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New York Times, Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
62-Across : "Cheer up!"
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 67 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Tuesday freshness: 97%
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© 2024, The New York Times5/14/24 ( No. 27,216 )
Across
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Wafting smells : AROMAS
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Colorful play area at a family fun center : BALLPIT
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Headwear for lesser royalty : CORONET
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Dig up : UNEARTH
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Appliance with buttons like "Bagel" and "Frozen" : TOASTER
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Cat breed with blue eyes : SIAMESE
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Okay boomer? : TNT
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Butterfly relative : MOTH
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Hero's virtue : VALOR
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Additive that imparts umami, in brief : MSG
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Result of a lack of focus : BLUR
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By : BESIDE
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Lead-in to some unsolicited advice : IFIMAY
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Gets value from : USES
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Some ward workers, for short : MDS
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Military technology that's a source of stress for whales : SONAR
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Looking to mate, as a cat : INHEAT
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CD selection : TRACK
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Reggae relative : SKA
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Led Zeppelin's "Whole ___ Love" : LOTTA
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Ideological split : SCHISM
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Wafting smells : ODORS
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Star pitcher : ACE
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"Fiddlesticks!" is a mild one : OATH
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Irreversibly committed : INDEEP
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Pub regular : BARFLY
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Man-eating monster : OGRE
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"___ Misérables" : LES
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Declare legally void : ANNUL
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"Slaughterhouse-Five" setting, in brief : WWII
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Foldable bed : COT
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No-win situation? : TIEGAME
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Wharton or Sloan, informally : BSCHOOL
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Made certain : ENSURED
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"Cheer up!" : BEHAPPY
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Strongly dislikes : DETESTS
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Credit ___ (bank headquartered in Zürich) : SUISSE
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Play a role : ACT
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Supports from the stands : ROOTSFOR
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Fizzy citrus drink : ORANGINA
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More than some : MOST
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Six-legged scurrier : ANT
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In good taste : SEEMLY
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Outback terrain : BUSH
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DiFranco with a Broadway stint as Persephone in "Hadestown" : ANI
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Lets be : LEAVESALONE
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Himalayan holy figures : LAMAS
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Early round in a competition, informally : PRELIM
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"Strangely enough …" : ITSODD
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"___ no place like home" : THERES
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Drop ___ (moon someone) : TROU
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Traveling fashion sale featuring the work of a specific designer : TRUNKSHOW
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Fine rain : MIST
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Neckwear for noisy dogs : BARKCOLLARS
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Hum bug? : BEE
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Apple Store purchases : MACS
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Fake : SHAM
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"You sure?" : ISIT
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Younger Flanders boy on "The Simpsons" : TODD
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Simple figure skating jumps : TOELOOPS
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Common spots for eagles' nests … or a hint to 2-, 9-, 21- and 24-Down : TREETOPS
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Egyptian vipers : ASPS
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What's needed to make bale? : HAY
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Grew less intense : ABATED
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Incisor's neighbor : CANINE
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Writer Hemingway : ERNEST
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Floral subject for van Gogh : IRISES
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Bach's "Toccata and ___ in D Minor" : FUGUE
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Surname of musical brothers Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy : GIBB
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Ties the knot : WEDS
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Spiced brew : CHAI
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Queens ballplayer : MET
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Jon M. ___, director of "Crazy Rich Asians" : CHU
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Caustic solution : LYE

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

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