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New York Times, Saturday, February 17, 2024

Author:
Spencer Leach and Jem Burch
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Source of a foul odor when wool is washed
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Spencer Leach
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Jem Burch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 39 Missing: none – this is a DOUBLE pangram. Scrabble average: 1.98 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Leach. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Burch. Saturday freshness: 36%
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© 2024, The New York Times2/17/24 ( No. 27,129 )
Across
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Headache helper : ADVIL
6
Tot's scratches : BOOBOOS
13
Palate cleanser in a multicourse French meal : SORBET
15
Source of a foul odor when wool is washed : LANOLIN
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Going after the big bucks, say : INHEAT
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Creature catcher in gaming : POKEBALL
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Position with security : STEADYGIG
20
N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.'s Stars, familiarly : MAVS
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Predicament : JAM
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Major Manhattan thoroughfare, informally : LEX
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Made a lap, say : SAT
24
Playground comeback : DIDSO
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Creepy quality : EERINESS
30
Important contacts : INS
31
Chewed (out) : BAWLED
33
Lead-in to plane : AQUA
35
Cut : AXE
36
"Tsk, tsk," in textspeak : SMH
37
Bug that sounds like it was in the air? : FLU
39
Port letters : USB
40
Traditional wedding dish in southern Italy, hence its literal translation ("brides") : ZITI
42
Most Broadway theaters have two of these : AISLES
44
Fish often served tartare : AHI
45
Nickname for Time's 2023 Person of the Year : TSWIZZLE
47
Pole used for extending a sail : SPRIT
49
Half and half : ONE
50
Some home installations, in brief : ACS
52
Cool, in old lingo : HEP
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Rapper ___ Cat : DOJA
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Handling things : ONTOPOFIT
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Very rough, as an experience : BRUISING
60
Finished, colloquially : DONEZO
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Drinks are on me! : BARMENU
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Grumpy companion : SNEEZY
63
Defensive football plays, informally : QBSACKS
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"___ seguro?" ("Are you sure?": Sp.) : ESTAS
Down
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Currently : ASIS
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"You're tempting fate!" : DONTJINXIT
3
Goggles that aren't meant to go underwater : VRHEADSETS
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Construction materials named after a capital? : IBEAMS
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Headliner : LEAD
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Poster's place : BLOG
7
Barrel material : OAK
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Like some shows and bands : ONEMAN
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Order that comes with a wide straw : BOBATEA
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Speed skater Johann ___ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds : OLAV
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Makes quiet, in a way : OILS
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Show with a Joke Swap segment, in brief : SNL
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"Cya" : TTYL
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Small part of a window : PIXEL
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"Golly!" : GEEWHIZ
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Move laterally : SIDLE
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Junot ___, author of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" : DIAZ
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Maternity ward staffers, informally : OBS
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Look within oneself : REFLECT
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Apartment units : SQUAREFEET
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Japanese/Italian fusion dish : SUSHIPIZZA
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Floor : AMAZE
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Not that much : ABIT
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Letters on a bow : USS
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Site of a famous flag-raising : IWOJIMA
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Head for the toilet, say? : SLANG
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"Sure, lemme deal with this first, though" : INASEC
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Test-taking no-nos : PHONES
51
Lays down some ground rolls? : SODS
53
Dull : DRAB
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Like communal property : OURS
55
Weight : ONUS
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Southern side dish : PONE
57
Barbie and Ken, e.g. : TOYS
58
Chips flavor : BBQ
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Publicity, so to speak : INK

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle.

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