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New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 2023

Author:
Royce Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Loudly lachrymates
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Royce Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Ferguson. Saturday freshness: 38%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/2/23 ( No. 27,052 )
Across
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Like the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance, in science fiction : ATWAR
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Dutch Golden Age painter : HALS
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Big ___ : TECH
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Statement upon witnessing an impressive feat : WHATABEAST
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Fruit whose name is three-quarters vowels : ACAI
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Annual New Year's Day event : ROSEPARADE
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"Freak on a Leash" band : KORN
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"Mm-hmm" : YUP
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A whole bunch : GOBS
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It's there by default : PRESET
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Loudly lachrymates : SOBS
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Calm : SOOTHE
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What to do? : AGENDA
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Statement that is, in fact, not part of the Hippocratic oath : DONOHARM
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High-protein paste : MISO
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Plain and blunt : BALD
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Pace : TEMPO
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Covert influencer : UNCONSCIOUSBIAS
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Air pollution portmanteau : SMAZE
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Still a contender : INIT
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It may be raised at a table : ANTE
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What's spread all over southern France? : TAPENADE
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Wing alternatives : THIGHS
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Hands off (to) : REFERS
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Reason to run in circles? : MEET
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Still : ATREST
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Less than hardly : NARY
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___ punk (genre for No Doubt) : SKA
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Life sentences? : BIOS
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Constantly posting pictures and news about one's kids' on social media : SHARENTING
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Beyond regulation, for short : INOT
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"Hold your horses" : EASYDOESIT
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Rice and Curry : TIMS
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___ ginger, a.k.a. galangal : THAI
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Takes orders : WAITS
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Sideways : AWRY
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Grand : THOU
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The fairyfly (the smallest known insect in the world) is one : WASP
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Took something with a grain of salt, maybe : ATE
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Boastful Eminem title with the Guinness world record for "most words in a hit single" (1,560) : RAPGOD
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Ingredients pronounced differently in American and British English : HERBS
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Thin cell types : AAAS
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Stuff in microdots : LSD
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Squash or smoosh, maybe : STEPON
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Fall for a trick, say : TAKETHEBAIT
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Criticizing a refusal to recycle, e.g. : ECOSHAMING
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Work in progress? : CAREERPATH
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When doubled, comment made with a wink : HINT
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"The Little Prince" trees : BAOBABS
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They get down and dirty : ROOTS
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Bores : SNOOZEFESTS
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"Likewise" : SODOI
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Something critical to have : AMUST
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Two-ingredient cocktail usually served with an olive or lemon twist : GINMARTINI
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Breakout site : ESCAPEROOM
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Tackling group, for short : DLINE
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Second-most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, after Jesus : MOSES
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One side of a chemistry scale : ACIDS
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Spanish little ones : NENES
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Said : UTTERED
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Kit for creative types : ARTSET
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"Whoa, calm down!" : HEYNOW
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Daughter of Catherine of Aragon : MARYI
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"Ish" : ABIT
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Launch party? : NASA
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"Ciertamente!" : SISI
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Close-___ : KNIT
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Some Hollywood workers: Abbr. : AGTS
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Taunting cry : HAH
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It's typically taken in the afternoon : TEA

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