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New York Times, Friday, May 26, 2023

Author:
Hemant Mehta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Across : Polite denial
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Hemant Mehta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Mehta. Friday freshness: 33%
Hemant Mehta notes:
Here's hoping the chatty nature of this puzzle feels more familiar than annoying. (But now you know what it's like to have a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Hemant got game! Those crossings he mentioned are so full of personality. Don't forget POSER, NOISE MUSIC, and MERCY RULE interlocking ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times5/26/23 ( No. 26,862 )
Across
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Resident of Seeb, Sohar or Sur : OMANI
6
Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter : SEGA
10
Fail to include, say : SNUB
14
"Smart!" : VERYCLEVER
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Something that needs a key : CODE
17
Question from someone arriving in haste : AMITOOLATE
18
Get behind something, say : HIDE
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[Cracking up] : LOL
20
Idly moves (about) : MILLS
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Tough nut to crack : POSER
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Pigs' digs : PENS
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Ones who live large, in slang : BALLERS
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Tragic flaw for Oedipus : HUBRIS
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Polite denial : NOMAAM
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One might read "Kiss the Cook" : APRON
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Youth sports mismatch ender : MERCYRULE
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Flummox : STUMP
34
Really move : AWE
35
Bacon bit? : ESSAY
36
Shared a workspace, in modern parlance : HOTDESKED
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Cologne's place : RHINE
39
Teacher's sleeve, in a pinch : ERASER
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They come out of their shells eventually : CHICKS
41
Gets to : AFFECTS
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Action in the card game Spit : SLAP
44
"Purple" stuff : PROSE
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Calculus concept : LIMIT
47
Stole from a drag show : BOA
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Shows : AIRS
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"Keep this between us" : NOTONEWORD
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Run time? : RACE
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Like some land no longer good for livestock : OVERGRAZED
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Número de mosqueteros : TRES
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Viral phenomenon : MEME
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Waves away : SHOOS
Down
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Shaped like this answer's first letter, say : OVAL
2
Word on a check : MEMO
3
Seed case : ARIL
4
Co. that produces the "Modern Love" podcast : NYT
5
Words from one extending an olive branch : ICOMEINPEACE
6
Moves : SELLS
7
Assessment, informally : EVAL
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Loses interest, say : GETSBORED
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Equal : ARE
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Knowledge, or a means to acquire it : SCHOLARSHIP
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Nonmelodic genre : NOISEMUSIC
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Milk it : UDDER
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Some chasers : BEERS
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Mutton chops? : LOINS
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Jealous critics, in slang : PLAYERHATERS
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Some formal attire : PROMDRESSES
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"Better Call Saul" network : AMC
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Discuss, with "out" : HASH
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As far as : UPTO
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Inelegant way to solve a problem : BRUTEFORCE
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Like posts at the top of a feed, typically : NEWER
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Pursues a passion? : MAKESLOVE
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Long and lean : LANK
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Body parts that an owl can't move : EYES
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Concorde, e.g.: Abbr. : SST
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Stick : CLING
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Detached : APART
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Man on a mission? : FRIAR
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Dessert often eaten outdoors : SMORE
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Subject for gossips : ITEM
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Ding-dong : BOZO
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Nabisco offering : OREO
49
Interjects : ADDS
51
Academy recognition, for short : NOM
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Infant's cry : WAH

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