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New York Times, Monday, May 20, 2024

Author:
Jack Scherban
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
18-Across : This dice roll: [ • ] [ • ]
TotalDebut
15/20/2024
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0100000
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1.61426%
Jack Scherban

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Scherban. Monday freshness: 69%
Jim Horne notes:

Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) is an electronic system that allows a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participant to pay for food using SNAP benefits.

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© 2024, The New York Times5/20/24 ( No. 27,222 )
Across
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It's working! : LABOR
6
Move back and forth, as a dog's tail : WAG
9
___ paint (graffiti artist's canful) : SPRAY
14
Yoga pose : ASANA
15
Balloon filler : AIR
16
Depart : LEAVE
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Ogre with a donkey sidekick : SHREK
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This dice roll: [ • ] [ • ] : SNAKEEYES
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Beatles album character who apparently is an infantry leader : SERGEANTPEPPER
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Early afternoon hour : ONE
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Use a chair : SIT
24
Inits. on a food stamps card : EBT
25
Show interest at an auction : BID
26
Cool ___ cucumber : ASA
27
Baking amts. : TSPS
31
Hotels.com mascot who must be a commanding officer : CAPTAINOBVIOUS
35
Hot dish that sounds cold : CHILI
36
Norm: Abbr. : STD
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Public perception : IMAGE
38
Fast-food icon who surely heads a brigade : COLONELSANDERS
41
The "S" of GPS: Abbr. : SYST
42
Extra part of a leap year : DAY
43
Above, in poetry : OER
44
Guys : MEN
45
___-mo (sports replay effect) : SLO
46
Precious stone : GEM
49
Unfazed response to a threat from 20-, 31- or 38-Across? : YOUANDWHATARMY
54
Penguin Random House or HarperCollins : PUBLISHER
55
Wonderland girl : ALICE
56
Change, as the Constitution : AMEND
57
Praiseful poem : ODE
58
Grocery bag option : PAPER
59
Yucatán people of old : MAYAS
60
Holder of peas : POD
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Swiss borders? : ESSES
Down
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Cattle-catching rope : LASSO
2
Very pale : ASHEN
3
Wall fixture in a ballet studio : BARRE
4
Universal donor's blood type, briefly : ONEG
5
Earns tons of money : RAKESITIN
6
"Hey, that ___ so bad!" : WASNT
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Informal contraction : AINT
8
Purple pop : GRAPESODA
9
Caught some z's : SLEPT
10
Chick's chirp : PEEP
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Comic actress Martha : RAYE
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Declare : AVER
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"Of course!" : YES
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Skewered meat dish of the Mideast : KEBAB
21
Opera set in ancient Egypt : AIDA
25
Secondary story, in TV lingo : BPLOT
26
Fidgety : ANTSY
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Microwave feature : TIMER
28
Fly sky-high : SOAR
29
Wrinkly-faced dogs : PUGS
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Opposite of NNW : SSE
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Bok ___ (Chinese vegetable) : CHOY
32
Troubles : AILS
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Travel from Kauai to Maui to Oahu, say : ISLANDHOP
34
Medium for old home movies : VIDEOTAPE
35
Includes on an email, for short : CCS
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Utopias : EDENS
40
Mardi Gras city, casually : NOLA
44
Cleaning professionals : MAIDS
45
Rip to pieces : SHRED
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Holds tightly on to : GRIPS
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Host an awards show : EMCEE
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Mike who voiced 17-Across : MYERS
49
Arizona city or county : YUMA
50
Follow, as rules : OBEY
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Bone in the forearm : ULNA
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"This Is How ___ It" (1995 hit) : WEDO
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"What a pity" : ALAS
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Jim's love on "The Office" : PAM

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

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