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New York Times, Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Author:
Justin Werfel
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
54-Across : Charles Willson ___, George Washington portraitist whose name is apt for this puzzle's theme
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Justin Werfel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Werfel. Tuesday freshness: 89%
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© 2024, The New York Times5/7/24 ( No. 27,209 )
Across
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Really feels yesterday's workout, say : ACHES
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Ewe's mate : RAM
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Field in Silicon Valley : TECH
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Show appreciation to : THANK
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Shift : MOVE
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"Oh, very funny" : HAHA
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Door-to-door salesman in a classic Arthur Miller play : WILLYLOMAN
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Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, etc. : ERAS
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Height: Prefix : ALTI
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Sch. with campuses in Amherst and Dartmouth : UMASS
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Opposite of none : ALL
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Summer tops : TEES
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Whom a Salvation Army volunteer might dress as : SANTACLAUS
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Singer Kitt : EARTHA
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In good spirits : HAPPY
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Some O.R. staffers : RNS
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Japanese dog breed : AKITA
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Dejected expression? : IMSAD
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Victor Hugo character who works at Notre Dame : QUASIMODO
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Deplorable : AWFUL
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Company that has engaged in trademark battles over the letter "i" : APPLE
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Pale shade of gray : ASH
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Micronesian nation made up of hundreds of islands : PALAU
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"Am I the problem?" : ISITME
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Nobelist who conditioned dogs to salivate : IVANPAVLOV
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Burn slightly : CHAR
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Terminus : END
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Charles Willson ___, George Washington portraitist whose name is apt for this puzzle's theme : PEALE
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Spanish for "she" : ELLA
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Poet St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
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Sounds familiar … or performs an action associated with 16-, 23-, 35- and 47-Across? : RINGSABELL
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Nicolas Cage's co-star in "Moonstruck" : CHER
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Member of an old Peruvian empire : INCA
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Very unpopular : HATED
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Oleaginous : OILY
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Very basic stuff? : LYE
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Golden ___ (retirees) : AGERS
Down
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Lee ___, Republican political strategist of the 1980s : ATWATER
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Like Easter Island : CHILEAN
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They'll hold your horses : HALTERS
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Sign up for the army : ENLIST
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What's up? : SKY
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Caesar or Cicero : ROMAN
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"Hold your horses, matey!" : AVAST
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High-I.Q. society : MENSA
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Remember this! : THEALAMO
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Features of deerstalker hats : EARLAPS
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Deep-fried Mexican snack : CHALUPA
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"That ship ___ sailed" : HAS
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N.Y.C. home to Matisse's "La Danse" : MOMA
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Capital of Zambia : LUSAKA
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Scolds : CHIDES
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Cartoonist Hoff who wrote "Danny and the Dinosaur" : SYD
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Bring before a judge, say : HAULUP
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Words between "rose" and "rose" and "rose" : ISA
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Pointer : TIP
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Roadie's load : AMP
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Dilemma : QUANDARY
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Specialties of the Kalamata region : OLIVES
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Bee-related prefix : API
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Greeted someone from a distance : WAVEDHI
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Material for checkered pajamas : FLANNEL
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Sporty sort : ATHLETE
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Like New Zealand vis-à-vis New Jersey, by population : SMALLER
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Greets with acclaim : HERALDS
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Remedy for swelling, perhaps : ICEBAG
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The "cruellest" month, per T.S. Eliot : APRIL
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Like marbled beef or blue cheese : VEINY
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Weapon for a joust : LANCE
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Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
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___-friendly : ECO
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Sound of enlightenment : AHA

Answer summary:
1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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