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New York Times, Friday, September 15, 2023

Author:
David A. Rubin and Lee Demertzis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : Some basketball venues … or players
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Spans: 6, (2 double stacks) Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry. Minimum word length: 4 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Rubin. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Demertzis. Friday freshness: 91%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/15/23 ( No. 26,974 )
Across
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"Sick!" : SODOPE
7
Badger : HARASS
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Where many video calls are taken : ATADESK
15
Sails event? : REGATTA
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eBay feature : LOWERCASELETTER
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Pair for each state : SENATORIALSEATS
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Boxing ringers : BELLS
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Creature prized for its long legs : ALASKANKINGCRAB
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Some basketball venues … or players : CENTERS
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"Let's Make a Deal" option : DOORONE
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Film character who debuted in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" (2005) : MADEA
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Not stop with one or two, say : BINGE
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Contents of a list, maybe : ERRANDS
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Used a lever on : PRIEDUP
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Backstabber : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
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Philanthropist George : SOROS
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Magic 8 Ball response : SIGNSPOINTTOYES
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Draft announcement? : ICECOLDBEERHERE
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Instruments made from gourds : MARACAS
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Plant pores : STOMATA
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Furtive : SNEAKY
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Doesn't let a peep out of : HUSHES
Down
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Setting in a Spike Lee film : SALS
2
Midwest tribe : OTOE
3
Something that people like to see break : DAWN
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Old settings for tragedies : ODEA
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Jaunty : PERT
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Subject of the Netflix series "Narcos" : ESCOBAR
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"Over my dead body!" : HELLSNO
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8+, for Yahtzee : AGES
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Rank : RATE
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Flour used in Indian cuisine : ATTA
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Editor's note : STET
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Early 2000s outbreak : SARS
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Some complainers, in modern lingo : KARENS
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D.M.V. issuance : REALID
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Epitome of smoothness : SILK
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Tops : ACMES
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Pick up : LEARN
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___ Day, winner of a best actress Golden Globe for "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" : ANDRA
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All sizzle and no ___ : STEAK
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"The Family Circus" cartoonist : KEANE
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Risk it all, say : GOBIG
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Announcer of yore : CRIER
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Wrestler Rousey : RONDA
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Breed of cattle : ANGUS
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Road Runner's sounds : BEEPS
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L.C.D. component : DISPLAY
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Hair nets : SNOODS
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They're smart these days : PHONES
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"... for anger ___ in the bosom of fools": Ecclesiastes : RESTETH
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Newspaper nickname : TRIB
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Video game series with "Spa Day" and "Jungle Adventure" expansion packs, with "The" : SIMS
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Volunteer's response : ICAN
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Richard of Hollywood : GERE
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Sports org. headquartered in Indianapolis : NCAA
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Darn it! : SOCK
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Slacks, informally : TROU
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___ law : OHMS
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"Sure thing" : YEAH
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One-named designer born Romain de Tirtoff : ERTE
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Large amounts : SEAS

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