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New York Times, Sunday, April 21, 2024

Author:
Michael Schlossberg
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
20-Across : Creditor, in legalese
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Michael Schlossberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 139, Blocks: 88 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Grid has mirror symmetry. There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Schlossberg. Sunday freshness: 34%
Notepad: Standing between you and the score of a lifetime are the seven locks of this safe. After completing this puzzle, rotate each dial 90°, 180° or 270° to the only other position that forms four valid crossword answers. The new letters in the 12 o’clock (circled) positions will spell out an appropriate exclamation.
Joel Fagliano notes:

Michael Schlossberg, of Bend, Ore., is a doctor specializing in internal medicine. This is his 11th crossword for the paper and his fifth Sunday.

Jim Horne notes:

Click anywhere on the grid below to start the animation that cracks the safe.

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© 2024, The New York Times4/21/24 ( No. 27,193 )
Across
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Staff symbol : CCLEF
6
Items on the backs of some Jeeps : GASCANS
13
Test pilot's attire : GSUIT
18
Bedridden : LAIDUP
20
Creditor, in legalese : OBLIGEE
21
Champion boxer Errol ___ Jr. : SPENCE
22
Once or twice : ADVERB
23
Like Mary Shelley when she wrote "Frankenstein" : TEENAGE
24
Marketing expenditure : PAIDAD
25
Bearing : MIEN
26
Natural source of rubber : TREESAP
27
County that's home to the White Cliffs of Dover : KENT
28
Unimpressed : BLASE
29
Sheet under a tent : TARP
30
Sharp pain : STAB
31
Major vessel : AORTA
32
Chinese ___ (bonsai choice) : ELM
34
Rhyme for "away" in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" : GAY
35
Agent Deirdre Beaubeirdre's org. in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" : IRS
37
No. on a résumé : TEL
38
Ewes' guys : RAMS
40
"Invisible hand" subj. : ECON
42
Quattro e quattro : OTTO
44
President during the Mexican-American War : POLK
45
Ice cream shop employee, e.g. : SCOOPER
47
Shakespearean misanthrope : TIMON
51
Small Southwestern birds of prey : ELFOWLS
53
"The Harlequin's Carnival" painter : MIRO
54
Nickname for a British relative : NAN
55
Brouhahas : ADOS
56
Buds : CHUMS
59
Ben who starred in Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen" : PLATT
61
Role for Michelle Williams in "The Fabelmans" : MITZI
65
Wordle player's pride : STREAK
66
"Who, me?" : MOI
67
Partner ship? : ARK
68
Belief : NOTION
69
"___ magic!" : ITS
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Title pig of kids' TV : PEPPA
74
Schmear topper : LOX
75
Annoying bot : SPAMMER
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They have the Guinness distinction of Longest Running Fan Club for a Group : QUEEN
80
Work like the devil? : POSSESS
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"Who, me?" response : YESYOU
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Pixy Stix containers : STRAWS
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Carpentry vise : CCLAMP
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___ service : LIP
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Percival of legend, for one : SIR
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Mystical Buddhist text : TANTRA
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Minecraft material : ORE
98
Cooper's tool : ADZ
100
Folder flap : TAB
102
End of a sports movie, often : WIN
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Advance : LOAN
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Block (up) : DAM
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Some four-year degs. : BAS
107
Letters that sound out a sentence : IOU
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First-rate : TOPS
109
Playful hit : BOP
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Speculative fiction subgenre that envisions a sustainable energy future : SOLARPUNK
115
Limited number : FEW
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Bitter-tasting salad ingredient : ENDIVE
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Fun facts : NUGGETS
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Sophisticated : URBANE
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Farm machine : REAPER
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French form of "Stephen" : ETIENNE
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Area 51 sighting : SAUCER
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"C'mon, you'll love it!" : TRYONE
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"And ___ ..." : YET
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Celebration in late January or early February : TET
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Tweaks : ALTERS
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Ascends with one's hands and feet : CLAMBERS
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Escalade, e.g. : CADILLAC
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Blanks' opposite : LIVEAMMO
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Shangri-las : EDENS
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Hair of the dog : FUR
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"See ya later" : GOTTAGO
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Not normal : ABERRANT
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Like beach towns in the winter : SLEEPY
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Cannes subject : CINE
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Tennis great known as "The Punisher" : AGASSI
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Former name of the electron : NEGATRON
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Ignore, as a shortcoming : SEEPAST
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Application fig. : GPA
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Casio rival : SEIKO
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Shore hazard : UNDERTOW
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"That much is obvious" : ICANTELL
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Speeches with an 18-minute limit : TEDTALKS
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Channel with on-air fund-raising : PBS
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Mole, e.g. : SPY
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Taunt : JEER
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Shout at an auction : SOLD
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1916 battle site, with "the" : SOMME
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Boast : CROW
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Blue-green : TEAL
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Hypothesize : POSIT
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City on the Arno : PISA
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Taking the place (of) : INLIEU
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"Here's looking at you, kid"? : MAA
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Like old audiobooks : ONTAPE
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Why some app users check their notifications constantly, for short : FOMO
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Several CBS dramas : CSIS
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Link letters : HTTP
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___ Major : URSA
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Classroom surprise : POPQUIZ
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Passage of a planet across a star, e.g. : TRANSIT
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Noted export of Portugal : TILE
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Common field trip destinations : ZOOS
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"Need You Tonight" band, 1987 : INXS
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Blubber : CRY
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Stew tidbit : PEA
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E.M.T.'s technique : CPR
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One-named singer on 1998's "Ghetto Supastar" : MYA
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Distracted Boyfriend, e.g. : MEME
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One of Eleven's powers on "Stranger Things" : ESP
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___ milk : OAT
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Gift on the seventh day of Christmas : SWAN
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Mr. Burns supposedly received the second one ever on "The Simpsons": Abbr. : SSN
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What Tom and Daisy embody in "The Great Gatsby" : OLDMONEY
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Gift for an aspiring conductor : TRAINSET
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Last name in late-night : COLBERT
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Ol' Blue Eyes, e.g. : CROONER
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Quadrennial occurrence : LEAPDAY
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District attorney-turned-Batman foe : TWOFACE
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Ethylene gas, to tomatoes : RIPENER
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Key components : ANSWERS
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Some batteries : AAS
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Ginormous : LARGE
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___ choy : BOK
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Throw in the towel : BAGIT
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Didn't save : SPENT
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Appliance that may self-clean : OVEN
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Renaissance instrument : LUTE
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___ Reader : UTNE
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Kind of tradition : ORAL
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N.Y.S.E. debut : IPO
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Afore : ERE
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Letters on the Saturn V rocket : USA
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Protester's word : BUT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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