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New York Times, Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Author:
Greg Snitkin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across
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Greg Snitkin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FXZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Snitkin. Wednesday freshness: 14%
Greg Snitkin notes:
I'm thrilled to be making my NYT debut! I am a dad with 3 small kids, and I work as an Assistant Controller at a hedge fund in NYC. I ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times2/28/24 ( No. 27,140 )
Across
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What Professor Moriarty was a professor of : MATH
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Some lunchbox sammies : PBJS
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Abrasive : HARSH
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"O.G. Original Gangster" rapper : ICET
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McFlurry flavor : OREO
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Walled city near Madrid : AVILA
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Just like ___ : THAT
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Grant consideration, sometimes : NEED
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Hell of a guy? : SATAN
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Things with hardware and software components : COMPUTERSYSTEMS
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Quickly join a call, with "on" : HOP
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Infantry members, in brief : GIS
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In the style of : ALA
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Bunny first appearing in "Space Jam" (1996) : LOLA
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Bit of attire that sends the message "I mean business!" : POWERTIE
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Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novel : SCARYCLOWN
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Big letters in home security : ADT
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Methods : WAYS
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One of the Manning brothers : ELI
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Societal troubles : ILLS
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Many a Monopoly property: Abbr. : AVE
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Participation dance in which you "turn yourself around" : HOKEYPOKEY
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Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award : MARADONA
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Captain von Trapp's betrothed, in "The Sound of Music" : ELSA
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Rapper Lil ___ X : NAS
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Cause of wear and tear : USE
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Command centers, for short : HQS
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The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across : WHATITSALLABOUT
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Entered speedily : RANIN
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Ending of "The Bachelor"? : ETTE
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"___ you vera much!" (punny valentine) : ALOE
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Standing up : ERECT
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Suit material? : TORT
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"I'll ___" : BITE
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Full of the latest : NEWSY
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Features of some cruise ships : SPAS
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Nailed : ACED
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Comedian Hedberg who said "I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it" : MITCH
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Allergic reaction : ACHOO
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One who works well with others : TEAMPLAYER
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Start of many URLs : HTTP
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Firebird maker : PONTIAC
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2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yards : BREES
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Taunt : JEER
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Repairs, as a golf green : SODS
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Big inconvenience : HASSLE
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"___: The Way of Water" (2022 film) : AVATAR
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Bar mitzvah, for one : RITE
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Major dis : SLAM
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Franz's partner in old "S.N.L." sketches : HANS
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Nasty : UGLY
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[What a snoozefest!] : YAWN
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Surgery sites, for short : ORS
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Many a Weird Al Yankovic medley : POLKA
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Boo-boo : OWIE
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One may dominate a conversation : TALKAHOLIC
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Not doing anything : IDLE
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Place to order handmade goods : ETSY
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Took a lap, perhaps : SWAM
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Spanish sparkling wine : CAVA
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Soul singer Bridges : LEON
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Apple devices run on it : IOS
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Parasite's place : HOST
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"We totally should!" : YESLETS
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"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi," e.g. : PLEA
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Buffoonery : ANTICS
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Like food served at a tea party : DAINTY
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Michelob ___ (light brew) : ULTRA
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Car dealer's offering : QUOTE
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Knight's "trusty" companion : STEED
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Small songbird : WREN
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Fabled slacker : HARE
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All over again : ANEW
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Makeup of a match : SETS
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Straddling, say : ATOP
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___ ghanouj : BABA

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