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New York Times, Friday, February 2, 2024

Author:
Ryan Judge
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Odysseus' faithful dog in the "Odyssey"
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Judge. Friday freshness: 71%
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© 2024, The New York Times2/2/24 ( No. 27,114 )
Across
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Sky-high : INECSTASY
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"In-tents" getaways : CAMPS
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Solo act? : MONOLOGUE
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Mononymous singer with numerically titled albums : ADELE
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Footwear with distinctive yellow stitching : DRMARTENS
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New Delhi's ___ Temple : LOTUS
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Jumps over, say : OMITS
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Gave 9-Down : OKED
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"Just ___ heads-up ..." : ASA
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2019 World Series champs, familiarly : NATS
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Southwest city that gets about 350 days of sunshine a year : TUCSON
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Monk's title : DOM
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Isle of ___ (historic region of England) : ELY
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Noted cairn terrier of film : TOTO
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___ society : HUMANE
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Odysseus' faithful dog in the "Odyssey" : ARGOS
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Specks : MOTES
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Dangerous thing to be inside : BELLYOFTHEBEAST
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Thrifty competitor : ALAMO
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Hews : FELLS
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Excites : KEYSUP
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The Black Knights of the N.C.A.A. : ARMY
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Its famous chime consists of the three notes G-E-C : NBC
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Lead role of a 1979 Broadway hit : EVA
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N-___ (mathematical sets) : TUPLES
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Plunder : HAUL
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Japanese honorific : SAN
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Papal issue : BULL
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Medieval Latin for "great" : MAGNA
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Relished : ATEUP
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Seattle slew? : RAINYDAYS
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Word with aid or pad : LEGAL
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Places to see lots of lutzes : ICEARENAS
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Beats in a photo finish, say : EDGES
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1979 hit whose title is stuttered : MYSHARONA
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Line from one who's fully fed ... or fully fed up : IMDONE
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Garden-variety : NORMAL
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Bad blood : ENMITY
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Things to keep in check? : COATS
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Some Olympus offerings, in brief : SLRS
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One in a highchair : TOT
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Lose eligibility for, as Little League : AGEOUTOF
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Rationale for "throwing good money after bad" : SUNKCOSTFALLACY
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Nods : YESES
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Bit of energy, for short : CAL
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Tumult : ADO
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Some Instagram statistics, fittingly? : METADATA
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Party add-ons : PLUSONES
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Puppet show locale, for short : SESAMEST
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"What an idiot I am!" : DOH
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Lomé locale : TOGO
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Without feeling : NUMBLY
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Where one may or may not make the cut : TRYOUT
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TV tavern whose owner bribes Mayor Quimby to pass a health inspection : MOES
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Charity : ALMS
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One way to make cookie dough? : BAKESALE
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Higher up : ELEVATED
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Flop : LAYANEGG
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Grave words : HERELIES
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Shade providers at the National Mall : ELMS
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Magazine, e.g., for short : PUB
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Where Midori Ito lit the Olympic cauldron : NAGANO
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John or Paul : BUNYAN
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Top-tier : CLASSA
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Holiday celebrated by reading the Megillah : PURIM
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Actor Bill of "Barry" : HADER
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Gore Vidal's "___ Breckinridge" : MYRA
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Nation whose currency is the dirham: Abbr. : UAE
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Texting counterpart of "ty" : PLS
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"Gonna have to pass" : NAH

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

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