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New York Times, Sunday, May 5, 2024

Author:
Daniel Bodily
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
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Daniel Bodily

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Rows: 22, Columns: 21 Words: 143, Blocks: 92 Missing: {QZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Bodily. Sunday freshness: 29%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Daniel Bodily, of Woodbury, Minn., is a robotics research engineer. His crosswords often include a visual element, as seen in the middle of the grid here. A self-described "left-brained ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times5/5/24 ( No. 27,207 )
Across
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Language suffix : ISH
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"Do or do not. There is no ___" (6-Down quote) : TRY
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Call me! : CAB
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Sources of vitamin C, for short : OJS
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Enroll, with "in" : OPT
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Bit of well-wishing on a hot day : STAYCOOL
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Sixth word in the Gettysburg Address : AGO
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"Fine by me" : OKAYSURE
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1962 Beatles hit : LOVEMEDO
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London's ___ Gardens : KEW
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Wavering vocal effects : VIBRATOS
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Friends, to Hercule Poirot : AMIS
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Quaker in the woods : ASPENTREE
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Spoils : LOOT
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Murse, by another name : MANBAG
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Best of the best : TOPTIER
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Like some clouds and kittens : FLUFFY
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Francisco with frescoes : GOYA
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"Sounds to me like ..." : ITAKEIT
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Former senator Trent : LOTT
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Quaint double contraction : TWASNT
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She's a believer : NUN
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C.S.U. or U.S.C.: Abbr. : SCH
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Like some wonders : ONEHIT
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They're used to catch bugs : WEBS
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Steam engine sound : HISS
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Juno : Roman :: ___ : Greek : HERA
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Company aptly hidden in "Japanese games" : SEGA
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Coconut extraction : OIL
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Cop's catch : PERP
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🔇 : MUTE
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Beach ___ : BUM
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Playtex product : BRA
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Vegas casino with a musical name : ARIA
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Lea low? : MOO
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"Aye, aye, captain!" : ONIT
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Where a spill might end up : LAP
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Freudian constructs : IDS
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___ golf : DISC
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Mo. when the Titanic sank : APR
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Dominates, slangily : OWNS
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"One card left!" : UNO
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Kids … or, informally, a snack for kids : TOTS
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"Born" in France : NEE
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Gymnast Suni : LEE
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Keep reminding, say : NAG
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Temple official : DEAN
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Empty nester's lack? : EGGS
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Domain's partner in math : RANGE
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"Seize the day" of today : YOLO
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Risk a ticket : SPEED
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Kind of number system in which 7 is the highest digit : OCTAL
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Terrarium animals : NEWTS
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Setting : MILIEU
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"We will, we will ROCK YOU!," e.g. : CHANT
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Make malleable using heat : ANNEAL
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Pirate ship features : PLANKS
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Shoe secured with a click : SKIBOOT
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Things checked at baggage checks : IDTAGS
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Crash before dinner? : GONG
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Rummikub piece : TILE
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Close : NEAR
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Green-lit : OKED
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"___ modus in rebus" ("Moderation in all things") : EST
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Creatures mummified in ancient Egypt : CATS
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Close to closed : AJAR
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Go steady with : SEE
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Green trattoria topping : PESTO
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Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale was the first person to win one (1949) : EMMY
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Indian flatbread : ROTI
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One getting fired after a strike? : MATCH
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Really, really big : OCEANIC
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Cause to blush : ABASH
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Cause to jump : STARTLE
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"M-m-m-my ___" (1970s song lyric) : SHARONA
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He placed a call to Armstrong and Aldrin minutes after their landing : NIXON
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Basis for some civil cases : TORTLAW
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Replacement of a computer part without powering down : HOTSWAP
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Novelist Deighton : LEN
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Olympic tracks? : ANTHEMS
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Religion in which zakat is practiced : ISLAM
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Leaf pore : STOMA
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Woo-hoo! The engines are firing, all systems are go, and we are feeling good! : HAVINGABLAST
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Channel with "Silent Sunday Nights" programming : TCM
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Orange sushi topper : ROE
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See 4-Across : YODA
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Where a batter goes for a bundt? : CAKEPAN
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Tommy Lee Jones's role in "Men in Black" : AGENTK
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Farfalle shapes : BOWTIES
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Dust Bowl-era migrant : OKIE
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Quick left, say : JAB
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The Euphrates bisects it: Abbr. : SYR
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And just like that, sky and clouds are behind us! : OUTOFTHEBLUE
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Mathematician's creation : PROOF
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Snappish : TESTY
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"I'll have it on your desk tomorrow" : YESBOSS
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Oops, zoned out for a sec. Houston, can you retransmit our coordinates? : LOSTINSPACE
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Thrilled to report that we've made it to lunar orbit! : OVERTHEMOON
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General acknowledgments? : SALUTES
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D.C. V.I.P. : POTUS
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Former labor secretary Robert : REICH
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Writer Rand : AYN
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Our lunar rover is collecting samples at long last. It's been sitting in storage for months! : GATHERINGDUST
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Moving in zero-G is just blissful! : FLOATINGONAIR
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Chaney of horror : LON
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Cheap and trivial : TWOBIT
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Oddball : WEIRDO
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Exotic pet : IGUANA
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Feminine hygiene product : TAMPON
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"Bearded" blooms : IRISES
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Where to walk the walk? : RUNWAY
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Feminine hygiene product : PAD
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The Monstars in "Space Jam," e.g., for short : ETS
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Last book of the Old Testament : MALACHI
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It's run up, then rung up : OPENTAB
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Green trattoria topping : OREGANO
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Ouch! Drifted too far and bonked my head on that darn window … but wow, would you look at the view! : SEEINGSTARS
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Re-entry time — let's make sure we do this simply and practically! : DOWNTOEARTH
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Be nerdy, with "out" : GEEK
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Who's on a mission in today's puzzle? : ROCKETMAN
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Musician who sang about a 77-Down : ELTONJOHN
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Let borrow : LEND
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Storage facility : SILO
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Window, e.g. : PLANESEAT
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Hot pot : TEAKETTLE
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Like some advice : SAGE
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Stat that doesn't apply to E.V.s : MPG
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Microdosing drug : LSD
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Insult : SLAM
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Part of an udder : TEAT
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Large white sheet : ICECAP
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Record label for Whitney Houston : ARISTA
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So far : TONOW
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Strong-willed daughter on "Downton Abbey" : SYBIL
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Burning bridges, e.g. : ARSON
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Really hurt : SMART
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Swanky : POSH
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Bouncer in an alleyway? : ECHO
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Go silent, with "up" : CLAM
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Chops : HEWS
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___ mood : INA
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Chopper : AXE
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Unit often used exaggeratively : TON

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