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Misstated

New York Times, Sunday, June 30, 2024

Author:
Ginny Too
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
57-Across : "What a pity"
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 83 Missing: {QX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Too. Sunday freshness: 62%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Ginny Too, of Philadelphia, Pa., is a V.P. of customer retention at Comcast. She first started solving crosswords on the Appalachian Trail, sharing clues from a desk calendar with her ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times6/30/24 ( No. 27,263 )
Across
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Say "Another great thing about me …," say : BRAG
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Baltimore squad, casually : THEOS
10
Turkic tongue : TATAR
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"I'll return shortly," in shorthand : BRB
18
Experience : FEEL
19
Shapeshift : MORPH
20
Emirati's neighbor : OMANI
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Feast often concluded with haupia (coconut pudding) : LUAU
22
Getaway driver's plan, obviously? : FLOORITDUH
24
Desires : WANTS
25
Octopus's octet : ARMS
26
Staple of '80s pop : SYNTH
27
Graphing calculator button : COS
28
"She sure runs fast!"? : MISSISZIPPY
30
"Human beef" and "Chicken pox pie" on a menu, one hopes : TYPOS
32
Preps for framing, as a photo : MATS
33
Where fairy tale creatures often live : WOOD
34
Captain and nine crew members? : TENASEA
37
Bust : DUD
38
Ones living a lavish lifestyle, in slang : BALLERS
41
Film unit : REEL
42
Like braids and some breads : PLAITED
45
Jaded miner's remark? : OREAGAIN
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Preferring platonic relationships, informally : ARO
48
Words after "Mamma mia!" in "Bohemian Rhapsody" : LETMEGO
50
Bhagavad ___ (Hindu scripture) : GITA
51
Coke-ette? : MINISODA
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Sandy springs : OASES
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"What a pity" : ITSSAD
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Real ___ : ESTATE
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Actress Kendrick, when appearing in smaller films? : INDIEANNA
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Time of one's life : ERA
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Perform better than : OUTACT
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Like yesterday's bread, compared with today's : STALER
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Core components : ABS
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PC-sensitive, in a way? : DELLAWARE
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Day before domingo : SABADO
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One of several named in a will : COHEIR
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The same : ALIKE
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"You realize this is a silent meditation, right?" : WHYOMING
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Cornucopia, essentially : HORN
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Floral brew : ROSETEA
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Ring call, for short : TKO
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Considered buying that garden tool? : EYEDAHOE
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Subject of a common phobia : HEIGHTS
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Taiwanese tech company : ACER
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Unswayable : ADAMANT
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Obvious name for a pet lion : LEO
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"Wait ... can we not play this in F sharp instead?" : HUHWHYE
98
River in a classic dad joke : NILE
99
Landlocked African country : CHAD
101
Quick-cooking noodles : RAMEN
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"Mm-hmm, get a little nearer"? : VERGEINYEAH
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When doubled, a rebuke : TUT
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Spanish wine region : RIOJA
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"Got it" : ISEE
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What a glass of cold water forms on a hot day : BEADS
113
Parent's encouragement to a budding chef? : WHISKONSON
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Box : SPAR
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Inspiration for the jokes in this puzzle's theme : USMAP
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Ancient region bordering the Aegean Sea : IONIA
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Excess : GLUT
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Sassy retort : AND
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Rulers used to make many crosswords? : TSARS
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Like a good day for kite-flying : GUSTY
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Miffed : SORE
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Two halves of a platonic whole : BFFS
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Depend : RELY
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Immeasurably long time : AEON
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Like the "h" in "hat," to a linguist : GLOTTAL
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Response to hearing all the gory details : TMI
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Campfire remnant : HOTCOAL
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Paul ___, Hungarian mathematician with over 1,500 published papers : ERDOS
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Composer's numbered piece : OPUS
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"This is a library!" : SHH
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Specifically : TOWIT
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Hoard : AMASS
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Black and ___ (beer cocktails) : TANS
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Like Gandhi : ANTIWAR
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Meat-filled puff : RISSOLE
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Frowned-upon sound : BURP
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Way up : RAMP
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Word with body or work : BUSY
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Successfully nested, say : LAIDEGGS
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Actor Matthew of "The Americans" : RHYS
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Ticked off : MADEMAD
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Author Émile : ZOLA
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Zip : PEP
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Sheep product : MUTTON
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Public transportation option around Hong Kong : TRAM
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Haunting : EERIE
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Eye-catching shades : NEONS
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German article : DIE
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Heckles, in a way : BOOSAT
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Poker action : RAISE
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Long-necked instrument : SITAR
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In the style of : ALA
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South Asian : DESI
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Zip : NADA
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V-six or V-twelve? : GEESE
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Figure skater Midori : ITO
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Like Mecca and Medina : SAUDI
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Pride : lion :: raft : ___ : OTTER
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Poker action : DEAL
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Cloisonné technique : INLAY
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1990s fitness craze : TAEBO
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"Invisible Cities" author Calvino : ITALO
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Poet who wrote "Behold the duck / It does not cluck" : NASH
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Bordeaux red : CLARET
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Zodiac animal that spells another if you change its last letter to "t" : RAM
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Long : ACHE
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Gloating winner's exclamation : BOOYA
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What surfers and guitarists can do, in slang : SHRED
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Genie's gift : WISH
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"___ and the Bee" (2006 film) : AKEELAH
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Double-knotted, say : RETIED
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Leave behind : DITCH
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Harmonious, in a way : ONKEY
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Put in harm's way : ENDANGER
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Sad trombone sound : WAH
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Reason for an R rating : GORE
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Source of confidence : EGO
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Certain camarade : AMIE
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Fish whose left eye migrates to its right side as it ages (!?) : HALIBUT
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Unity : ONENESS
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"Eureka!" : THATSIT
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Total : SUM
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They may be striped at ice cream shops : AWNINGS
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Sub : HERO
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Chest material : CEDAR
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Padlock parts : HASPS
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What's left of the Colosseum : RUINS
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A tourist may have one : VISA
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"Sunday NFL Countdown" airer : ESPN
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Assessment of a situation : READ
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Hindu god of death : YAMA
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10 hundos : THOU
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Where the Nobel Peace Prize is presented : OSLO
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"Belle de ___," 1967 Catherine Deneuve film : JOUR
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Poker action : ANTE
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Freak (out) : WIG
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Elided agreement : KAY

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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