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New York Times, Saturday, March 23, 2024

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
48-Across : Rubs the wrong way
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Ezersky. Saturday freshness: 89%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/23/24 ( No. 27,164 )
Across
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They're seen around diners : BIBS
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"Ambassador" cut : STRIPSTEAK
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Worrisome word from a barber : UHOH
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Response akin to "Says who?!" : WHYSHOULDI
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Sizzling : SEXY
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Speaking volumes? : AUDIOBOOKS
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Extra security : SAFETYNET
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Lead-in to male or female : CIS
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Limerick group : IRISH
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2022 rom-com with a predominantly L.G.B.T.Q. cast : BROS
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Easily crushable : PUNY
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Troy setting, for short : NYSTATE
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Standards of purity : KARATS
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[Smacks forehead] : GAH
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"My goodness!" : LORD
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___ cat, holiday creature in Icelandic folklore : YULE
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Grant or Benjamin : LARGEBILL
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Slack : LIMP
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Prefix in some health product names : MEDI
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Print source : PAW
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"End of discussion!" : PERIOD
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Way up in the mountains : GONDOLA
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Resort that prohibits snowboarding : ALTA
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Bench cover? : ROBE
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Rubs the wrong way : GALLS
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Li Mu ___, Chow Yun-fat's role in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" : BAI
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Veteran N.F.L. quarterback whose name anagrams to SOMETHING : GENOSMITH
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Modern money kiosk : BITCOINATM
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"Off the Court" memoirist, 1981 : ASHE
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Venezuela landmark that's the tallest of its kind in the world (3,212 feet) : ANGELFALLS
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Lastin' line? : SCAR
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Looked quickly : STOLEAPEEK
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Baby raccoons : KITS
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Taking off the table : BUSSING
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"Yep, totally feel that" : IHEARYA
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Species named for its squarish shape : BOXFISH
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Like Beth among the March sisters : SHYEST
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Bring around : SWAY
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Activist "born at 375 p.p.m.," per her social media bio : THUNBERG
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Big name in trucks : RYDER
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"Would you mind ...?" : ISITOK
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Bowlful often served with bean sprouts : PHO
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Blue belt? : SOB
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Yours, in Torino : TUO
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Declaim : ELOCUTE
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Trace of music : ADKINS
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Lovey-dovey, in a way : KISSY
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Egg-shaped brain structures : THALAMI
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Get hitched : SAYIDO
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Gloomy atmosphere : PALL
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Lassitude : TORPOR
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They may come with opinions : RULINGS
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Cleveland, e.g.: Abbr. : DEM
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Turkey bacon? : LIRA
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"Easy now!" : BEGENTLE
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Advice to move on : LETITGO
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Hill-adjacent field, in brief : POLISCI
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Legit : ALLTHAT
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Plates for nuts : WASHERS
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Grievance : PLAINT
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Take, as a pointer : DOGNAP
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Fabric named for a Mideast capital : DAMASK
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Fathers, in Hebrew : ABBAS
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___ Street Music Festival (annual May event) : BEALE
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City of 1+ million near the Russia/Kazakhstan border : OMSK
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Picture of Pluto, perhaps : CEL
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Cry of encouragement : OLE
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"___ Girl Isn't Pretty" ("Funny Girl" song) : IFA

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8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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