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New York Times, Friday, June 14, 2024

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
45-Across : Emulates Niobe
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Robyn Weintraub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {KQVWXZ} This is puzzle # 49 for Ms. Weintraub. Friday freshness: 4%
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© 2024, The New York Times6/14/24 ( No. 27,247 )
Across
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Work on an intaglio : ETCH
5
One who's barely in the picture? : NUDE
9
Like Piglet : TIMID
14
Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana, e.g. : THAI
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Where a diva is likely to make a scene : OPERAHOUSE
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Gather together : HERD
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Fish-and-chips coating : BEERBATTER
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Gym machine for rowing exercises, informally : ERG
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It's bigger than a ding : DENT
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___ Island : STATEN
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"Fantasia" conductor Stokowski : LEOPOLD
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Off : LESS
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Runs across : SPANS
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Minor change : CENT
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___ Balls (treat) : SNO
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Stylish in appearance : SMART
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Subject of Obi-Wan's line "That's no moon. It's a space station" : DEATHSTAR
33
Product in the skin care aisle : TONER
34
What some premium subscriptions don't include : ADS
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More than tickle : ELATE
36
Paper for an animator, perhaps : ARTDEGREE
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Bose competitor : SONOS
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"I'm in!" : YES
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Make better : MEND
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Touches, e.g. : IPODS
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Suits : FITS
43
Keeps from slumping : PROPSUP
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Emulates Niobe : MOURNS
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Dressage speed : GAIT
49
"Ew, ew, EW!" : TMI
50
Some traitorous transgressions : INSIDEJOBS
52
World capital through which the Rimac River runs : LIMA
53
Hot fixture at a buffet : STEAMTABLE
54
Lena of "Chocolat" : OLIN
55
Joe who co-authored 2009's "The Yankee Years" : TORRE
56
Playbill blurbs : BIOS
57
Middle part : ALTO
Down
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Actress Barrymore with an eponymous Broadway theater : ETHEL
2
"You haven't heard the best part yet" : THERESMORE
3
They have deep pockets : CARGOPANTS
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Redacted, say : HID
5
Prestigious prizes : NOBELS
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Flip over : UPEND
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Diethyltoluamide, more familiarly : DEET
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Prove one's humanity, in a way : ERR
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"A little more left ... a bit higher ... ahh, right there!" : THATSTHESPOT
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Pair making an appearance in the "Iliad"? : IOTAS
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Paperless pup : MUTT
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"Ah" : ISEE
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Best Actress nominee in 1992 who won Best Supporting Actress in 2020 : DERN
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Not in English, say : ABSENT
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"Ugh, I'd rather forget the whole thing" : DONTREMINDME
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Trimmed : PARED
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Renewable agreement : LEASE
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Like some territorial land : CEDED
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Directive from a picture taker : STANDSTILL
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Periodic gathering for heads of state : NATOSUMMIT
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Things in pockets that can be picked? : ORES
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"I have more care to ___ than will to go": "Romeo and Juliet" : STAY
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Works on a crew? : DARNS
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Sailing vessel : SLOOP
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"Go" preceder : GETSET
41
Van Gogh subjects : IRISES
42
Junípero Serra, for one : FRIAR
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"___ Honey," debut album for Radiohead : PABLO
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Where to find a set of small hammers : PIANO
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Feature of a rainforest canopy : MIST
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Tracking, so to speak : ONTO
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Kind of error : USER
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Much of Mongolia : GOBI
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Stinging insult : JAB
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"Mahalo nui ___" (Hawaiian for "Thank you very much") : LOA

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