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New York Times, Monday, December 30, 2024

Author:
Hannah Binney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
65-Across : Number of planets before Pluto was demoted
TotalDebut
112/30/2024
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1.58117%
Hannah Binney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQV} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Binney. Monday freshness: 53%
Jim Horne notes:
This is the first Will Shortz editor byline since March 13. Welcome back, Will! The Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times12/30/24 ( No. 27,446 )
Across
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Brainy : SMART
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Wacky : ZANY
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Desktop computer that might run Sonoma or Sequoia : IMAC
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Choir member : TENOR
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Writer Wiesel : ELIE
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Forbidden : NOGO
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Waiter's imperative after bringing food : ENJOY
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Flower that reflects yellow when held under one's chin : BUTTERCUP
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It might have a twist or hole : PLOT
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What a sleeve covers : ARM
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"Don't worry about me!" : IMOKAY
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Primitive timer : HOURGLASS
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Surface for doing exercises : MAT
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Globes : ORBS
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Going out romantically : ONADATE
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#1 pal : BESTIE
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Language suffix : ESE
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Father : SIRE
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Music genre prefix : ALT
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N.F.L. all-star game : PROBOWL
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Texter's reaction to a joke : LOL
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Some beers : ALES
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Bathroom fixture : TUB
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Clinks a glass and gives a speech to : TOASTS
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Indian pastries with savory fillings : SAMOSAS
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Obnoxious person, informally : TOOL
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"All you need is love and a ___" (old saying) : CAT
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Place for policy wonks : THINKTANK
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Huge to-dos : SCENES
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"Sounds good!" : YES
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Norse god of war and death : ODIN
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Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do : HOLDWATER
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Grammarian's concern : USAGE
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Troubles : ILLS
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Number of planets before Pluto was demoted : NINE
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Food item that might come with lox : BAGEL
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El ___, Tex. : PASO
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Exhausted, metaphorically : DEAD
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Put forth, as effort : EXERT
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Basketball star Curry : STEPH
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___ Park, location of Edison's first major laboratory : MENLO
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Type of pear : ANJOU
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Plant affliction that's below ground : ROOTROT
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Attempt : TRY
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Creatures that are actually black with white stripes : ZEBRAS
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What grads become : ALUMS
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Tiny complaint : NIT
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Abominable Snowman : YETI
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Advances : INROADS
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Shirley Temple and Virgin Bloody Mary, for two : MOCKTAILS
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H2O, in Mexico : AGUA
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"I understand you" : COPY
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Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like" : EMMA
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Canadian province that's home to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site : ALBERTA
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Grasp tightly : GRIP
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Meh : SOSO
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Units of force : NEWTONS
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Gait faster than a walk but slower than a canter : TROT
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Snakelike fish : EELS
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Sheep sounds : BAAS
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"Enchanted" girl in a Gail Carson Levine book : ELLA
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Biomedical building blocks : STEMCELLS
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Recede, as the tide : EBB
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Remove from office : OUST
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Cry made while pointing : LOOK
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No-goodnik : SOANDSO
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Jazz combo instrument : ALTOSAX
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Dish served from a crockpot : STEW
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In stacks, like a wedding cake : TIERED
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Evil hench-animal in "The Lion King" : HYENA
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"The early bird gets the worm," for one : ADAGE
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Landlocked African country : NIGER
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Prepared to propose : KNELT
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Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern parlance : SHIP
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Pepsi or Coke : COLA
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Contents of a 23-Across : SAND
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"How to ___ a ___" (common tutorial topic) : TIE
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Purple yam common in Filipino cooking : UBE

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