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New York Times, Thursday, August 17, 2023

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JKQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 77 for Mr. Agard. Thursday freshness: 15%
Erik Agard notes:
It's unfortunately still a good time to 47-Down [Take a Covid precaution] — in addition to the answer in the grid, a well-fitted, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Newer constructors often argue that theme genres I call "tried and true" or "overdone" are fresh to them, so why shouldn't they be ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Erik Agard's note reminds me of this recent xkcd comic. It is, indeed, a miracle. Click it for larger view.

It just feels like a miracle.
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© 2023, The New York Times8/17/23 ( No. 26,945 )
Across
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Costa ___ : RICAN
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Wow, that's upside down! : MOM
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"Be for real!" : CMON
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Tapped in, so to speak : AWARE
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"High" number? : FIVE
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Modern initialism for Black dialect : AAVE
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Cup of noodles, and others? : CONCOURSES
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Rebuff in Rostov : NYET
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Tips : ENDS
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Shrimp egg rolls, and others? : SERRATIONS
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Porcine "palace" : STY
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Head of une école? : TETE
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Some tape players : VCRS
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Boots, water bottle, backpack, etc. : GEAR
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Bud : AMIGO
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Paradigm movement : SHIFT
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Clean up, in a way : EDIT
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Something to clean up : MESS
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Chicken and rice, and others? : CARFARE
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Coq au vin, and others? : CAVEATS
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Cuba, por ejemplo : ISLA
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Word after Bernese or Tyrolean : ALPS
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Locale for a shopping cart : AISLE
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Covered with bryophytes : MOSSY
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Minuscule : TINY
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Chuffed : GLAD
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"What ___?" : THEN
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Longtime show for Robin Roberts, for short : GMA
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Baked rigatoni alla Norma, and others? : BRANDISHES
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Fly high : SOAR
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Part of the Hollywood monogram J.E.J. : EARL
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Baking ingredient used multiple times in this puzzle? : SHORTENING
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Watering hole, maybe : DIVE
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Watering hole, maybe : POND
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Many a retirement residence : CONDO
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Knock 'em dead : SLAY
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"Can I help you with something?" : YES
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Department of labor? : OBGYN
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Election night list : RACES
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Response to "Don't forget!" : IWONT
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New Edition's debut single ("You look so sweet, you're a special treat") : CANDYGIRL
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( and ) : ARCS
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Prefix with liberal : NEO
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Make out sloppily in the library? : MISREAD
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Not liking anymore : OVER
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Arizona city : MESA
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Question suggested by a door knock : CANICOMEIN
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Participant in a "key to the city" ceremony : MAYOR
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Bake-offs have them : OVENS
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Team sharing a home arena with the Liberty : NETS
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Sweat it : FRET
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App store customer : USER
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Family-friendly rating : TVG
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"Later!" : TATA
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First woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame : EFFAMANLEY
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Row for a musical group : MICS
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"I'll give ___ read" : ITA
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STEM part: Abbr. : SCI
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Is ill with : HAS
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Sargasso Sea spawners : EELS
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Chill : EASYGOING
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Bistate metro area: Abbr. : STL
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157.5 degrees from N : SSE
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Dorm leaders, in brief : RAS
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Very self-interested : VAIN
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Things with coils that can be dangerous : PYTHONS
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"Huh!" : ODD
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Take a Covid precaution : TEST
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Something highly sought after : GRAIL
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Grub, e.g. : LARVA
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Goat group : HERD
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"This Is Us" co-star Moore : MANDY
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Its atomic number is this clue's number divided by three : ARGON
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Inanimate objects with heads and feet : BEDS
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Game played on the road : ISPY
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Inanimate object with a tongue : SHOE
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Gatekeeping sort : SNOB
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___ Style gel : ECO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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