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New York Times, Monday, July 22, 2024

Author:
Laura Dershewitz
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
29-Across : Prickly plant
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
23/26/20247/22/20241
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.451133%
Laura Dershewitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Dershewitz. Monday freshness: 80%
Jim Horne notes:

The musical notes DO, RE, MI are all post (after) IT.

1
S
2
P
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L
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A
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T
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T
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U
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F
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T
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L
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I
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D
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S
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M
O
O
C
H
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A
C
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U
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E
D
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N
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E
E
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P
L
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N
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A
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A
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G
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T
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B
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R
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A
K
I
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T
D
O
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N
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S
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H
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S
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E
M
E
D
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E
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N
L
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S
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B
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R
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A
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K
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P
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T
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L
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M
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U
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G
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E
Y
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S
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E
O
S
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G
A
G
A
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S
O
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P
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U
T
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M
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L
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L
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R
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O
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A
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R
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M
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S
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A
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K
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P
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N
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O
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I
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M
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P
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R
U
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R
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D
E
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P
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A
L
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O
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I
G
O
R
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E
V
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N
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O
W
L
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T
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L
E
S
S
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E
A
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T
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T
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S
© 2024, The New York Times7/22/24 ( No. 27,285 )
Across
1
Lasagna-hitting-the-floor sound : SPLAT
6
Tail end of a lion's tail : TUFT
10
Tupperware tops : LIDS
14
Freeloading sort : MOOCH
15
Org. defending individual rights : ACLU
16
Get one's story straight? : EDIT
17
"I wish I could ___ that" ("Ew!") : UNSEE
18
Blueprint : PLAN
19
Opera set in Egypt : AIDA
20
Understand : GET
21
Explain something in steps : BREAKITDOWN
24
Brushes away, as a fly : SHOOS
26
Appeared to be : SEEMED
27
Join the army : ENLIST
29
Prickly plant : BRIAR
31
Acts like one's true self, colloquially : KEEPSITREAL
33
Hot chocolate holder : MUG
36
Optometrists check them : EYES
37
Goddess of the dawn : EOS
38
Lady ___ ("Shallow" singer) : GAGA
39
Soak (up) : SOP
40
Was understated in one's description : PUTITMILDLY
44
Drive away : REPEL
45
Baby's garment : ONESIE
46
Naval fleet : ARMADA
49
Defeat soundly, in slang : SPANK
50
Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? : POSTITNOTES
53
Little devil : IMP
56
Like talking with one's mouth full : RUDE
57
Went by bike : RODE
58
Stone Age diet, familiarly : PALEO
60
"Young Frankenstein" assistant : IGOR
61
Like all leap years : EVEN
62
Bird that's still getting wise to the world? : OWLET
63
What the KonMari Method leaves you with : LESS
64
One direction : EAST
65
Academic hurdles : TESTS
Down
1
Quite pleased with oneself : SMUG
2
Corn cake : PONE
3
Tossed and turned : LOSTSLEEP
4
Unreturned serve : ACE
5
Springsteen, to fans : THEBOSS
6
Secures, as wrapping paper : TAPES
7
The Bruins of the N.C.A.A. : UCLA
8
Harsh criticism : FLAK
9
Northernmost country in Africa : TUNISIA
10
Follow the ___ (kids' game) : LEADER
11
"Up in arms" or "break a leg" : IDIOM
12
"Where ___ go wrong?" : DIDWE
13
Rise to one's feet : STAND
22
Indian flatbread : ROTI
23
Bluish green : TEAL
25
Where low-rise jeans sit : HIPS
27
Squeaks (by) : EKES
28
R&B singer with the 2006 #1 hit "So Sick" : NEYO
29
Cook with direct heat : BROIL
30
Workout break : REST
32
Place for un béret : TETE
33
Crazy talent, slangily : MADSKILLS
34
Wrinkly-skinned fruit : UGLI
35
Marvin of Motown : GAYE
38
Narrow valley : GLEN
40
Mani-___ (spa treatment) : PEDI
41
Stuck, with no easy way down : UPATREE
42
Wear a long face : MOPE
43
Stuck, with no easy way out : INASPOT
44
Star assigners : RATERS
46
Earth Day month : APRIL
47
Makeup used to color the cheeks : ROUGE
48
Early PC platform : MSDOS
49
Artery opener : STENT
51
Smoked salmon : NOVA
52
Poems of praise : ODES
54
Partner of greet : MEET
55
Collections of poker bets : POTS
59
Reaction to seeing the Northern Lights, perhaps : AWE

Answer summary:
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