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New York Times, Saturday, November 9, 2024

Author:
Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
53-Across : Falsify, in a way
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Deitmer. This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Vu. Saturday freshness: 80%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/9/24 ( No. 27,395 )
Across
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Gets going : KICKSTARTS
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Plant also known as Pisum sativum : PEA
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"Give me your worst!" : ICANTAKEIT
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Certain cats : TOMS
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Portmanteau for a moody and strong-willed toddler : THREENAGER
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Actress Shawkat who played Maeby on "Arrested Development" : ALIA
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Domaine d'Agnès Varda : CINE
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Making a car payment, dusting the living room, scheduling a doctor's appointment, etc. : ADULTING
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Sea shrunk by Soviet siphoning : ARAL
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British sci-fi novelist McDonald : IAN
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Place for a mind or a ball : GUTTER
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Antacid brand : ROLAIDS
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Wrinkle of time? : AGELINE
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Moniker for 6'9" N.F.L. star Ed Jones : TOOTALL
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Behold, in Latin : ECCE
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It's a hole thing : PAR
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Get hot and bothered : SWELTER
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Work whose first installment spanned 352 pages and ended with "ant," in brief : OED
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Guinness of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" : ALEC
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Fish in the flounder family : HALIBUT
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Like i, say : NONREAL
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Professor Xavier's students, e.g. : MUTANTS
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Accomplish with precision : DOTOAT
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Purchase on an island? : GAS
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Character name in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Downton Abbey" : CORA
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Of the land : AGRARIAN
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Nearly-round figure : OVAL
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Falsify, in a way : COOK
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Very short story? : CRAWLSPACE
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With faculty : ABLY
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To-do following a business meeting : ACTIONITEM
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Unit equivalent to one-thousandth of an inch : MIL
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Stadium section : NOSEBLEEDS
Down
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Ride arranged on one's own : KITCAR
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Mononymous baseball star who played 28 seasons professionally : ICHIRO
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Body-related : CARNAL
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Pray in front of, as an altar : KNEELAT
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Abbr. in many French church names : STE
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Sin/cos : TAN
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Letters before a handle : AKA
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"King Lear" part : REGAN
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In knots : TIED
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Something the floundering are said to be on : STRUGGLEBUS
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Party person : POLITICO
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Height : EMINENCE
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"Per our negotiations ..." : ASAGREED
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Spill : TATTLE
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Tyronn ___, N.B.A. champion as both player and coach : LUE
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Modest reply to a compliment : IDOWHATICAN
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So much cheaper than expected, say : ASTEAL
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Greek island south of Naxos : IOS
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Accord alternative : ALTIMA
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What "tutti" means on scores : ALL
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Producer of black-and-white footage? : PANDACAM
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Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower : ALOOGOBI
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Landlord's register : RENTROLL
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Dirt road hazard : RUT
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Deep and hoarse : CROAKY
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Tex-Mex casserole : TACOPIE
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Middle ___ : EAR
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Replace with a new contract, in legalese : NOVATE
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Like scents and stencils : TRACED
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"___ Lot" : SALEMS
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Creatures in God's third plague in Exodus : GNATS
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Musical counterpart of pizzicato : ARCO
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"___ geht's?" (German "How's it going?") : WIE
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Shot one waits to knock back : LOB
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1975 TV debut, in brief : SNL

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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