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New York Times, Friday, March 29, 2024

Author:
Jake Bunch
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
54-Across : Juno, to Jupiter
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Jake Bunch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQXYZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Bunch. Friday freshness: 84%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/29/24 ( No. 27,170 )
Across
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Thrower of a reception : PASSER
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Home to the world's largest population of Indian rhinos : ASSAM
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Sweet message bearer : FORTUNECOOKIE
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Place for bucks at the bar? : MECHANICALBULL
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Lecture : TALKAT
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Geometry suffix : GON
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Drag racer? : SLED
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Large combo : OCTET
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___ acid : AMINO
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"The Book of Mormon" org. : LDS
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Turn (off) : SHUT
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Trying to get a hold of : DIALING
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Drench : SOP
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Hunks of plastic? : KENS
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Spoil everything : BLOWIT
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Screw off : UNTWIST
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Solving puzzles, e.g. : PASTIME
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"Come on, ___!" : PEOPLE
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Form a connection where sparks fly : WELD
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Commotion : DIN
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They're only human : MORTALS
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Jumble : MESS
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Cartoonish cry : ACK
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One of the Minecraft protagonists : STEVE
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Animal whose singular and plural forms are the same : MOOSE
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Like much of Azerbaijan's population : SHIA
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Spanish letter with or without a tilde : ENE
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All bent out of shape : WARPED
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Question asked while tapping : ISTHISTHINGON
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"All good here!" : IMSET
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Juno, to Jupiter : SISTER
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A magician might use a hidden one : POCKET
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Enlightened Buddhist : ARHAT
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"Don't delay!" : STAT
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High light? : SUN
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Great mysteries : ENIGMAS
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Pull back : RECOIL
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I.M. innovator : AOL
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Breaks down : SOBS
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Emoji that might be used in response to a funny text : SKULL
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Felt crummy : AILED
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Card game combos : MELDS
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Was ready for : FELTUPTO
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Ones who might roast you : CANNIBALS
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Speed of sound : MACHONE
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Anyone's game : TOSSUP
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Informal negation : AINT
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Tripping : ONLSD
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Those who've gone wrong? : DESERTERS
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First book in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire," familiarly : GOT
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Contents of a drug shipment : KILOS
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Totally clear : WIDEOPEN
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Off-target remark? : IMISSED
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Braced for impact : TENSED
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Typing meas. : WPM
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Christ the Redeemer wore a facsimile of his jersey in 2023 : PELE
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Greeted someone across the room : WAVEDHI
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Doctrines : TENETS
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Sauron's realm : MORDOR
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Computer acronym since the 1960s : ASCII
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Deep divide : CHASM
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Saint ___ : KITTS
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Canine woe : MANGE
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Feel the pain : ACHE
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Fancy : WANT
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Give a card, in a way : HIT
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"To ___ Coy Mistress" (Andrew Marvell poem) : HIS

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