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New York Times, Friday, August 16, 2024

Author:
Kate Hawkins
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
29-Across : Hosts
TotalDebutLatest
148/28/20208/16/2024
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Kate Hawkins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 14 for Ms. Hawkins. Friday freshness: 41%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/16/24 ( No. 27,310 )
Across
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Locale for car chases in "Goldfinger" and "Quantum of Solace" : ALPS
5
Spiced tea : CHAI
9
Slowly depletes : SAPS
13
Not fully value : SELLSHORT
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Skedaddle : SPLIT
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"More to come ..." : STAYTUNED
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Hunter on screen : HOLLY
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English cathedral city : ELY
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Container for the Ten Commandments : ARK
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Libby offerings : EBOOKS
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Connects : TIESIN
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More spirited : SPUNKIER
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Meals that traditionally include four cups of wine : SEDERS
27
Round up : HERD
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The "code" in Walter Isaacson's best-selling 2021 book "The Code Breaker" : DNA
29
Hosts : MCS
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Where lines may be drawn in the sand : ZENGARDEN
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Something to do "criss-cross applesauce" : SIT
33
Expeditions, e.g. : FORDS
34
It's inspired : AIR
35
Some facilities : MENSROOMS
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Low point: Abbr. : MIN
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Some 3.5 million quotations were gathered for it, for short : OED
39
Italian menu word : ALLA
40
Had a hankering : LONGED
43
One known to disappear during work : MAGICIAN
45
Marked down : ONSALE
46
Trust : BANKON
47
Tube travelers? : OVA
48
Unchanging : SET
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Cheese also known as French Gruyère : COMTE
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That's an order! : DIRECTIVE
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Forestall : AVERT
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Add exaggerated details to : EMBROIDER
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Coin once known as the "piece of eight" : PESO
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"Chain Reaction" singer, 1985 : ROSS
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Mugful on a desk, perhaps : PENS
Down
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Good stuff : ASSETS
2
Leave undisturbed : LETLIE
3
Was psychologically manipulative : PLAYEDMINDGAMES
4
Arch : SLY
5
Cranks (out) : CHURNS
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Toot one's own horn? : HONK
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Amount to : ARE
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"Can't say for certain" : ITDEPENDS
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Startle : SPOOK
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"But seriously ..." : ALLKIDDINGASIDE
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Czech brew : PILSENER
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Cluttered quarters : STY
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Things found in a well : STAIRS
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Showrunner Rhimes : SHONDA
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Small towns : BURGS
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Broken-off branches : SECTS
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Artist Cindy known for her photographic self-portraits : SHERMAN
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Skedaddled : RAN
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Film character who asks "Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking?" : ZOOLANDER
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Comes down : RAINS
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[I won't repeat myself in this note] : SEEABOVE
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Leaf : FOLIO
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Million ___ March (political event of 2000) : MOM
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Clatter : RACKET
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Most densely populated country in Europe : MONACO
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Buffs : LOVERS
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Number of sides for a hendecagon : ELEVEN
42
Puts off : DETERS
44
Wordless part of many songs : INTRO
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Components of imperial regalia : ORBS
49
Limit : CAP
51
Text qualifier : IMO
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Word with felt or hot : TIP

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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