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New York Times, Friday, July 19, 2024

Author:
Jacob McDermott
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
40-Across : Flipped
TotalDebutLatest
98/27/20137/19/2024
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111.574262%
Jacob McDermott

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. McDermott. Friday freshness: 18%
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© 2024, The New York Times7/19/24 ( No. 27,282 )
Across
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St. Teresa's birthplace : AVILA
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Appealing subject? : LAW
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Upon which a dragonfly frequently lays its eggs : POND
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Ready for action, informally : RARINTOGO
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Strait of ___, narrowest part of the English Channel : DOVER
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"There are no words ..." : ICANTEVEN
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Setting of a date for Edward and Vivian in "Pretty Woman" : OPERA
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Quench : SATE
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Boyfriend of Nancy Drew : NED
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"Wait!" : NOTNOW
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Remedy for some redness : EYEDROP
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Playing a sudden-death round, perhaps : INOT
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Things that are head and shoulders above the rest? : PROFILEPICS
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It might turn red or blue : SWINGSTATE
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Reaction to a funny text : LMAO
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Long rides : LIMOS
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Farmers business: Abbr. : INS
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New York college known for opinion polling : SIENA
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What "waftaroms" represent in the comics : ODOR
38
Was unfairly criticized, informally : GOTABADRAP
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Flipped : WENTBANANAS
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"Listen up!" : AHEM
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Gave a hard time : HASSLED
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Physiologist whose namesake exercise is part of an Army fitness test : BURPEE
50
"You couldn't mean ME?" : MOI
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Prepare to take off : TAXI
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Happening : AFOOT
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Small-time, as stakes : PENNYANTE
55
Hangs : LOLLS
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Warning related to pollution : SMOGALERT
57
Dinghy destination, perhaps : ISLE
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"___ out!" : YER
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Outside tables? : MESAS
Down
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Surface : ARISE
2
Holiday time, informally : VACAY
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Incandescent, so to speak : IRATE
4
Like many winter coats : LINED
5
"The ___ and the Dove" (Aesop fable) : ANT
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Fairy tale elixir : LOVEPOTION
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Like Parmigiano Reggiano : AGED
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Currency equivalent to 100 jeon : WON
9
Screw cap alternative : POPTOPLID
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What might prompt you to flip the bird? : OVENTIMER
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Name hidden in "hard-line Roman Emperor" : NERO
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Prepare to duel : DRAW
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Choir section : TENORS
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Lorna of romance : DOONE
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River traveled by passenger boats known as dahabeahs : NILE
22
Final Fantasy and others, for short : RPGS
25
Coca-Cola brand : FANTA
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Acceptance speech cliché : ITSANHONOR
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Site of a New Testament miracle : CANA
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It may get into a lather : SOAP
29
Like old computers, irritatingly : SLOW
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Extensive : WIDE
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"Nothing can stop me!" : IMONAROLL
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Locale with the ZIP code 88888 : NORTHPOLE
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Lip : SASS
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Flirting ability, in slang : GAME
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Non-silence of the lambs? : BAAING
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Some salad slices : BEETS
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Tired : STALE
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Alley ways : LANES
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Over the top : EXTRA
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Turns down a sweet offer, perhaps? : DIETS
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Neighbor of Java : BALI
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They're out of this world : UFOS
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Internet phenomenon : MEME
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K-pop sensation of 2012 : PSY
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Sub-Saharan crop : YAM

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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