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New York Times, Friday, April 26, 2024

Author:
Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
21-Across : Bunch of hair
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291/7/202110/23/202420
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Matthew Stock
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331.5918752%
Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Stock. This is puzzle # 28 for Ms. Iverson. Friday freshness: 60%
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© 2024, The New York Times4/26/24 ( No. 27,198 )
Across
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Mexican condiment : CREMA
6
A whole lot : SCADS
11
Alternatives to booths, perhaps : MAILINBALLOTS
14
Device for an on-line conversation? : TINCANTELEPHONE
16
National Bullying Prevention mo. : OCT
17
Finds a line of best fit, say : TAILORS
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Storage unit : POD
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Set down : WRITE
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Bunch of hair : HANK
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Eagerly excited : AGOG
23
Something best avoided : NONO
24
Informal greetings : HEYS
25
Trail marking : BLAZE
26
Some long-tailed turtles : SNAPPERS
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Second hand : HELPER
29
Bird's ancestor, for short : DINO
30
Step in a pastry recipe : FOLD
31
They hang around in kitchens : APRONS
34
Talking nonsense : FULLOFIT
38
Gauge earrings : PLUGS
39
Mind : TEND
40
Network connection : NODE
41
Purges : RIDS
42
___ the Lucky, nickname of a noted explorer : LEIF
43
Porto-Novo's country : BENIN
44
Close : END
45
Big Apple fund-raiser with a kind of apple in its name : METGALA
47
They're OK : DOS
48
Bare-bones outfit : SKELETONCOSTUME
51
Many superheroes have them : ORIGINSTORIES
52
Crosses : SPANS
53
Signs of friction : SPATS
Down
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Bar : CANTINA
2
Singer Ocasek : RIC
3
Uplift : ELATE
4
Sports analyst Kimes : MINA
5
Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," for one : ANTIHERO
6
Intellectual gatherings : SALONS
7
One for the record books? : CLERK
8
Range crossing eight countries : ALPS
9
[Facepalm emoji] : DOH
10
Temporary solution : STOPGAP
11
One-millionth of a meter : MICRON
12
Secures, as a rope : BELAYS
13
Time-buying button : SNOOZE
14
Dots on a map : TOWNS
15
Gardening tool : EDGER
20
Big enchiladas : TOPDOGS
22
"Still working on that?" : ALLDONE
24
Ones laying around in the country? : HENS
25
Welcome sound for a bored student : BELL
27
Some chess tactics : PINS
28
Contend : HOLD
30
Cool bits of trivia : FUNFACTS
31
"___ vous" (polite French phrase) : APRES
32
"The Price Is Right" game : PLINKO
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Cruise control features? : RUDDERS
34
Plays at : FEIGNS
35
Dipping dishes : FONDUES
36
Contents of some dictionaries : IDIOMS
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Perfect, e.g. : TENSE
39
Where Jackson Hole ski resort is found : TETONS
42
Admit : LETIN
43
Iraqi port city : BASRA
45
Big-time : MEGA
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Keep informed, with "in" : LOOP
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Part of a bottle : LIP
50
Bird that can be "fire-capped" or "yellow-browed" : TIT

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