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One for the Books

New York Times, Sunday, September 15, 2024

Author:
Aimee Lucido
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
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Aimee Lucido

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Ms. Lucido. Sunday freshness: 3%
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Aimee Lucido, of Irvington, N.Y., is a children's author. Her third book, Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta, came out in July. Puzzles and children's books are "both ways to stretch out ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times9/15/24 ( No. 27,340 )
Across
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"Here's looking at you, kid" or "You can't handle the truth!," famously : ADLIB
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Jane Goodall subject : CHIMP
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Platform for Mega Man, for short : NES
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Butter (up) : GAS
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Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle" : CROCE
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Scintillae : TRACES
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Turn in some board games : ROLL
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Humble dwelling : HUT
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Record book? : HIGHFIDELITY
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Home to Cedar Point : OHIO
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Sugar ending : OSE
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___ Air (carrier to Taiwan) : EVA
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Marked with a tag, maybe : ONSALE
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Composted material : FOODWASTE
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Altima alternative : SENTRA
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Spell book? : MERRIAMWEBSTER
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Apt name for a gardener : HERB
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Goofs up : ERRS
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FAQ consulters : USERS
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Group of conferences, for short : NCAA
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Creature whose mating habitats are a scientific mystery : EEL
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Pack 'N Play and stroller, for a traveling parent : GEAR
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Walk with confidence : STRIDE
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Green book? : THEWEALTHOFNATIONS
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Talent finder : HIRER
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Placed on a peg : TEED
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Bops (in two senses) : HITS
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Nail salon extensions : TIPS
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Musical finales : CODAS
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Kunis of "Black Swan" : MILA
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Conductor's announcement : LASTSTOP
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Lost-at-sea plea : SOS
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Logbook? : THEGIVINGTREE
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Most of van Gogh's "The Starry Night" : SKY
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Perfunctory : PROFORMA
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Source of a natural gel : ALOE
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Mother of Perseus : DANAE
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"The Clan of the Cave Bear" heroine : AYLA
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Sebastian the ___, University of Miami mascot : IBIS
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Picked a card : DREW
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John who married Pocahontas : ROLFE
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Yearbook? : NINETEENEIGHTYFOUR
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Member of the original "S.N.L." cast : RADNER
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Lambs' moms : EWES
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Sticky substance : GOO
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Occasional disruptor of activity at Sicily's Vincenzo Bellini Airport : ETNA
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Bad buy : LEMON
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Spot for a wineglass charm : STEM
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Where the chair of St. Peter sits in St. Peter's Basilica : APSE
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Rule book? : AGAMEOFTHRONES
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Curtain adornment : TASSEL
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Potluck dish : CASSEROLE
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Makes blank : ERASES
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Diagnostic tool, in brief : MRI
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Org. that administers the G.R.E. : ETS
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Chugging a bottle of hot sauce, perhaps : DARE
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Scrapbook? : FRANKENSTEIN
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Four Corners native : UTE
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Kristin ___, first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic games : OTTO
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Late-night host who once wrote for "The Simpsons" : OBRIEN
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Pass : ENACT
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Always product : PAD
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Dismissive cry : FEH
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Climbs : RISES
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Cheat, so to speak : STRAY
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Back issues : ACHES
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Determination : DRIVE
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2017 film about Wolverine : LOGAN
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I, to Einstein : ICH
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Caption under the first half of a makeup ad : BEFORE
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Mix, as butter and sugar : CREAM
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Bailey of 2023's "The Little Mermaid" : HALLE
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Less friendly : ICIER
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Bumped into : MET
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Liberal arts major: Abbr. : PSY
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"Ain't happening!" : NOHOW
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Skip over, as a sound : ELIDE
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Gradual buildup : SLOWBURN
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Suddenly stopped texting : GHOSTED
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Like monastery life : AUSTERE
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Takes the helm : STEERS
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Rare punt return outcomes, for short : TDS
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Stays (with) : ROOMS
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Covered by one's network : INAREA
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Fawcett who played one of Charlie's Angels : FARRAH
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Column in a hockey box score : ASSISTS
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Sat on the kitchen counter, perhaps : THAWED
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Natural barrier : REEF
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It's opposite Oman on the Gulf of Oman : IRAN
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Waist product? : BELT
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High degree : NTH
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Plant also known as coffeeweed : CHICORY
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Nebulizer's output : AEROSOL
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Cell service inits. : LTE
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Big name in chocolate : GODIVA
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Instrument with as many as 21 strings : SITAR
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Thrown out : TOSSED
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Lyre-plucking Muse : ERATO
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Lead-in to sphere : HEMI
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Pinball game ender : TILT
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"I'm overwhelmed by all this" : ITSALOT
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Tease : POKEFUN
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Bad person to confide in : SPY
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Pilgrim's destination, maybe : SHRINE
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Rapper ___ Baby : LIL
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Some poles : ANODES
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In a flow state? : TEARY
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Business that offers microdermabrasion : SPA
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Glowing remnant : EMBER
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Manner of walking : GAIT
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Halliwell of the Spice Girls : GERI
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The Beyhive and the Swifties, for two : FANDOMS
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Credit card lure : NOFEES
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See red : SEETHE
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A Tyrannosaurus rex's was nearly 17 inches long : EGG
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"Hold your horses!" : WHOA
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Chapter of history : ERA
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Requiring : INNEEDOF
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Decorative pitcher : EWER
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Film character who becomes trapped in a dentist's office : NEMO
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Many a critic's year-end list : TOPTEN
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Crew meet : REGATTA
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Stockpiled : AMASSED
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Get ready to skate : LACEUP
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"The Great" pope : STLEO
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Addresses impudently : SASSES
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Give an address : ORATE
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Onward : FORTH
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Approaches : NEARS
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Hudson of the "Ghostbusters" movies : ERNIE
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Listings on a Japanese menu, maybe : SAKES
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Bad-mouth : SMEAR
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Writer Jong : ERICA
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Like a dryer trap : LINTY
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Title for Sanders: Abbr. : SEN
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Word in many greeting card categories : FOR
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Slugger's stat : RBI
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What takes this puzzle out with a bang? : TNT

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

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