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Movin' On Up

New York Times, Sunday, July 10, 2022

Author:
Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Across : Like some vows
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Scott Hogan

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 75 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 14 for Ms. Iverson. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hogan. Sunday freshness: 34%
Will Shortz notes:
Scott Hogan is making his New York Times debut with this puzzle, after many submissions. He is a patent attorney from Midland, Mich. Christina Iverson is a crossword constructor and editor ... read more
Constructor notes:
CHRISTINA: I am SO excited for Scott to be making his NYT debut! Scott and I have made several puzzles together, and this is one of my favorites. We initially made this as a 15x15 puzzle. ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Jim here, sitting in for Jeff Chen who is ROFL. Sunday NYT puzzles have titles. (With rare exceptions, other days do not.) Sometimes the title gives away the trick, and for that ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times7/10/22 ( No. 26,542 )
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😂 : ROFL
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Left speechless : AWED
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Reward for sitting, say : TREAT
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Entice : TEMPT
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Something we share : OURS
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Rocker John whose surname sounds like a leafy vegetable : CALE
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"___ Man Chant," song by Bob Marley and the Wailers : RASTA
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Diarist Nin : ANAIS
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Where some stable relationships form? : STUDFARMS
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San Diego State athlete : AZTEC
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Verge : BRINK
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Name that's 98-Across backward : ARI
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The sky, they say : LIMIT
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"All the Light We Cannot ___" (2015 Pulitzer-winning novel) : SEE
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Certain Chinese teas : OOLONGS
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Roman emperor after Nero and Galba : OTHO
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Heep of "David Copperfield" : URIAH
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Drop the "Donuts" from "Dunkin' Donuts," e.g. : REBRAND
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Some four-year degrees: Abbr. : BAS
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Kind of attack with no attacker : PANIC
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Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song : BAD
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What might accompany a grave admission? : RIP
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Claws : TEARSAT
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Cheese with a light, nutty flavor : EDAM
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Quite an uproar : BROUHAHA
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Design style influenced by Cubism : ARTDECO
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Fabric often dyed with indigo : DENIM
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Each of its interior angles measures 135° : OCTAGON
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Swing preventer, of a sort : DOORSTOP
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Like some vows : SOLEMN
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Run off together : ELOPE
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Personal ID : SSN
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Like a sweater that shrank in the dryer, maybe : SNUG
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Its alphabet includes delta : NATO
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Some Brothers Grimm villains : CRONES
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Artless nickname? : STU
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Tease : RIB
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Sarcastic punch line : NOT
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That guy's : HIS
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Forty winks : CATNAP
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Threads : GARB
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Tepid greeting : OHHI
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Second word of many a limerick : WAS
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Sans-serif font : ARIAL
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Thesis writer : SENIOR
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Meaning of a signal flare : SENDHELP
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2021 Aretha Franklin biopic : RESPECT
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Strained : TAXED
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Greek name meaning "golden one" : AURELIA
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Something filmed in Broadway's Ed Sullivan Theater, with "The" : LATESHOW
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Journalist Skeeter in the Harry Potter books : RITA
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Train segment : RAILCAR
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Butt end : ASH
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Name that's 27-Across backward : IRA
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"Sweet dreams!" : NIGHT
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Rapper ___ Rida : FLO
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It's not a good look : EVILEYE
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Family/species go-between : GENUS
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The last thing you need? : TOMB
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Like the community portrayed in Netflix's "Unorthodox" : HASIDIC
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Piercing tool : AWL
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Tickle : AMUSE
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Evian, in its native land : EAU
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Cruciverbalist's favorite cookies? : OREOS
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"Well, gosh!" : OHGEE
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Tipsy trips : BARCRAWLS
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Teatro alla ___ : SCALA
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Takes a car, in a way : UBERS
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Lab assistant in "Young Frankenstein" : INGA
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It may be upper or lower : CASE
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Blue book filler : ESSAY
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Much of a sponge : PORES
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Mad, with "off" : TEED
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Word of surprise : EGAD
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Santa ___, Calif. : ROSA
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Closing section : OUTRO
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Banana wielded by a maestro in a pinch? : FRUITBATON
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Drug that can be microdosed : LSD
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Berry in a bowl : ACAI
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Animated short before a Pixar movie? : WARMUPTOON
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New York resting place for Mark Twain : ELMIRA
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In the stars : DESTINED
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Give a scathing review of a major camera brand? : TRASHCANON
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Demolish : RAZE
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Compound with a fruity smell : ESTER
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Had a hero, say : ATE
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Mexican street food mogul? : TACOBARON
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Pair of small hand drums : TABLA
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Defunct company of accounting fraud fame : ENRON
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Smaug, in "The Hobbit"? : MAINDRAGON
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Send an e-message to : PING
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Makes shame-y noises : TSKS
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Does a fad 2010s dance : FLOSSES
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Pro using cutting-edge technology? : ORDOC
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Movie rating that's practically NC-17 : HARDR
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Political staffers : AIDES
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Retreat : EBB
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"Fingers crossed!" : IHOPE
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Window units : PANES
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Small amounts : TADS
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God whose name sounds almost like the ammunition he uses : EROS
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Starts to go haywire : ACTSUP
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Where 122-Across can be found : MILAN
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Places for placentas : UTERI
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Surrounding lights : HALOS
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Movement championed by the Silence Breakers : METOO
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Get rid of : PURGE
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Light-headed sorts? : MOTHS
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Word after gas or ice, in astronomy : GIANT
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Novelist Achebe : CHINUA
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Wizard's name in books and movies : SNAPE
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Spun things : TALES
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Kind of patch that may create holes instead of repairing them : BRIAR
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Otis and ___ (1960s R&B duo) : CARLA
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Disciplines : AREAS
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Response to "Why art thou queasy?" : TISTHESEAS
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What Amazon retirees enjoy most? : BOXINGLESS
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Result of love at first sight? : HEARTSURGE
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What a dog greets its returning family with? : WELCOMEWAG
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Trade jabs : SPAR
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Retail takeover scheme? : STORECOUP
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Fix, as laces : RETIE
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Nomad : DRIFTER
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Annyeonghaseyo : Korean :: ___ : English : HELLO
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Tailgating dish : CHILI
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"Tarnation!" : DAGNABIT
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Very, colloquially : WAY
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Compassionate : HUMANE
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Actress Davis who was the first African American to win the Triple Crown of Acting : VIOLA
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Start of a guesstimate : IDSAY
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Like a proverbial beaver : EAGER
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Model material : BALSA
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Place for a run? : HOSE
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Rainbows, e.g. : ARCS
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"___ saved!" : WERE
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Large amount : SCAD
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Bookstore sticker : USED
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"Euphoria" airer : HBO
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Excellent service? : ACE

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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