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New York Times, Monday, November 4, 2024

Author:
Colin Adams
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
29-Across : Extremely off-putting
TotalDebutLatest
32/16/202411/4/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.561058%
Colin Adams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Adams. Monday freshness: 74%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/4/24 ( No. 27,390 )
Across
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[Hey, over here!] : PSST
5
Vehicle taken back by the bank, for short : REPO
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Grub : CHOW
13
Birthstone for a Halloween baby : OPAL
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Kind of exam where "Picture everyone naked" may be given as advice : ORAL
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___ Bunny, Bugs's love interest in "Space Jam" : LOLA
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Keep a close eye on : WATCHCAREFULLY
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Unit of biological inheritance : GENE
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Gives the go-ahead for : OKS
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Form of nonviolent protest : LIEIN
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www.wikipedia.___ : ORG
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Anger : IRE
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"No need to point it out, thank you very much" : ICANSEE
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Perform karaoke with passion, say : BELTOUTASONG
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Extremely off-putting : ODIOUS
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Ferret-like mammal with prized fur : MINK
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Still up in the air, for short : TBD
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Remove from political office : OUST
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Fraction of a byte : BIT
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Cheese that might go unsliced on a charcuterie board : BRIE
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Speedometer stat : MPH
38
Freestyle like Ella Fitzgerald : SCAT
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Long, thin bone of the lower leg : FIBULA
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"Fine, ignore my advice!" : SUITYOURSELF
44
Rainy-day reserves : SAVINGS
47
Stethoscope users: Abbr. : DRS
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Dec. 31, in brief : NYE
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What the stars do in a perfect situation : ALIGN
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Shakespeare's "Much ___ About Nothing" : ADO
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Nickel or dime : COIN
52
Following the latest style trends ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 26- and 42-Across : FASHIONFORWARD
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Give off : EMIT
57
Feature of a unicorn or rhino : HORN
58
Regarding : ASTO
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Deteriorates, like old wood : ROTS
60
Double-reed woodwind : OBOE
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Roald who wrote "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : DAHL
Down
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Turned on, as a laptop : POWEREDUP
2
"Dónde está la library?," for example : SPANGLISH
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Completely fill, as a hungry person : SATE
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Special attention, for short : TLC
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Houston N.B.A. player : ROCKET
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Historical stretches : ERAS
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___ for the course : PAR
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Cry at a bullring : OLE
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Writing hints, as a crossword constructor does : CLUING
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18 on a golf course : HOLES
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Basic skateboarding trick : OLLIE
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Bruce ___, alter ego in Gotham City : WAYNE
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Egyptian god with the head of a falcon : HORUS
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Stand at the side of : FLANK
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Make a loud exploding noise : GOBOOM
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Promise to pay : IOU
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"___ just me, or ...?" : ISIT
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Scam : CON
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Little kid : TOT
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Friendship : AMITY
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Direction pointing straight up from the Equator : TRUENORTH
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British punk rocker with the hit "Rebel Yell" : BILLYIDOL
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Overwhelm with noise : DEAFEN
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Hangers from cave ceilings : BATS
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Toy pellets, for short : BBS
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Largest branch of Islam : SUNNI
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Marlboro offering, informally : CIG
40
Hullabaloo : FUROR
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Tax-collecting agcy. : IRS
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Tourist guide listings : SIGHTS
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Strange case : ODDONE
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Less dangerous : SAFER
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Landmark that Texans are urged to "remember" : ALAMO
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Pop in on : VISIT
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Iconic hairstyle for Diana Ross or Bob Ross : AFRO
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House, in Havana : CASA
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"Well, lookie there!" : OHO
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Noggin, in slang : NOB
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Roll of cash : WAD

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