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New York Times, Friday, March 8, 2024

Author:
Jackson Matz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Across : Things to settle
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Jackson Matz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {KQYZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Matz. Friday freshness: 10%
Jackson Matz notes:
Hello! I'm psyched to be making my New York Times debut! I'm 16 years old and a junior in high school. This grid came about as I ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times3/8/24 ( No. 27,149 )
Across
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Cries : CLAMORS
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What something unexpected might do : ARISE
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"Just give it time" : WAITABIT
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___ Manette, woman in "A Tale of Two Cities" : LUCIE
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The Jonas Brothers, e.g. : THREESOME
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Needle on a thread? : TROLL
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Female kangaroos : DOES
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Swarm : TEEM
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Color similar to lilac : MAUVE
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"Herb" … or a lead-in to herb : POT
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What some consume on a diet : LESS
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Court figure, informally : BALLER
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Balanced, as some molecules : APOLAR
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A mover … but not a shaker, one hopes : VAN
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Practice squad?: Abbr. : DRS
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Welcome : SEEIN
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"You guys STINK!," e.g. : JEER
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Interior secretary Haaland : DEB
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Things going beyond your control? : SELFDRIVINGCARS
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Big name in construction equipment : CAT
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Student enrolled in courses like Contracts and Civil Procedures : ONEL
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Wreck : TOTAL
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Chap : BUB
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Overextend : TAX
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The U.N.'s smallest member : MONACO
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Pill bug or wood louse : ISOPOD
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Billy Joel's "___ Always a Woman" : SHES
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In, in the past : HEP
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Water ___, mammal dubbed the "cheetah of the wetlands" for its speed and stealth : SHREW
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Bread with charred brown spots : NAAN
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Give (out) : DOLE
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Cameos might be seen on one : TIARA
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Things to settle : OLDSCORES
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Give it a whirl! : ROTOR
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Flotsam once in Boston Harbor : TEACHEST
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Nonstop : ONEND
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"A party? Count me in!" : IMTHERE
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"Wanna tell me more?" : CARETOELABORATE
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"History is a set of ___ agreed upon" (remark attributed to Napoleon) : LIES
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Suffix with liquid : ATE
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Get down : MASTER
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High winds? : OBOES
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LeAnn of country music : RIMES
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Small part of a watch : STEM
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"Gosford Park" director, 2001 : ALTMAN
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Like the homes of roughly one in six Americans : RURAL
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Hunger hyperbole : ICOULDEATAHORSE
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Jewelry gift for a 25th anniversary : SILVERBRACELET
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Some fishermen : EELERS
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Butt of a joke? : WHOOPEECUSHION
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Throw for six, informally : TDPASS
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Secure : LAND
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Word with door or dance : BARN
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Steal : LIFT
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One of seven for Salome : VEIL
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"That's what I just said!" : JINX
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Good name for a last-minute planner? : EVE
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Pest control brand once touted by Muhammad Ali : DCON
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It's between the shoulders : ROAD
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Hot rods popular in the '60s : GTOS
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Pre-algebra class calculations : SLOPES
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Casual dining setting : BISTRO
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Nearing : TOWARD
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Person of integrity : MENSCH
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World leader associated with the justicialism movement : PERON
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State capital dubbed the "Cherry City" : SALEM
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Attacked : HADAT
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Terse denial : NOTI
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Active person : DOER
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Michael of "Saturday Night Live" : CHE

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