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New York Times, Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Author:
Jesse Goldberg
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
15-Across : Bronx politician with a noted 2018 upset, familiarly
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Jesse Goldberg

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QUWXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Goldberg. Wednesday freshness: 40%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/28/24 ( No. 27,322 )
Across
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Chicken par_ _ _ _ _ in fat : THIGH
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Last word, at times : BYE
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Hurdles for doct_ _ _ _ _tudents : ORALS
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Lover boy : ROMEO
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Bronx politician with a noted 2018 upset, familiarly : AOC
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Clay figure in Jewish folklore : GOLEM
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Referring t_ _ _ _ _est : OTHER
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Onetime studio with a broadcast tower in its logo : RKO
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I_ _ _ _ _at terrifies thanatophobes : DEATH
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Has the stage : ISON
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Participants in a 140.6-mile race : IRONMEN
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Prenatal diagnostic, in brief : AMNIO
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Because : INTHAT
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Cropped photo? : PIC
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Made amends for wh_ _ _ _ _ _id : ATONED
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Something that can be "dominant" : GENE
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Comfortable : ATHOME
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Up there, so to speak : OLD
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Outline : EDGE
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They pu_ _ _ _ _ _ _tuff : SHOVERS
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"Star Tre_" _ _ _ _ _ _ot heard on the original series : KLINGON
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Account : TALE
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Snap back? : PEE
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Famous failures of the '50s : EDSELS
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Maker of Aspire laptops : ACER
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Another word fo_ _ _ _ _ _awag : RASCAL
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A Venusian one lasts eight Earth months : DAY
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"Being and Nothingness" author : SARTRE
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Venerable teachers : SAGES
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Casual greeting : HITHERE
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Tuscan city on the Arno River : PISA
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Street feature needed after a har_ _ _ _ _ : DRAIN
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Word with tail or tight : END
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Pitcher's positio_ _ _ _ _e lineup, historically : NINTH
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Going places? : JOHNS
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Smoothie bar supply : ICE
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Title role of 1966 and 2004 : ALFIE
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It'_ _ _ _ _n on a vampire hunt : STAKE
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Like many autumn leaves : RED
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Tempe_ _ _ _ _onsoon, e.g. : STORM
Down
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Counselor on the Enterprise : TROI
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Sexual attraction, with "the" : HOTS
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Texter's qualifier : IMHO
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Actress Davis : GEENA
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Opposite of vert. : HOR
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Spanish-speaking neighborhood : BARRIO
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Half of the couple on the iconic Rolling Stone cover of 1/22/81 : YOKOONO
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Subj. for Milton Friedman : ECON
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Nash who wrote "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" : OGDEN
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Units of X-ray exposure : ROENTGENS
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In the manner of : ALA
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Court call : LET
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Texter's "Unbelievable" : SMH
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Make sense of : INTERPRET
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"When your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places," per E. Joseph Cossman : MIDDLEAGE
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Broadway "Auntie" : MAME
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Placed bets on both sides : HEDGED
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Neighbor of Zambia and Namibia : ANGOLA
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Itsy-bitsy : TEENSY
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Foods with names often ending in "i" : PASTAS
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Ivy League city surrounded by more than 150 waterfalls : ITHACA
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Fury : CHOLER
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Animal with a bugle-like mating call : ELK
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Analyze to a fault : OVERTHINK
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Site of many wrecks : SEA
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Going nowhere : IDLE
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Lifeblood : ESSENCE
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Checked the IDs of : CARDED
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Often-skipped step when making rice : RINSE
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Like the proverbial milk : SPILT
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Will figure : HEIR
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411 : INFO
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Energize : STIR
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"Beg pardon ..." : AHEM
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They often mix up lyrics : DJS
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Spoil : ROT
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Exclamation of enlightenment : AHA
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Grammy winner for Best Rap Album in 2021 : NAS

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