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New York Times, Saturday, July 2, 2022

Author:
Evan Kalish
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Sugar cubes, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Evan Kalish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Kalish. Saturday freshness: 15%
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© 2022, The New York Times7/2/22 ( No. 26,534 )
Across
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Painting that inspired an iconic "Home Alone" movie poster : THESCREAM
10
Locale for a power wash : PATIO
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Sugar cubes, e.g. : HEXAHEDRA
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Part of a fraction : SLASH
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Certain Australian boomers (male) and flyers (female) : WALLABIES
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1950s-'70s war locale : SINAI
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Carrying-on : ADO
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Wing ___ : NUT
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Needlework verb or noun : TAT
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Word with mess or press : KIT
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South Asian toddy cats : CIVETS
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Come together : GEL
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Auction series : BIDS
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"Who ___?" : KNEW
29
Bosporus resident : TURK
30
Word on a cornerstone : ANNO
31
Early-21st-century crisis, with "the" : GREATRECESSION
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Choice words : THISONE
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Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette" or Hasan Minhaj's "Homecoming King" : NETFLIXSPECIAL
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Like some defenses : ORAL
44
Looking like rain, say : GRAY
45
Some C.D.C. spots : PSAS
47
Hot : SEXY
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Hi-___ : HAT
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"S.N.L." alum Rachel : DRATCH
51
Verb whose past tense form is an anagram of its present tense : EAT
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Port letters : USB
53
Taken charge : FEE
54
Tobiko or masago : ROE
55
"Sayonara!" : ADIOS
57
Competitor in the Prix de Lausanne : BALLERINA
60
Assign new keyboard shortcuts to : REMAP
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"See? Told ya!" : ICALLEDIT
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Pioneers' trips west, e.g. : TREKS
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Campus with a landmark statue of Will Rogers on his horse Soapsuds : TEXASTECH
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Big hit : THWACK
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Direction : HEADING
3
Old flame : EXLOVER
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Comedian Vulcano of "Impractical Jokers" : SAL
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Something "U.S.A." may be part of : CHANT
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Image problem? : REBUS
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Add or subtract, say : EDIT
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Make, in math : ARE
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Something kept in a Hollywood archive : MASTERCOPY
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Discreet attention-getter : PSST
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Tony-winning actress Stroker : ALI
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Bathing suit portmanteau : TANKINI
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"Don't ask me again!" : ISAIDNO
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Verbal equivalent of picking up the gauntlet : OHITSON
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Certain hydrocarbon : ALKENE
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Roquefort source : EWE
26
Try to get through intuition : GUESSAT
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___-relief : BAS
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Commercial mascot with floppy ears : TRIXRABBIT
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Code for the primary hub of Delta Air Lines : ATL
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Some pieces in a bucket : THIGHS
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Tick or tock : SEC
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Decorative painting on an airplane fuselage : NOSEART
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Aid for going paperless : EREADER
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Mid-April, in the U.S. : TAXTIME
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Be feasible, as a proposal : FLY
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Lagunitas offering : IPA
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In a saddle, say : ASTRIDE
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Succinct : LACONIC
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Saya, for a katana : SHEATH
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"And That Reminds Me" singer Reese : DELLA
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Is flabbergasted : REELS
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Click-N-Ship org. : USPS
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Plant that symbolized purity in ancient Egypt : FLAX
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Wine barrel wood : OAK
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Game 1 starter, typically : ACE
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Through working: Abbr. : RET

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

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