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New York Times, Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Author:
Jeffrey Martinovic and Will Nediger
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
22-Across : Big night
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
911/30/20231/12/20254
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2023200
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
131.553038%
Jeffrey Martinovic
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
525/27/200612/18/202415
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2303112211
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
161.7139868%
Will Nediger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Martinovic. This is puzzle # 52 for Mr. Nediger. Wednesday freshness: 29%
Constructor notes:
Jeffrey Martinovic: This is one of those rare puzzles where the revealer preceded the rest of the idea. Last summer, Will and I were ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Interesting finds. The constructors found six words where a clue could match the whole word or just the word formed by combining the ... read more
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P
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O
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S
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Y
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R
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B
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I
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C
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A
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B
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L
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E
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U
H
A
U
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L
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O
R
C
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I
S
L
E
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F
A
N
T
A
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G
R
E
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E
N
P
E
A
S
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F
R
A
Z
Z
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L
E
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E
V
E
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U
F
O
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Y
E
N
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E
A
R
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L
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I
A
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M
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T
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O
S
S
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A
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L
L
S
O
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R
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T
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S
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S
O
N
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E
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P
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T
R
A
I
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C
O
N
S
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I
D
E
R
T
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H
E
O
D
D
S
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A
L
I
E
N
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E
T
S
Y
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S
O
Y
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F
O
O
T
N
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O
T
E
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P
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E
E
N
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S
O
B
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S
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T
E
M
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T
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B
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A
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I
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F
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S
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V
I
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M
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A
R
C
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H
E
R
S
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S
I
T
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U
A
T
I
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O
N
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E
A
S
E
S
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A
D
A
P
T
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M
L
K
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E
S
T
E
E
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W
O
R
S
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I
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P
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© 2024, The New York Times12/18/24 ( No. 27,434 )
Across
1
Flower in a children's rhyme : POSY
5
One of 1,000 for Darryl Strawberry, for short : RBI
8
Computer connector : CABLE
13
Orange-and-white rental : UHAUL
15
Middle-earth foe : ORC
16
Tropical vacation destinations : ISLES
17
Orange soda brand : FANTA
18
*Mendel studied them : GREENPEAS
20
*Disconcert mightily : FRAZZLE
22
Big night : EVE
23
Something studied by the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, for short : UFO
24
Strong craving : YEN
25
Title for the supposed inventor of the sandwich : EARL
27
Cartesian conclusion : IAM
29
Throw in the trash : TOSS
31
*Tons : ALLSORTS
36
Eros, to Aphrodite : SON
37
Olympian's weapon : EPEE
39
Characteristic : TRAIT
40
Think before placing a bet … or what solvers must do to fully appreciate each starred clue : CONSIDERTHEODDS
43
"Take me to your leader" speaker : ALIEN
44
Amazon Handmade competitor : ETSY
45
Main ingredient in many veggie hot dogs : SOY
46
*Book designer's concern : FOOTNOTE
48
Hammer part : PEEN
50
Sad sound : SOB
51
Morel support? : STEM
53
"Check back later," in brief : TBA
56
Hypotheticals : IFS
59
Pep : VIM
61
*Ones with good aim : ARCHERS
63
*Mess that might be sticky : SITUATION
66
Makes tolerable : EASES
67
Change with the times : ADAPT
68
Deliverer of the speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence," for short : MLK
69
First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
70
Response during an eye exam : WORSE
71
Cards : IDS
72
"Hey, I've got a secret …" : PSST
Down
1
Like eyes after a good cry : PUFFY
2
Midwest hub : OHARE
3
Southwest point of the Texas Triangle : SANANTONIO
4
Fool, from the Yiddish : YUTZ
5
"Understood" : ROGER
6
"It's so c-c-c-old!" : BRR
7
Refreshment served with a spoon straw : ICEE
8
Film buff : CINEASTE
9
Menace hiding in a basket of figs in "Antony and Cleopatra" : ASP
10
"Sacre ___!" : BLEU
11
Table expander : LEAF
12
Sylvan ___ (electropop duo) : ESSO
14
Vegges out : LAZES
19
Satanic : EVIL
21
Zapped with light : LASED
26
Ophelia's vengeful brother in "Hamlet" : LAERTES
28
Eeyore-like : MOROSE
30
Beginnings : ONSETS
32
Gives permission to : LETS
33
Parts of many home inspections : RADONTESTS
34
In good order : TIDY
35
Pike and Pine, in Seattle: Abbr. : STS
36
Brand of party cups : SOLO
38
Actress Amanda : PEET
40
Lunchroom, casually : CAF
41
Think outside the box : INNOVATE
42
Like many kids post-Halloween : HYPER
47
"In memoriam" piece : OBIT
49
Play the host : EMCEE
52
Sleeveless shirts, informally : TANKS
54
Longtime Saints QB whose name has a windy homophone : BREES
55
Item in the plus column : ASSET
56
"You don't have to tell me" : ISAW
57
Classic pet name : FIDO
58
Hollywood Boulevard sight : STAR
60
"Rent" character based on a seamstress in "La Bohème" : MIMI
62
Hinged fastener : HASP
64
Sending help? : UPS
65
Not funny anymore : OLD

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

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