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What's Hanging?

New York Times, Sunday, August 6, 2023

Author:
Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
129-Across : Wine from the Rhone Valley
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 146, Blocks: 80 Missing: {JQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Senzel. This is puzzle # 146 for Mr. Chen. Sunday freshness: 14%
Will Shortz notes:
Lisa Senzel is a pathologist at Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island. She's been solving the New York Times crossword in print since 1994. Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle. The idea for ... read more
Constructor notes:
LISA: Inspired by the bio of an 82-year-old constructor and his mentor, Will Nediger, I reached out and got my start. I was mentored by Will N., Jeff, Christina Iverson, Jake Halperin, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Super fun to brainstorm with Lisa, who solidly understands that landing on the seed of an interesting idea is often a matter of quantity. This DROP LEAF TABLE concept is far, far away from ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times8/6/23 ( No. 26,934 )
Across
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Bookish intellectuals : LITERATI
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___ Thai : PAD
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Capital in the Caribbean : KINGSTON
20
Lets handle : LEAVESTO
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Romance author Huang : ANA
22
"Aww!"-inspiring : ADORABLE
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Basic math subject : ADDITION
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Ultimate degree : NTH
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Goes around : BYPASSES
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Sting operation, basically : TRAP
27
She released "30" in '21 : ADELE
29
Microscope part : LENS
30
San ___ (Bay Area city) : MATEO
33
Function of one end of a pencil : ERASING
35
Musician with a Nobel Prize in literature : DYLAN
39
"Eureka!" : AHA
40
Concord and sultana : GRAPES
43
Significant feature of a May-December romance : AGEGAP
46
Award bestowed by King Charles, in brief : OBE
47
Subatomic particle with no electric charge : NEUTRINO
49
Mockery : RIDICULE
51
Words said with a gulp : IMTOAST
52
Gathering of experts : PANEL
57
Stung : SMARTED
58
Work on something you like? : ODE
59
Advil alternative : ALEVE
60
Follower of Christ? : INA
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Dieted, maybe : ATELESS
65
West Point student : CADET
66
Certain endurance athletes : IRONMEN
70
Turns, in a sense : ROTS
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Essay assignment : TOPIC
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Chutzpah : NERVE
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Appropriate answer for this place in the grid : EAST
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Even one : ANY
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"Why, you little stinkin' ..." : SONOFA
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Time magazine once named him "Actor of the Century" : BRANDO
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Govt. employer of cryptologists : NSA
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Mustafa ___ Atatürk, founding father of Turkey : KEMAL
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Tend to the sauce, say : STIR
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Gaelic tongue : ERSE
85
Pelican pal of Nemo in "Finding Nemo" : NIGEL
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Options, metaphorically : DOORS
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Complete collection : SET
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Crested ___ (bird) : TIT
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It might come packaged with a flavor packet : RAMEN
92
President between Tyler and Taylor : POLK
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Earthy color : OCHRE
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One in a black suit : SPADE
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World of Warcraft creatures : ORCS
99
Unpopular bill : TWO
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Number of legs on un escorpión : OCHO
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___ program (college offering) : MEAL
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Brief moment : SEC
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Director Lee : ANG
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Piece of furniture with parts that fold down, as depicted seven times in this puzzle : DROPLEAFTABLE
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Activity behind police tape, for short : CSI
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Light bulb, in comics : IDEA
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One of many "residents" of San Francisco's Pier 39 : SEALION
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Michigan's ___ Royale National Park : ISLE
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Lasagna cheese : RICOTTA
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"Star Wars" droid, familiarly : ARTOO
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One-named vocalist with the hits "Foolish" and "Happy" : ASHANTI
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Something that turns on a turntable : PLATTER
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Nursery purchase : PLANT
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Relative of a bookcase : ETAGERE
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100% : ALL
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Superlative suffix : EST
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Wine from the Rhone Valley : SYRAH
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Nine digits on an I-9 : SSN
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"You just broke my toe, ___" (biology pun) : SIS
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Feature of "Peter Pan" and "Black Beauty" : ALLITERATION
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Mil. roadside hazard : IED
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Skosh : TAD
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Paperless Post product : EVITE
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Moving backward : RETROGRADE
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Section of an atlas : ASIA
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Sporty car roof : TTOP
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— : ION
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Rare bears : PANDAS
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Pays to play : ANTES
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National flower of Mexico : DAHLIA
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Slabs for making pizza or bread : BAKINGSTONES
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Poem about country living : IDYL
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"Ain't gonna happen" : NOPE
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Master keys? : GRANDPIANO
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Distinctively stylish : SASSY
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"American Dad!" airer : TBS
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Stadium cheer : OLE
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— : NES
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"Chances ___ ..." : ARE
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Part of the U.K.: Abbr. : ENG
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Spa treatment, for short : MANI
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"I'm literally right here ..." : AHEM
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Full of tension : TAUT
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Person on the high C's? : OPERASINGER
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— : GER
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That guy who spills beer all over you, maybe : LOUT
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Partner of willing : ABLE
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Sun, for a sunflower : NEED
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Meets, as a challenge : RISESTO
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Main bug in "A Bug's Life" : ANT
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They're not vets yet : GIS
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Held up high : ADMIRED
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Menu bar option in Microsoft Excel : TOOLS
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World's tallest flying bird : CRANE
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A kid is a sucker for it : PACIFIER
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One way to take some courses : ALACARTE
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One who calls Homer Simpson "neighborino" : NED
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50/50 propositions : EVENBETS
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"Go for it!" : LETERRIP
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Dojo offerings : KARATELESSONS
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Mellow : TONEDOWN
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Concerned with roots : ETYMOLOGICAL
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— : SONS
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Part of E.P.A. : ENVIRONMENTAL
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Christmas displays : MANGERSCENES
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Cores : ESSENCES
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— : NTAL
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Joint ventures? : POTSHOPS
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"___ Vibration" (Bob Marley album) : RASTAMAN
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Camera type, for short : SLR
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___ mission : ONA
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"Everything is peachy!" : AOK
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Texter's qualifier : IMO
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Who said "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" : SOCRATES
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People who see things as they are : REALISTS
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Grp. that might organize a walkathon : PTA
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Comedian Margaret : CHO
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Nebraska senator Fischer : DEB
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Part of STEM: Abbr. : SCI
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"Swan Lake" heroine : ODETTE
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Parenting author Eda or meditation author Lawrence : LESHAN
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Bounds : LEAPS
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Word with bird or retirement : EARLY
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Place to give someone a ring : ALTAR
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Big Apple? : FIONA
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You might lose a loose one : TOOTH
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One eye in a winking emoticon : DOT
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Hitch on Twitch, say : LAG
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Orange-colored fruit pastry : APRICOTTART
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Bedridden, say : ILL
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— : ART
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Sailors' songs : SEASHANTIES
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One more than bi- : TRI
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— : IES

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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