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New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Author:
Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : A♭?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
234/29/20164/20/20248
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131.588753%
Andrew Kingsley
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88/1/20224/20/20244
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11.635257%
Garrett Chalfin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Kingsley. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Chalfin. Tuesday freshness: 52%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/12/24 ( No. 27,153 )
Across
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Discontinue : DROP
5
___ cake (dessert with a liquid chocolate core) : LAVA
9
Skewered meat dish : SATAY
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Wander : ROVE
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"Victory is mine!" : IWIN
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Reply to "Grazie" : PREGO
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A♭? : APARTMENT
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Feeling the need to scratch : ITCHY
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Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" : MEL
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Tries not to be found : HIDES
22
"Hello," in Mandarin : NIHAO
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Categorize : ASSORT
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Give lip to : SASS
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Where visitors take photos pretending to hold up a landmark : PISA
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Not playing any songs, as a radio station : ALLTALK
31
Rocker Lavigne : AVRIL
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Offering from the miller or the cook, in Chaucer : TALE
36
Never Have I ___ (party game) : EVER
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Shakespearean "Tsk!" : FIE
38
B♭? : LIEDOWN
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X–III : VII
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Berry rich in antioxidants (and vowels) : ACAI
44
Accessory that may denote military rank : SASH
45
Deep chasm : ABYSS
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Smallest unit of purchasing power, in an idiom : REDCENT
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Start of a spell : ABRA
51
Liquid-ate? : MELT
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"You can say that again!" : ANDHOW
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High-end Honda : ACURA
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Pancakes sometimes served with caviar : BLINI
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Apt anagram of "yea" : AYE
62
Put forward : POSIT
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B♯? : LOOKALIVE
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Speak one's mind : OPINE
66
Cereal crop : OATS
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Gave the go-ahead : OKED
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Quick kisses : PECKS
69
Occasion for blowing out candles, informally : BDAY
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Dudes : GUYS
Down
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Field of play? : DRAMA
2
Double Dutch equipment : ROPES
3
Racetrack shapes : OVALS
4
Pay-___-view : PER
5
City ___ (place for a population sign) : LIMITS
6
Wowed : AWED
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Botanical climber : VINE
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Flik and Dot, in "A Bug's Life" : ANTS
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Kind of cord or column : SPINAL
10
Skilled performer : ARTISTE
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E♯? : TECHSAVVY
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Persian honorific : AGHA
13
Fluctuate wildly : YOYO
18
Skydiving or a ride on a roller coaster : THRILL
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Big name in nail polish : OPI
25
Whole host : SLEW
27
Corroded : ATEAT
28
"Hi," in Lanai : ALOHA
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Lanai neckwear : LEIS
30
Mother of Kim, Kylie and Kourtney : KRIS
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A ways away : AFAR
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The "V" of V.P. : VICE
33
Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle : READMUSIC
35
Show stoppers? : ADS
39
"Winning ___ everything" : ISNT
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Fictional land ruled by Aslan : NARNIA
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Winter Olympics facility : ICERINK
46
Naughty : BAD
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Fills with delight : ELATES
50
Anonymous creator of a painting sold at auction that subsequently shredded itself : BANKSY
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A kind of poem / Found within this crossword clue / Serendipity : HAIKU
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"Sheesh!" : OYVEY
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Tends to an overgrown garden : WEEDS
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Each : APOP
57
Make do : COPE
58
Amorphous shape : BLOB
59
Hamperful : LOAD
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Smallest bit : IOTA
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Daily record : LOG

Answer summary:
1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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