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New York Times, Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Author:
Christina Iverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Lose rigidity
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Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 73, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 27 for Ms. Iverson. Tuesday freshness: 45%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/5/24 ( No. 27,146 )
Across
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Tea with tapioca pearls : BOBA
5
Tear to bits : SHRED
10
Syringe amts. : CCS
13
Anthony Hopkins's role in "Thor" : ODIN
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France's longest river : LOIRE
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Something to draw names out of : HAT
16
Flaw in an argument : LOGICALFALLACY
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Inventor David Aguilar built a fully functional prosthetic one from Legos : ARM
20
"My treat!" : ONME
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___ Sea, body of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan : ARAL
22
"August: ___ County" (Pulitzer-winning play) : OSAGE
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Walk quietly : TIPTOE
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Void : EMPTYSPACE
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On the briny : ASEA
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Weightlifting item for a biceps routine : CURLBAR
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AOL competitor : MSN
34
Messy living area : PIGSTY
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French friend : AMI
38
"I love you," in Spanish : YOTEAMO
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Toad's kid-lit pal : FROG
41
Many a beverage ending in "-ade" : FRUITDRINK
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Lose rigidity : GOLIMP
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Trophy or medal : AWARD
49
Abbr. at the end of a list of authors : ETAL
50
Marbled loaves : RYES
51
Queen's pawn? : ANT
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Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-, 26-, 34- and 41-Across : THREEHOLEPUNCH
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Cry that's a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down : EEK
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Meat skewer : KABOB
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Sign of past stitches, perhaps : SCAR
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Simon & Garfunkel's "___ Robinson" : MRS
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Georgia school said to be one of the "Southern Ivies" : EMORY
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Fellow bringing a dozen roses, maybe : BEAU
Down
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Cattle-catching weapon : BOLA
2
Strong smell : ODOR
3
Eagerly awaited occasion : BIGMOMENT
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What "their" is spelled with, but not "there" or "they're" : ANI
5
Like "b-boy" or "my b" : SLANGY
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"A Study in Scarlet" detective : HOLMES
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Widespread : RIFE
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Notable time period : ERA
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Director Guillermo ___ Toro : DEL
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Reach the Billboard Hot 100, e.g. : CHART
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Chocolate source : CACAO
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Something that editors and clothing designers are concerned with : STYLE
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Cold weather wear : COAT
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Folded part of a 17-Down : LAPEL
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Place for a wax : SPA
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Like a tightrope, ideally : TAUT
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Flo Rida hit with the lyric "Champagne buckets still got two tears in it" : ICRY
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Standard Oil offshoot : ESSO
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Windows runners : PCS
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Comedian Sedaris : AMY
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Where to swing your partner 'round and 'round : BARNDANCE
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Bad way to run : AMOK
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Equip for sailing : RIG
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Eggplant ___ (Italian dish, familiarly) : PARM
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"It's my turn!" : IMUP
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"There but for the grace of God ___" : GOI
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Use TurboTax, e.g. : EFILE
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Silver ___ (tree of the Alps) : FIR
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Swift to fill a concert hall? : TAYLOR
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Dorky : DWEEBY
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Scratchy voice quality : RASP
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"Don't let those people escape!" : GETEM
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Catchall survey option : OTHER
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Birds that sing extravagant melodies : LARKS
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Prefix meaning "automated" : ROBO
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Final Four org. : NCAA
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No ___ Traffic : THRU
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Barely manage, with "out" : EKE
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Theatrical sort : HAM
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Kind of port seen at airport kiosks : USB

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