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New York Times, Saturday, November 4, 2023

Author:
David P. Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Minced oath
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David P. Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Williams. Saturday freshness: 56%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/4/23 ( No. 27,024 )
Across
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Sources of wisdom : FOUNTS
7
"Fear is ___. So are regrets": Marilyn Monroe : STUPID
13
Threaten : IMPERIL
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Slow-simmered stew of northwest Africa : TAGINE
16
Run-down : DECREPIT
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Island home of Odysseus : ITHACA
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Acute … or the opposite of acute : GRAVE
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They've got tickets to rides : FAIRS
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Appropriate word found scrambled in "pedantic" : NIT
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To be overseas? : ETRE
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What charges produce : DEBTS
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Minced oath : GOSH
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Touch : TAD
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Spring winds? : COILS
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Performances most likely to cause sweaty palms : SOLOS
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One ponying up for a deal? : HORSETRADER
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Yo-yos, in a way : WALKSTHEDOG
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"No biggie" : DONTSWEATIT
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Tricks : ROOKS
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___ deux vins (tipsy: Fr.) : ENTRE
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Part of a mic check : TAP
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They may be loose or tight : ENDS
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Square meal? : BENTO
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City nickname that includes its state's postal code : NOLA
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Paradise of the Beat Generation : SAL
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When Macbeth says "Is this a dagger which I see before me …?" : ACTII
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People : SOULS
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Type leaning to the right : ITALIC
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Take some hits : SMOKEPOT
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Strip : DENUDE
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It's a bad look : EVILEYE
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Went down the drain, say : EDDIED
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Value : ASSESS
Down
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Squirm : FIDGET
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Secret code? : OMERTA
3
Blackjack starter : UPCARD
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Pluck : NERVE
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Lemon or orange : TREE
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Nurse : SIP
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Moves : STIRS
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They get under one's skin, informally : TATS
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"Not again!" : UGH
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Member of a "grand" trio? : PIANOLEG
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Canine relative : INCISOR
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War historian's tally : DEATHS
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"Ahhhh, bliss!" : LIFEISSWEET
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It was introduced at the Olympics in 1988 : TABLETENNIS
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"We should get going" : ITSTHATTIME
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Squares : DORKS
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Never-seen title character : GODOT
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Ride 'em, cowboy! : COLTS
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Title woman in a Beatles song : SADIE
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Winner of two consecutive Best Actor Oscars : HANKS
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Certain rocket engine : RETRO
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"Hansel and Gretel" setting : WOODLAND
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Like Goodwill goods : DONATED
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Live : RESIDE
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Part of a disguise, maybe : TOUPEE
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Bronzes, say : ALLOYS
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Wallops : PASTES
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Kept in the loop, in a way : BCCED
40
Line after "On a cold winter's night that was so deep"? : NOELS
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Second : AIDE
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Snowmobile base : SKIS
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Italian pronoun that becomes a name by adding -gi : LUI
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Some bank deposits : OVA

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

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