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New York Times, Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
44-Across : What "down" means in diner lingo
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 68 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Wednesday freshness: 67%
Notepad: Art credit for clue illustrations: Daniel Savage
Jim Horne notes:

I created a new page with all the picture clues used in NYT crosswords.

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© 2024, The New York Times7/17/24 ( No. 27,280 )
Across
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Over 3,500 feet, for the George Washington Bridge : SPAN
5
Takes care of : SEESTO
11
"As if!" : HAH
14
Change : ALTER
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Secure, as to a pole : TETHER
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Nail polish brand with colors like "Berry Fairy Fun" and "Aurora Berry-alis" : OPI
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Start to "starter" : NON
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Caribbean country whose capital is Castries : STLUCIA
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With it, in old slang : HEP
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Waited for a customer service representative, say : HELD
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Work station : DESK
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Unwritten code? : DNA
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"___ told …" : ALL
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Representative's affirmative : YEA
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"Shogun," e.g. : SAGA
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Major undertaking? : COLLEGE
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Diana of Motown : ROSS
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Melancholy : SOMBER
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Portent : OMEN
44
What "down" means in diner lingo : ONTOAST
46
Future D.A.'s exam : LSAT
48
Multivolume ref. : OED
49
"It's c-c-c-cold!" : BRR
50
Divide, as a deck of cards : CUT
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With 65-Across, source of this puzzle's pictorial clues : AMERICAN
57
Rival of Chanel : DIOR
58
"Finding ___" (Pixar sequel) : DORY
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"Razor-billed" bird : AUK
60
Knock around, say : ROUGHUP
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Company that purchased Time Warner in 2001 : AOL
65
See 54-Across : SIGNLANGUAGE
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Greek consonant hidden in the names of two Greek vowels : PSI
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Prepare to release, as a fish : UNHOOK
69
"___ Kitchen" (cooking show) : HELLS
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Largest of the three-letter numbers : TEN
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Stinging plant : NETTLE
72
Feature of some dresses : SLIT
Down
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Displays, as the time : SAYS
2
It might thicken or be full of holes : PLOT
3
___ Gawande, author of the 2014 best seller "Being Mortal" : ATUL
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Poet Pablo : NERUDA
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For which you might tell a chef "Well done!" : STEAK
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Caterpillar roll ingredient : EEL
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Engrave : ETCHIN
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They often take bows : SHOELACES
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Allegro or adagio : TEMPO
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Prospector's find : ORE
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Throat-soothing type of tea : HONEYLEMON
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Olympic gold medalist Ohno : APOLO
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Like the "Ramayana" : HINDU
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School break : RECESS
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Smart aleck : WISEASS
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Kilmer of "Top Gun: Maverick" : VAL
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Burning man? : PYRO
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R&B singer Bridges : LEON
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One side of Checkpoint Charlie : EASTBERLIN
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Reservoir creator : DAM
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Was apprehended : GOTCAUGHT
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Podium delivery : ORATION
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___ Squad (tech support group) : GEEK
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Wraps up : ENDS
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Sandwich whose "California" version contains avocado : BLT
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Pop star Grande, to fans : ARI
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Nevertheless : THOUGH
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Take apart, as 8-Down : UNKNOT
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Contends : ARGUES
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Bring to the big screen, perhaps : ADAPT
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Mammal whose babies can outrun humans at only three days old : MOOSE
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Michael of "The Dark Knight" : CAINE
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Male duck : DRAKE
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Corridor : HALL
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Fruit named for its unsightly appearance : UGLI
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Bother : PEST
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Light source : SUN
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"What a hoot!," in brief : LOL

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