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New York Times, Saturday, May 11, 2024

Author:
Billy Bratton
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
42-Across : Burgess ___ (rock bed noted for its fossils)
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Billy Bratton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Bratton. Saturday freshness: 68%
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© 2024, The New York Times5/11/24 ( No. 27,213 )
Across
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One with a short term in office? : INTERN
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Raphael painted a fresco of him having an audience with Pope Leo I : ATTILA
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Cons, for fans : MEETUPS
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Asked for the fish, say : MEOWED
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Quick way to make dough : CASHGRAB
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"Path" of progress : INROAD
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Ring-shaped bone that supports the skull : ATLAS
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Certifiable, so to speak : MAD
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Small pieces of jewelry : STUDS
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Show bias : LEAN
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Cheerios alternatives : TATAS
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Environmental writer ___ Leopold : ALDO
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___ Meyer's Clean Day (household brand) : MRS
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Like some meditation and breathwork : TANTRIC
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Get into : DON
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Detail : LITTLETHING
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Was treated unfairly, informally : GOTTHESHAFT
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Measures of one's worth : TOTALASSETS
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The N.B.A.'s Hornets, on scoreboards : CHA
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Ones that are tired before they've even moved? : NEWCARS
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H.M.O. designation, for short : PCP
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Meal makeup, maybe : OATS
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Burgess ___ (rock bed noted for its fossils) : SHALE
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Split ___ (Uber option) : FARE
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Look : STYLE
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Latin for "mouths" : ORA
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Mythical rock singer : SIREN
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Having aged out : TOOOLD
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"OMG, me too!" : SAMESIES
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Country whose flag features a machete and half of a gearwheel : ANGOLA
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Forerunner of a streaming playlist : MIXTAPE
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Brought in : REAPED
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Line around the Equator? : ITSHOT
Down
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"No, you're the one getting worked up!" : IMCALM
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Less cluttered : NEATER
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Model X and Model Y : TESLAS
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Top-five boy's name every year from 2004 to 2010, per the Social Security Administration : ETHAN
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Many are Persian : RUGS
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Gross home? : NPR
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Self-doubting question : AMI
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Place left of the units : TENS
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Mexican sandwich : TORTA
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"That seems ill-advised" : IWOULDNT
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Pacesetter on a long, frigid journey : LEADDOG
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Appends : ADDSON
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2000s sitcom about a woman with amnesia : SAMANTHAWHO
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Proof of past trauma : BATTLESCARS
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East African city whose name means "house of peace" : DARESSALAAM
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Squeals : TATTLES
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"Pull up a chair" : SITHERE
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Captain of industry : TITAN
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Group messages, e.g. : CHATS
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Auction listing : LOT
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Some coding statements : IFS
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Fitness class often put on by a farm : GOATYOGA
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Comment with a point, say : THATONE
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Partner in a picture : COSTAR
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Persona non grata : PARIAH
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Slimeball : CREEPO
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Gift for writers : PENSET
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Single-masted sailboat : SLOOP
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"Rocks" : FISTS
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Publication that once had the slogan "Si ___ lit ___ lit ___" : ELLE
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Engage in a hot exchange : SEXT
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Pop back and forth? : DAD
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Personalized Nintendo avatar : MII

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