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All Over the Map

New York Times, Sunday, March 17, 2024

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
128-Across : Skipjacks and bluefins
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Simeon Seigel

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Rows: 21, Columns: 22 Words: 147, Blocks: 80 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Seigel. Sunday freshness: 62%
Joel Fagliano notes:
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Jim Horne notes:
In this Schrödinger puzzle, 69-Across can be read as THE NORTHEAST, THE NORTHWEST, THE SOUTHEAST, or THE SOUTHWEST, depending on which referring clue you're looking at. The Down answers fit the ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times3/17/24 ( No. 27,158 )
Across
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Pear variety : BOSC
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Universal, as a motor : ACDC
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Short hedge? : OTOH
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Turner on the radio : DIAL
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Farm machine equipped with twine : BALER
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More crafty : SLIER
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The right one is usually slower : LANE
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Eclipse : OUTDO
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Title character for Tyler Perry : MADEA
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Bright pink shade : HOTMAGENTA
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Literary friend of Sam, Merry and Pippin : FRODO
25
"___ With Marc Maron" (podcast) : WTF
26
Like a stock quote? : TRITE
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Attraction in 69-Across that once froze over for 30 hours in 1848 : NIAGARAFALLS
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Informally agree to : SHAKEON
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Stick in a cup : STIRRER
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Buyer : VENDEE
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Sudden arrival : INRUSH
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Attraction in 69-Across that withstands dozens of lightning strikes a year, familiarly : LADYLIBERTY
39
Didn't swipe right? : STOLE
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Mail insert: Abbr. : ENCL
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What prices can do : SOAR
43
Turning on the waterworks : TEARY
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Either end of America? : SCHWA
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"I goofed," in slang : MYB
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Fish fittingly found in "anemone" : NEMO
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Music genre that emphasizes the offbeat : SKA
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Stumbler or bumbler : OAF
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Name that sounds like a letter : KAY
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Actor Kutcher : ASHTON
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General meeting place : WARROOM
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School subjects? : STUDENTS
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Steel boot feature : TOECAP
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Occasion for fireworks: Abbr. : NYE
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Capital city founded by King Harald : OSLO
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Locale of this puzzle's attractions (really, all eight of them!) : THENORTHEAST
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Spa service, in brief : PEDI
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Pro ___ (for now) : TEM
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Bleep out : CENSOR
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Unwrapped eagerly : TOREOPEN
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Voicer of Olaf in "Frozen" : JOSHGAD
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Typical sock hopper : TEENER
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British throne room? : LAV
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Not a good guy : CAD
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Handled thing : AXE
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Handling things : ONIT
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Curt reprimand to a dog : BAD
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Wood used to make chess pieces and pool cues : EBONY
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Scarfs (down) : BOLTS
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Caribbean music genre : SOCA
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Name of two "Groundhog Day" characters : PHIL
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Little rascals : BRATS
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Attraction in 69-Across overseen by the Navajo Nation : FOURCORNERS
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"Life would be ___ if it weren't funny": Stephen Hawking : TRAGIC
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French eatery : BISTRO
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Noted name in 2005 news : KATRINA
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Cause of a driveway stain : OILLEAK
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Attraction in 69-Across on the Extraterrestrial Highway : AREAFIFTYONE
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"Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album) : SISTA
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Originally called : NEE
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Children's author Eric : CARLE
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Biggest portion : LIONSSHARE
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A little crazy : DOTTY
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Colonized, as bees might : HIVED
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Directional heading? : OMNI
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Skipjacks and bluefins : TUNAS
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Perfect places : EDENS
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Be on the decline? : SLED
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Spanish for "weight" : PESO
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Former L.A. center : SHAQ
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Clinic liquids : SERA
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Political party founded in Syria : BAATH
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Attraction in 69-Across that's part of America's first national park : OLDFAITHFUL
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Picture : SEE
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Attraction in 69-Across that's almost 2,000 feet deep : CRATERLAKE
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Often : ALOT
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Gives as a reference : CITES
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Many a lib : DEM
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Heady? : CRANIAL
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Owners of an infamous cow : OLEARYS
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Citrus with a portmanteau name : TANGELO
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Person living in London : ONTARIAN
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Consider : HEAR
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Comedian Jimmy with a self-described "schnozzola" : DURANTE
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"Shoulda listened to me!" : ITOLDYASO
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Confuse : ADDLE
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One way to be cut : LOOSE
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Some German rides : BMWS
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They're very attached to their calves : SHINS
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Collection during a church service : OFFERTORY
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Prepare (oneself) for a challenge : GIRD
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Debauchee : ROUE
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"Hail," in old Rome : AVE
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Have down : KNOW
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Special attention, for short : TLC
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"Sup" : HEY
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Steep : BREW
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Improvises in a jazz group : SCATS
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Jazz group, for short : NBA
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Distributor of 1933's "King Kong" and "Little Women" : RKO
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Nigerian staple food : YAM
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Nothing special : SOSO
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"Bulls get angry when they see the color red," for one : MYTH
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Meditation aid : MANTRA
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Small role for Paul Rudd : ANTMAN
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Marble, e.g. : STONE
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Word before fly : HORSE
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Wyoming's ___ Range : TETON
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Yellowish pigment : OCHRE
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"No," in a certain dialect : NAE
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Default consequence, perhaps : REPO
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"The lady ___ protest too much …" : DOTH
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Brut-ish? : SEC
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Touch gently : PAT
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Division for a tennis match : NET
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Persuaded : SOLD
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Attraction in 69-Across designed to be a "city of the future" : EPCOTCENTER
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Academic figures : DEANS
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Fictional archaeologist with a whip, familiarly : INDY
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Googled oneself, e.g. : EGOSURFED
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Attraction in 69-Across where crocodiles and alligators uniquely coexist : EVERGLADES
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Quick boxing move : JAB
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Tic-tac-toe loser : OXO
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Buffet style : SELFSERVE
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Part of the spine : DISC
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Diamond stat : RBI
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Deliberated (on) : TOOKTIME
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Subgenre prefix : ALT
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Flake, so to speak : BAIL
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Came to : TOTALED
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Supply for kindergarten drawers : CRAYONS
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Eponymous saint of "Alamo City" : ANTONIO
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Some clerical workers : PRIESTS
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Seller of over a billion Huggable Hangers on TV : HSN
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It's a trap! : BAIT
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Profitability metric, for short : ROI
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Sea eagles : ERNS
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Wine menu section : ROSES
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The two wives and 20 children of Johann Sebastian : BACHS
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Letter-shaped beam : IRAIL
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Yoga pose : ASANA
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Insurance company whose name contains a diphthong : AETNA
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"Ivories" : KEYS
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Bomb : FLOP
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Where dinars are spent : IRAQ
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"Wait … what?" : HUH
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Work on something you love? : ODE

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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