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Double Talk

New York Times, Sunday, November 5, 2023

Author:
Rich Katz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Across : Go ___
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Rich Katz

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 73 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Katz. Sunday freshness: 37%
Will Shortz notes:
Rich Katz, of Park City, Utah, does freelance work in corporate restructuring. This is his third crossword for The Times — all Sundays. The puzzle started when Rich was ruminating on the ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
21-A: JUNK IN THE TRUNK - "But wait!" = "butt weight" 38-A: STRING BIKINI - "To peace" = "two-piece" 5-A: TUCKERED OUT - "Holy Wee" = "wholly weak" 77-A: CORONATIONS - "Air ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times11/5/23 ( No. 27,025 )
Across
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Pulled one's pants up? : HEMMED
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Group of mimes, maybe : TROUPE
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Neither crushed it nor got crushed : DIDOK
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Revenue source for a website : ADSALE
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Excitement : AROUSAL
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Really bad : SEVERE
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But wait! : JUNKINTHETRUNK
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One of the Wayans brothers : KEENEN
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Output of Michel de Montaigne : ESSAYS
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Asian honorific : SRI
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Bone insert following an accident : ROD
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In the past : AGO
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She shares a home with Homer : MARGE
31
Small plateau : MESA
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Broad key : ENTER
35
Pig : SLOB
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Potato, in Indian cooking : ALOO
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Buffoon : ASS
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To peace! : STRINGBIKINI
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Totally phat : DABOMB
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Nail polish brand : OPI
44
Queen's accessory : TIARA
45
"Star Wars" queen : AMIDALA
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Go ___ : VIRAL
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Classic Greek archetype? : FRATBRO
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Word for word, in Paris? : MOT
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Holy Week : TUCKEREDOUT
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Get ready : TEEUP
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Place to drop off a package : UPSSTORE
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With 2-Down, end of the Gettysburg address? : DOT
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Wipe clean : ERASE
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Lhasa ___ : APSO
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Pointer : HINT
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"E pluribus unum" appears on one : SEAL
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Crushed (it) : ACED
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"The Glass Bead Game" author : HESSE
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Lipa who sang "Levitating" : DUA
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Martini ingredient : VERMOUTH
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Text tweaks : EDITS
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Air rights : CORONATIONS
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"Cool" that's no longer cool : HEP
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Mind-numbing detail : MINUTIA
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Skip a party, in a way : ELOPE
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French cosmetics chain : SEPHORA
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Coming 'round again : RETRO
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Padre's hermana : TIA
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Psychedelic dose : LSDTAB
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Bare feet : SUPERBOWLWIN
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Snoop : SPY
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Ones who get setters better? : VETS
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Surface alternative : IPAD
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One praised at the Kaaba : ALLAH
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Actress Rowlands : GENA
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One winging it? : PILOT
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"And so on" : ETC
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Professional connections : INS
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Guacamole or tahini : DIP
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Air-___ (extra-secure, as a computer) : GAPPED
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"How considerate!" : SOKIND
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We won! : KINDERGARTENER
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Goes "bottoms up"? : TWERKS
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Brainstorms : IDEATES
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Beethoven work once called the "Bonaparte" Symphony : EROICA
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Impatiently agitated : ANTSY
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Volkswagen model : PASSAT
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One of eight in a V8 : PISTON
Down
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Visit to the Kaaba : HAJ
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See 61-Across : EDU
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Certain web portal : MSN
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Deliver (on), as a promise : MAKEGOOD
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Beethoven wrote a piece "für" her : ELISE
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Relaxation spots : DENS
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Lock : TRESS
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Spoil : ROT
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Yours and mine : OURS
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Loan shark : USURER
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Grilled sandwich on Italian bread : PANINI
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Part of a Western herd : ELK
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You might get it for a lot : DEED
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"___ been thinking ..." : IVE
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Peak once known as Mount McKinley : DENALI
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First state to legalize psychedelic mushrooms : OREGON
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"Star Wars" Jedi : KENOBI
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"Mmm, I see what you're saying" : AHYES
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Hershey toffee confection : SKORBAR
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Scottish toppers : TAMS
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Commit a holiday etiquette no-no : REGIFT
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Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed : MADAM
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Enterprise alternative : ALAMO
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Flew by : ROBITUSSIN
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Have ambitions : ASPIRE
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One of its uses is boring : TNT
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One doing kickflips and ollies, in slang : SKATERAT
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Red-faced : ABLUSH
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Exhaust … or something found near the exhaust : TIRE
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Wrathful : IRATE
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Yoga equipment : MATS
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Memorable part of Rossini's "William Tell" : OVERTURE
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First of five at the Globe Theatre : ACTI
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Toss in : ADD
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Infuser contents : LOOSETEA
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See in : BEACHHOTEL
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Trick : RUSE
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Column that might lead to a row? : OPED
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Home organizing guru Marie : KONDO
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Focuses of some sonograms : UTERI
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Put on airs : POSTURED
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[purposeful cough] : AHEM
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Salon treatment, for short : PEDI
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Book before Obadiah : AMOS
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Like those at the top, it's said : LONELY
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Ingredient in perfumes : ESTER
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Early ISP : AOL
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Using an e-cigarette : VAPING
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Delivery org. : USPS
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Sources of winter strains : CAROLS
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"You've got the wrong guy" : NOTI
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Muse of love poetry : ERATO
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Blue Ribbon beer : PABST
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Connective tissues in the legs, informally : ITBANDS
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Some YouTube content, in short : HDVIDEOS
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Real head-turner : OWL
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Midday nap : SIESTA
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"___ Girl" (Billy Joel hit) : UPTOWN
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Ketchup container, maybe : PACKET
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"Well, aren't you the cat's meow!" : LADIDA
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Complains, complains, complains : WHINES
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Manages to acquire, as a table at a popular restaurant : SNAGS
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Bear whose porridge was too hot : PAPA
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Everglades bird : EGRET
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___ dish : PETRI
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Like a leaky pen : INKY
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Smartphone predecessors, for short : PDAS
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Word with school or cook : PREP
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1040 collector : IRS
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Currency unit in Laos : KIP
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Flight spec : ETA
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Small problem : NIT
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Lead-in to sphere or system : ECO
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Sought office : RAN

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

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