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Political Pun-ditry

New York Times, Sunday, December 10, 2023

Author:
Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
127-Across : Place of birth, education, work history, etc.
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 82 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Levy. This is puzzle # 149 for Mr. Chen. Sunday freshness: 11%
Will Shortz notes:
Zachary David Levy is an assistant professor of neurosurgery and emergency medicine at Hofstra's Zucker School of Medicine on Long Island. This is his sixth crossword for The Times, and ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Including his one acrostic, this is Jeff Chen's 150th NYT puzzle. Congratulations, Jeff!

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© 2023, The New York Times12/10/23 ( No. 27,060 )
Across
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Whiskered bottom-dweller : MUDCAT
7
Workout focus, informally : CARDIO
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Tube traveler? : OVUM
17
BOGO or YOLO : ACRONYM
19
Ten-spot : SAWBUCK
20
Like Jabba the Hutt : OBESE
21
The club's bouncer earned a living … : ALONGPARTYLINES
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Subjects of some cautionary tales : NONOS
24
Things with keys : MAPS
25
Org. overseeing workers' well-being : OSHA
26
Treatment site : SPA
27
Insurance giant acquired by CVS in 2018 : AETNA
28
Bump on a log, say : NUB
30
The fashion magazine's editor focused on fasteners in her … : HOTBUTTONISSUES
35
Hubbub : CLAMOR
38
The Coyotes, on N.H.L. scoreboards : ARI
39
Leader of a flock : PASTOR
40
The veterinarian specialized in mending … : LAMEDUCKBILLS
45
Most wan : PALEST
48
Wrath : IRE
49
Obnoxious sort : BOOR
50
Seaside retreat? : EBB
53
Event that might have "mutton busting" : RODEO
54
Japanese maker of watches and mobile phones : CASIO
57
"Little ol' me?" : MOI
58
Online command denoted by an arrow inside a cloud : UPLOAD
61
"___ Day Will Come" (1963 #1 hit) : OUR
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The sound engineer was obsessed with the … : SPEAKERSOFTHEHOUSE
67
Big name in filters : BRITA
69
Unagi or anago : EEL
70
Family on TV's "Smallville" : KENTS
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The groundskeeper spent years studying … : GRASSROOTSMOVEMENT
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Besson who directed "The Fifth Element" : LUC
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Food critic's asset : PALATE
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Ex-Giant Manning : ELI
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Extreme lethargy : SOPOR
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Inner self, in Jungian philosophy : ANIMA
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Business card abbr. : TEL
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Instrument heard at the conclusion of "Bohemian Rhapsody" : GONG
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Courtroom affirmation : IDO
92
French term of endearment : MONAMI
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The weary general sat in his … : CAMPAIGNCHAIR
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Orange sources : GROVES
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Item of clothing patented by Mary Phelps Jacob in 1914 : BRA
104
Niche : CRANNY
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The carpenter measured twice for the ideal … : CABINETPOSITION
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Emmy winner Aduba : UZO
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It's done in barrels : AGING
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Salted ___ (margarita option) : RIM
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Natural hairstyles, informally : FROS
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Green region on a Risk board : ASIA
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Swelters : BAKES
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The paid escort was fined for … : ANACTOFCONGRESS
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Stave off : AVERT
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How subway cars are packed during rush hour : DENSELY
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Place of birth, education, work history, etc. : BIODATA
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What a haggler hopes to pay : LESS
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Exchanged words? : EDITED
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Like some rehab : POSTOP
Down
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Polite term of address : MAAM
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Where Carol Burnett studied theater arts, for short : UCLA
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"Just happen to" mention some famous people : DROPNAMES
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Eat : CONSUME
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Director Lee : ANG
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An eye for an aye, say? : TYPO
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Low island : CAY
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Hole puncher : AWL
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19-Down for a cleanup hitter : RBI
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Kirsten of 1995's "Jumanji" : DUNST
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Summer cooler : ICEPOP
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___ Baiul, Olympic figure-skating gold medalist : OKSANA
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Musical feature in "Swan Lake" and "Peter and the Wolf" : OBOESOLO
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Went trekking, say : VENTUREDOUT
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Hwy. that runs from Key West to Maine : USONE
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Flat earth? : MESAS
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Whiskey ingredient : MASH
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See 9-Down : STAT
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One way to wish : ONASTAR
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P, to Plato : RHO
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Physique, slangily : BOD
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Beverage brand with antioxidants : BAI
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Something with a preview in a social media post : URL
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Up to : TIL
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AOL, e.g. : ISP
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___ Stic (pen brand) : CLIC
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Name hidden in "I smell a rat" : LARA
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Coat for a cookout : RUB
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Plot device for many a soap opera : COMA
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Eccentric : KOOK
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Relative of Camembert : BRIE
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Lead-in to service or sacrifice : SELF
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Dr. who wrote "I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells" : SEUSS
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Rent : TORE
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Customer service "assistant," at times : BOT
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Cry of frustration : BAH
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Goddess depicted at the foot of King Tut's coffin : ISIS
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Goes (for) : OPTS
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"I'm at your disposal" : USEME
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Game divided into periods called chukkers : POLO
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Hockey fake : DEKE
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Virgil at the O.K. Corral : EARP
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Kick back : REST
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Brooding bunch : HENS
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Strongly suspecting : ONTO
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Singer Mars : BRUNO
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Velodrome vehicles : RACINGBIKES
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___ rock, genre for T. Rex : GLAM
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Kind of milk : OAT
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Encouraging shout : OLE
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Soft powder : TALC
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Fifth-brightest star in the night sky : VEGA
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Race in H. G. Wells's "The Time Machine" : ELOI
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Chinese dynasty : MING
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Where one might store sheet music : PIANOSEAT
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So-called "All-Father" of myth : ODIN
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Golf champ McIlroy : RORY
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Salts : MARINERS
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In and between : AMONGST
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The Vitamin Shoppe competitor : GNC
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"___ had it!" : IVE
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Obliques, e.g. : ABS
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Reason to remove metal accessories : MRI
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Butter bit : PAT
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Grand finale? : CRU
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Things indicated by yellow signage : HAZARDS
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Company acquired by Morgan Stanley in 2020 : ETRADE
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Having needles, as a cactus : SPINED
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Secret clique : CABAL
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Southwestern syrup source : AGAVE
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Muscat native : OMANI
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Dicey : IFFY
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Foe in the Elder Scrolls video games : ORC
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Neophyte, informally : NOOB
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Small cut : SNIP
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Analogy words : ISTO
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"Pronto!" : ASAP
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Winter hrs. in Chi-Town : CST
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Undershirt, maybe : TEE
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Tired : OLD
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Melted mess : GOO

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

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