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New York Times, Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
26-Across : .
TotalDebutLatest
379/23/20071/19/2025
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.617147%
Daniel Raymon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Raymon. Wednesday freshness: 57%
Jim Horne notes:

Read the theme clues as quote, period, dash, and slash.

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M
2
A
3
R
4
C
5
O
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J
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A
8
R
9
S
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W
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H
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E
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T
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A
R
S
O
N
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E
L
I
E
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H
U
L
A
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L
E
V
E
E
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T
E
D
X
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I
M
A
X
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P
R
I
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C
E
E
S
T
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I
M
A
T
E
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C
O
O
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O
E
D
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N
E
D
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S
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T
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R
E
T
C
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H
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O
F
T
I
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M
E
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O
R
E
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A
K
O
N
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G
I
R
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D
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S
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L
E
A
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K
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S
N
A
40
F
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U
42
O
R
A
L
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D
E
L
I
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S
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I
S
L
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A
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O
N
O
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M
A
K
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E
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A
R
U
N
F
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O
R
I
T
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F
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C
C
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E
R
S
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A
R
K
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R
O
C
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K
G
U
I
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T
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A
R
I
S
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T
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A
N
O
N
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P
A
A
R
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C
U
L
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L
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S
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N
E
Y
O
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T
N
U
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A
R
D
O
R
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C
Y
S
T
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S
A
S
S
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N
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S
© 2024, The New York Times12/4/24 ( No. 27,420 )
Across
1
Cry in a pool game : MARCO
6
They might be jam-packed : JARS
10
Stimulate, as an appetite : WHET
14
Incendiary crime : ARSON
15
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
16
Dance with hand gestures that can represent ocean waves : HULA
17
Bank of New Orleans? : LEVEE
18
Lecture series with "Ideas worth spreading" : TEDX
19
Kind of theater : IMAX
20
23
Speak gently : COO
24
Multivolume ref. work : OED
25
Connecticut governor Lamont : NED
26
32
You might pick one to get gold : ORE
33
One-named singer featured on the 2013 hit "Play Hard" : AKON
34
Steels (oneself) : GIRDS
37
Problem for a homeowner or government worker : LEAK
39
Major muddle : SNAFU
42
Word with history or surgery : ORAL
43
Purveyors of roast beef and Reubens : DELIS
45
Gran Canaria, por ejemplo : ISLA
47
Experimental musician whose name sounds like a cry : ONO
48
52
TV regulatory grp. : FCC
54
Sounds from a stumbler : ERS
55
Biblical boat : ARK
56
61
Ever's partner : ANON
62
Jack who hosted "The Morning Show" and "The Tonight Show" : PAAR
63
Selects from a group : CULLS
66
One-named singer featured on the 2013 hit "Play Hard" : NEYO
67
Woodworking fastener : TNUT
68
Passion : ARDOR
69
Fluid-filled sac : CYST
70
Fresh answer, maybe : SASS
71
OId-fashioned "Darn!" : NERTS
Down
1
Prefix with practice : MAL
2
"There you ___!" : ARE
3
Invite initials : RSVP
4
Strong-arm : COERCE
5
The tiniest amount : ONEIOTA
6
Ballet bound : JETE
7
Safe, at sea : ALEE
8
Frees from : RIDSOF
9
Volleyball team, e.g. : SEXTET
10
Sudden impulse : WHIM
11
What self-driving cars and spell check are meant to compensate for : HUMANERROR
12
Tickle pink : ELATE
13
Put a strain on : TAXED
21
Draws back, as before throwing : COCKS
22
"Groovy, daddy-o!" : IDIG
26
Auction announcement : SOLD
27
Genealogist's creation : TREE
28
Genuine articles : REALMCCOYS
29
Sweetie : HON
30
TV studio sign : ONAIR
31
"Ay, Dios ___!" : MIO
35
"___ California" (Grammy-winning Red Hot Chili Peppers hit) : DANI
36
Place on the schedule : SLOT
38
Sportage maker : KIA
40
Seminoles' sch. : FSU
41
Of an arm bone : ULNAR
44
Fin beneath a surfboard : SKEG
46
Like most hippos and hyenas : AFRICAN
49
Flies off the handle : ERUPTS
50
Competitor of Korean Air : ASIANA
51
"All right, why not" : OKSURE
52
Currency of Switzerland : FRANC
53
___ dog (Brooklyn food specialty) : CONEY
57
Feature of a bow tie or bowline : KNOT
58
Some sorority letters : TAUS
59
Partner of letters : ARTS
60
Online recap letters : TLDR
64
Auction unit : LOT
65
Top-grade grp.? : SRS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle.

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