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New York Times, Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Author:
Daniel Hrynick
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
69-Across : Industry term for action-ready film locales
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Daniel Hrynick

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Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hrynick. Wednesday freshness: 88%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/8/23 ( No. 27,028 )
Across
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Not real : IMAGINED
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Phantomlike : GHOSTLY
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Printing specification : TYPESIZE
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Went in formation, in a way : MARCHED
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Runaway best seller : SMASHHIT
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What Brits call Bordeaux reds : CLARETS
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Feature of many a gas station : MART
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Rap's Lil ___ X : NAS
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Name that's a city in Oklahoma : ENID
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Lumbering creature of fantasy : ENT
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18-Across by Miley Cyrus, in two ways : WRECKINGBALL
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Flyers, on scoreboards : PHI
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Went undercover : HID
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Send out : EMIT
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Exhibiting Newton's first law, say : ATREST
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Pour down : RAIN
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Time of one's life : AGE
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18-Across by the Doors, in two ways : BREAKONTHROUGH
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___-compliant : ADA
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Newbie : TYRO
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Inception : OUTSET
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Replica, informally : DUPE
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___ gratia artis : ARS
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Word after chocolate or chemistry : LAB
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18-Across by Peter Gabriel, in two ways : SLEDGEHAMMER
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Ave. crossers : STS
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Utah's ___ Canyon : ZION
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Letters for a handyperson : DIY
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Author Silverstein : SHEL
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Infotech standard akin to ASCII : UNICODE
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What 25-, 40- and 51-Across might originally have appeared on, appropriately? : DEMOTAPE
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Occupies, as a bird might : NESTSIN
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Got down on one's knees and begged : GROVELED
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Industry term for action-ready film locales : HOTSETS
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Objects of some police hunts : ESCAPEES
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"Who's there?" response : ITSME
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Enthusiastic response to a bro : MYMAN
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Not together : APART
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Heroic exploit : GEST
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Kinda, sorta : ISH
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Biomedical research agcy. : NIH
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Web mag : EZINE
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Uncouple : DETACH
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Maker of the Yukon S.U.V. : GMC
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Van ___, band with the 1984 #1 hit "Jump" : HALEN
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Bornean primate, informally : ORANG
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Melville's Bartleby, for one : SCRIBE
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How much it's gonna cost : THEDAMAGE
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Allow to : LET
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N.F.L. units: Abbr. : YDS
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Work around, as an issue : SKIRT
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Prairie product : WHEAT
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Like playing Russian roulette : RISKY
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Kind of potato also known as a "russet" : IDAHO
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Match, for a cigarette : LIGHT
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Cellphone inits. : LTE
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Intro to calculus? : PRE
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Singer Paula : ABDUL
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Cirque du Soleil performer : TRAPEZIST
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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, collectively : TORAH
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Triumphant cry : IRULE
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Vape "health" claim : NOTAR
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Santa-tracking org. : NORAD
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Dongle connector, in brief : USB
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Podcast interruptions : ADS
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Fiats : EDICTS
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Soupçon : SMIDGE
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Word with Mother or golden : GOOSE
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Uncouple? : ENDIT
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Mike of "So I Married an Axe Murderer" : MYERS
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Flaky rock : SHALE
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Conical dwelling : TEPEE
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Toys that can be used while either sitting or lying : SLEDS
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"Pierce film with fork" might be the first one : STEP
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Durham sch. : UNH
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Prefix with many -isms : NEO
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Nav. rank : ENS
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Comfy shoe, informally : MOC
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Sex education subject : OVA

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

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