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New York Times, Thursday, July 11, 2024

Author:
Mat Shelden
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
58-Across : Tennis announcer's cry
TotalDebut
17/11/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.56476%
Mat Shelden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Shelden. Thursday freshness: 88%
Jim Horne notes:

Follow the bumped-up grayed letters above the word ROAD to complete the trick clues.

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© 2024, The New York Times7/11/24 ( No. 27,274 )
Across
1
They're made in the kitchen and not at the gym, it's said : ABS
4
"Dukes" : FISTS
9
Prepare for a shot : POSE
13
Determined : SET
14
Totally in the dark? : UNLIT
15
Disapproving sound : CLUCK
16
2011 Margaret Thatcher biopic : THEIRONLADY
18
Petrol purchase : LITRE
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Go on and on, maybe : RANT
20
Brown, e.g. : IVY
21
Katniss's partner in "The Hunger Games" : PEETA
22
Professions : AVOWALS
24
Defensive boxing strategy : ROPEADOPE
26
Within bounds : LEGAL
27
Norton's "Fight Club" co-star : PITT
28
Place for a peel : SPA
29
Player one? : SOLOIST
32
Equal : PEER
33
Minor setback … or a hint to entering 16-, 24-, 44- and 52-Across : BUMPINTHEROAD
36
Bad thing to be caught on : TAPE
37
Hairstylist, at times : BRAIDER
38
Apr. addressee : IRS
39
Tests for college seniors, for short : GRES
40
Q: "Why don't scientists trust ___?" A: "Because they make up everything!" : ATOMS
44
Saint Petersburg, once : PETROGRAD
46
"Yeah, don't do that" : BADIDEA
48
What bass guitars have that double basses do not : FRETS
49
Ice cream container : TUB
50
It has its limits : CITY
51
Disney toon originally called Dippy Dawg : GOOFY
52
Musicians of the Middle Ages : TROUBADOURS
54
Samsung competitor : NOKIA
55
Rolls-___ : ROYCE
56
Italian possessive : MIA
57
Western tribe : UTES
58
Tennis announcer's cry : ITSIN
59
Duke, but not duchess: Abbr. : SCH
Down
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Kind of projection : ASTRAL
2
Parent's demand : BEHAVE
3
Court figure, for short : STENOG
4
Trade from which John Jacob Astor made his fortune : FUR
5
How latkes are cooked : INOIL
6
Some Balkan natives : SLAVS
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Not messy : TIDY
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Total mess : STY
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Worked steadily at : PLIED
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Living off the land? : OUTTOSEA
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Got rid of : SCRAPPED
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Scratch (out) : EKE
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It can help you get a grip : CLEAT
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*sheepishly raises hand* : ITWASME
21
Like bonsai trees : POTTED
23
Off-kilter : ALOP
24
Sunak of British politics : RISHI
25
Meaning of the prefix "oto-" : EAR
27
Pockets for falafel : PITAS
30
Some fall babies : LIBRAS
31
When rights may be restricted : ONRED
32
Staple of classical Greek architecture : PORTICO
33
How many people walk along the beach : BAREFOOT
34
Certain calligraphy mark : UPSTROKE
35
Interpretation : READ
36
Farthermost point : TIP
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April Fools' Day declaration : GOTYA
41
Intense aversions : ODIUMS
42
Standard for evaluation : METRIC
43
Opens up to a doctor, in a way : SAYSAH
45
Some mortgage loans, in brief : REFIS
46
Channel guides? : BUOYS
47
Counting devices of old : ABACI
49
Bring (out) : TROT
51
Hyena's prey : GNU
52
Prefix with athlete : TRI
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Groundhog's home : DEN

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