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New York Times, Thursday, March 14, 2024

Author:
Jeffrey Martinovic
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
58-Across : System that ended in 1917
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Jeffrey Martinovic

This puzzle:

Rows: 14, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 3 Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Martinovic. Thursday freshness: 23%
Jeffrey Martinovic notes:
Happy PI DAY everyone! As an engineering student with an affinity for all things math, I've been thinking about making a PI DAY ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Today's puzzle is edited by Joel Fagliano. It's the first time since Nov. 20, 1993, that the editor byline has not said Will Shortz. ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times3/14/24 ( No. 27,155 )
Across
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Pair on a schooner : MASTS
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Last in a series : NTH
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It may be thrown by a vaquero : RIATA
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"Hurry with your dinner!" : EATUP
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"Gotcha!" : OHO
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Like an obelisk at night, maybe : UPLIT
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Origin story in Genesis 11:1-9 : THETOWEROFBABEL
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Colorful language? : PURPLEPROSE
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Radar gun stat, for short : MPH
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Parks carefully : EASESIN
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Co. that launched the world's first communications satellite : RCA
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Part of 10-Down : ALES
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Last in a series : ETAL
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World capital noted for its French colonial architecture : HANOI
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Geocaching necessity, in brief : GPS
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"No ___" ("Unacceptable") : BUENO
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Actor Hawke : ETHAN
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Headstone heading : RIP
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1979 movie with the line "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off" : ALIEN
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Goes around : ROAMS
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Legal position in municipal govt. : ADA
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Like lead or gold, notably : DENSE
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Mario Kart platform : WII
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Tuber that can be candied : YAM
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A majority of the characters on TV's "St. Elsewhere," in brief : DRS
45
Neighbor of India: Abbr. : PAK
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Component in a car's suspension system : SWAYBAR
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"___, ___, it looks like rain!": Christopher Robin : TUT
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Big movie star, e.g. : ALISTER
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What professional tennis has been in since 1968 : OPENERA
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Where an important call may be directed : LINEONE
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System that ended in 1917 : TSARISM
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Purplish red : MAGENTA
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Weeks in Spain : SEMANAS
Down
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Player at Citi Field : MET
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"That feels nice!" : AAH
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Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018) : STEPHENHAWKING
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You might go on tiptoe while wearing this : TUTU
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Fungus-to-be : SPORE
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Celebratory seasons : NOELS
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First digit of this puzzle's subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid : THREE
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B-ball : HOOPS
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Apply, as sunscreen : RUBON
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Some craft drafts, for short : IPAS
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Scientist who was notably born on 33-Down (1879) : ALBERTEINSTEIN
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Make even : TIE
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Home of the Braves, for short : ATL
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New Deal org. : WPA
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What some thank God for: Abbr. : FRI
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Comedian and political commentator Bill : MAHER
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Who said "Courage is knowing what not to fear" : PLATO
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Carolina N.H.L.'ers, informally : CANES
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Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe : ALONE
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"Same here" : SOAMI
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Mathematician known for the constant "e" (2.71828) : EULER
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Require : INSISTON
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Starting point for a slippery slope argument : GRAYAREA
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An irrational reason to celebrate? : PIDAY
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Captcha targets : SPAMBOTS
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One might center around being unprepared for a test : BADDREAM
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Something read by a chiromancer : PALM
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Actress Shawkat of "Search Party" : ALIA
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Took a turn : WENT
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Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter's Basilica : APSE
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___ Major : URSA
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Relatives of berets : TAMS
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"Get it?" : SEE
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Gun lobby grp. : NRA

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