/24 ( No. 27,416 )
Across
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Handle of a knife : HAFT
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"And …?" : SOWHAT
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"Say …" : HERESATHOUGHT
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Haughty self-important question : DOYOUKNOWWHOIAM
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Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit : IMBAD
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Airport transports, perhaps : TRAMS
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Export from Jamaica : SKA
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"Nature always ___ the colors of the spirit": Ralph Waldo Emerson : WEARS
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Petite ___ : AMIE
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Number of fingers on dos manos : DIEZ
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Recipe fig. : AMT
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Be all in a tizzy : FRET
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Complicated : MESSY
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Ready to rinse, say : LATHERED
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Shared : JOINT
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Cooks up, so to speak : IDEATES
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Horse race measures : LENGTHS
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Went wrong : ERRED
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Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer : WETONWET
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Etc., etc. : ABBRS
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Longtime candy company based in San Francisco : SEES
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Color akin to amarillo : ORO
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Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g. : DRAY
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Speck : WHIT
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Termite, e.g. : BORER
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Fired (up), in old slang : HET
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Japanese game using pentagonal pieces : SHOGI
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Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator" : OAKIE
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Fateful encounter : DATEWITHDESTINY
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Where cold cases are frequently opened : DELICATESSENS
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Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history : RIGHTY
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Sign of hunger : PANG
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At-home distraction? : HEYBATTERBATTER
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Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say : AROAR
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Quarrels : FEUDS
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Sound accompanying a shake of the head : TSK
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Attacked, as a castle : STORMED
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"Hang on a second …" : OHWAIT
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Request to be impressed : WOWME
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Expressions of befuddlement : HUHS
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Since : AGO
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Breakup line : THISISNTWORKING
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End result of a starter : HOMEMADEBREAD
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The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky : ANTARES
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Assumes control : TAKESTHEREINS
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Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune : DIWALI
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Hard to navigate : MAZY
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Stoop (to) : DEIGN
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Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors : FRED
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Prefix from the Greek for "alone" : MONO
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Styles of singing : HARRY
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Hot times in la cité : ETES
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Leaves in a hurry, informally : JETS
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It flows where the wind blows : LEETIDE
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One of 11 for Big Ben : STOREY
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Like an important decision : WEIGHTY
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Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT : ADHD
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Tried to hit : SHOTAT
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"___ is it?" : WHICH
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Nova preceder : BOSSA
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Like some horse feed : OATEN
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Gulp : SWIG
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"___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album) : ELI
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Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief : ESP

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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