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New York Times, Saturday, July 27, 2024

Author:
Barbara Lin and Matthew Stock
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
22-Across : Small craters in auto-body paint
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141/23/202010/22/20241
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111.626848%
Barbara Lin
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291/7/202110/23/202420
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231.6219758%
Matthew Stock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Lin. This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Stock. Saturday freshness: 86%
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© 2024, The New York Times7/27/24 ( No. 27,290 )
Across
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Home-finding org. : SPCA
5
Grouping in the southern Caribbean : ABCISLANDS
15
Dabbling duck : TEAL
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Hot-pink fashion aesthetic : BARBIECORE
17
Formerly, in the past : ERST
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Santiago's catch in "The Old Man and the Sea" : BLUEMARLIN
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Rockies setting: Abbr. : MST
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Allyson ___, track star with seven Olympic gold medals : FELIX
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"Gotcha" : NOTED
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Small craters in auto-body paint : FISHEYES
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Scrooges : MISERS
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Literally, it means "submission" : ISLAM
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View from Jackson Hole : TETONS
28
Golf apparel brand : ETONIC
30
Snoop around a studio : DOGG
31
Comic Notaro : TIG
34
Clue in : LETKNOW
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Lap, say : OUTPACE
38
Bridge expert, for short? : DDS
39
"Groovy!" : IDIG
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Check out : LOOKAT
42
Charm : ENAMOR
44
Birds that can emit a "teakettle, teakettle, teakettle" call : WRENS
45
Subjects of a miracle in Matthew 14 : LOAVES
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Decorations for a mug? : FACETATS
50
Applies pressure to : URGES
51
Specification for a smoker : NOTAR
52
Blue, in brief : DEM
53
People you might have beef with : CARNIVORES
55
Big name in small loans : KIVA
56
One meaning of 👍 : INEEDARIDE
57
Under any circumstances : EVER
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Like some eligibility requirements : AGERELATED
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Old-fashioned man : GENT
Down
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Astronomy, but not astrology : STEMFIELD
2
Hung tough : PERSISTED
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Does some drawing : CASTSLOTS
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___-comedy : ALT
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Place of learning in the Middle Ages : ABBEY
6
Spin class? : BALLET
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Traveled smoothly : CRUISED
8
Alpine mountain climber : IBEX
9
Yes, in Portuguese : SIM
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Symbol of precariousness : LEANINGTOWER
11
Unlike this answer : ACROSS
12
Oscar nominee for "The Prince of Tides" and "Affliction" : NOLTE
13
Not so sweet : DRIER
14
Thrills : SENDS
20
It might be expressed with emotion : FEMININESIDE
23
He passed Babe in 1974 : HANK
24
Big gun : MOGUL
27
Word that's a homophone of a number : TOO
29
Wrap-ups, of a sort : CODAS
31
Go south : TAKEADIVE
32
Expression of exasperation : ICANTEVEN
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Mouths off : GETSSMART
35
"Paris, Texas" director Wenders : WIM
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Left, in a way : PORT
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"Knock yourself out!" : GOFORIT
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Level, essentially : EVENER
43
Appropriate for all ages, as a video game : RATEDE
45
Swedish holiday in which crowns of candles are worn, familiarly : LUCIA
46
Zoo creature whose color is suggested by its name : ORANG
47
Match : AGREE
49
Scoped out : CASED
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Real first name of comedian Awkwafina : NORA
54
___ Chmerkovskiy, three-time "Dancing With the Stars" champion : VAL
55
___ stand : KEG

Answer summary:
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