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New York Times, Saturday, May 4, 2024

Author:
Jacob McDermott
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
47-Across : Concerns for a prospective homebuyer
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Jacob McDermott

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. McDermott. Saturday freshness: 31%
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© 2024, The New York Times5/4/24 ( No. 27,206 )
Across
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"Don't flatter yourself!" : ASIF
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Stays hungry : FASTS
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Going full tilt : ATIT
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Dehydrated bit in trail mix : BANANACHIP
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Grammy alternative : NANA
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Iconic line on 1950s TV : LUCYIMHOME
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Product release, informally : DROP
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___ mode, setting in many modern cars : ECO
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Life-changing work? : BIOTECH
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R&B singer Lennox : ARI
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Late-night stage : REM
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Altos might follow this : LOS
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Zac of "Baywatch" : EFRON
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Sweets : DEARY
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"Please, we don't need the details" : SPAREUS
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"That's just great," sarcastically : GOTTALOVEIT
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"Our parents will kill us!" : WEARESODEAD
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Grouse : RAISEASTINK
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Man of many words? : WEBSTER
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Tea variety : ASSAM
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Offering from the website Greenvelope : EVITE
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Actor honored in the "celebrity wing" of the W.W.E. Hall of Fame : MRT
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Fireside drink, perhaps : NOG
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Prefix with gender : CIS
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Concerns for a prospective homebuyer : REPAIRS
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"Personally …," on a post : IMO
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Lead-in to bad news : ALAS
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Hotfooted it : RANLIKEMAD
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McEntire of country : REBA
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Puts everything on the table : RISKSITALL
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Make the cut? : EDIT
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Possible cause of an icy glare : SLEET
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Singles material, say : CLAY
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Better fit : ABLER
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More than tipsy : SAUCED
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Figure that's not usually discussed : INCOME
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Elfin folk : FAY
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Where roots are branches : FAMILYTREE
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Sound muffled by an elbow, perhaps : ACHOO
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What some do during a night out : SHOTS
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One dimension : TIME
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Dimension, e.g. : SPEC
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Word commonly lowercased in titles : AND
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Portrayer of Bunny Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski" : TARAREID
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Question from a dealer : INOROUT
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Finishing touches? : TAPINS
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Writing tip : NIB
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"My word!" : HEAVENS
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Flips out : FREAKS
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Like some discriminatory policies : AGEIST
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Coffee appliance : ROASTER
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Fit (in) : SLOT
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Ball handler? : PODIATRIST
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Mad rush : TEAR
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Something to kick : ASS
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Japanese aesthetic that embraces imperfection : WABISABI
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Unpopular and then some : REVILED
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Words of corporate pandering : WECARE
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Fiend : ANIMAL
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Vice President Harris's family nickname : MOMALA
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Minister's home : MANSE
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Poet Rainer Maria ___ : RILKE
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Devout : GODLY
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Puts a round peg in a square hole, say : ERRS
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Barn item : PAIL
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Word with pole or patrol : SKI
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Collected dust : SAT
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Ellipsis equivalent, often : ETC

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

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