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New York Times, Monday, September 11, 2023

Author:
Hoang-Kim Vu
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Vu. Monday freshness: 78%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/11/23 ( No. 26,970 )
Across
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___ cheese (cheese that isn't yours, in a classic joke) : NACHO
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Camera type, in brief : SLR
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Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in "condiments aisle" : TSAI
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Was sore : ACHED
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Layer of paint : COAT
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Going ___ (squabbling) : ATIT
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*What might be kneaded in the kitchen : BREADDOUGH
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Abstract artist Joan : MIRO
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Satirizes : SENDSUP
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In a spooky manner : EERILY
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Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500 : RACES
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A tough ___ to swallow : PILL
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Physicist Einstein : ALBERT
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Taken care of, on an invoice stamp : PAID
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Savings plan option, for short : IRA
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Poke fun at : TEASE
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Lacking originality : TRITE
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Many a Scott Joplin tune : RAG
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Pants holder-upper : BELT
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Flights of fancy : WHIMS
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Pioneer in digital recording : TIVO
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Certain knee tissue, for short : ACL
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Obtains : GAINS
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___ tag (game with target vests) : LASER
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"OTOH …" : THO
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Focus of many an engagement photo : RING
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One-named "Queen of Tejano Music" : SELENA
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Death notice, in brief : OBIT
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Bone-in cut of lamb, e.g. : SHANK
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Los Estados ___ (The U.S., in Spanish) : UNIDOS
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Performing a play, say : ONSTAGE
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Grumpy mood : SNIT
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*Person to keep an eye on for future success : UPANDCOMER
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Smooch : KISS
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Word after tall or tell : TALE
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Surrounded by : AMONG
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Teensy : ITTY
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Foxy : SLY
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Green pasta sauce : PESTO
Down
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Apt rhyme for "grabs" : NABS
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Parcel of land : ACRE
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Olympic figure skater Nathan : CHEN
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Adjustable part of a car seat : HEADREST
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"It's likely that …" : ODDSARE
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Check (out), like competition : SCOPE
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Singer Rawls or Reed : LOU
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Craze : RAGE
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Ethnic group of Sri Lanka : TAMIL
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Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways : STILLIRISE
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Well-ventilated : AIRY
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"Who am ___ judge?" : ITO
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A truly unpleasant situation : THEPITS
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Word before tape or after tear : DUCT
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Be a passenger : RIDE
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Mattress coils : SPRINGS
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Chance to hit, in baseball : ATBAT
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Bloodsucking parasite : LEECH
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*One being propelled by hot air : BALLOONIST
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Prepares to shoot a target : AIMS
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Black bird : RAVEN
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Ancient Greek marketplace : AGORA
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Slender : THIN
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Do nothing during the course of, as a storm : WAITOUT
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"I'm listening" : TALKTOME
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Part of a crossword that gets filled in : GRID
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Protective cover for a camera : LENSCAP
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Beach grit : SAND
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Teensy : BITSY
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What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying : HONEY
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Cup or pint : UNIT
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Places for peels or scrubs : SPAS
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Singer Tori : AMOS
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Proper fellow : GENT
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"Cogito, ___ sum" : ERGO
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Hit the slopes : SKI
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Everyone or everything : ALL

Answer summary:
1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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