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New York Times, Monday, September 16, 2024

Author:
Robert Corridan
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
18-Across : Tidy up
TotalDebut
19/16/2024
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1.56444%
Robert Corridan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Corridan. Monday freshness: 92%
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© 2024, The New York Times9/16/24 ( No. 27,341 )
Across
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Similar (to) : AKIN
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Place for luxurious pampering : SPA
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POTUS #43 : GWBUSH
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One assigned female at birth and identifying as such : CISWOMAN
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Summon with a shout : YELLTO
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N.B.A. team with LeBron and Bronny James, for short : LALAKERS
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Tidy up : NEATEN
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Purpose : USE
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Lies in the hot, hot sun : BAKES
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Actor Pitt : BRAD
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Setting for "My Cousin Vinny" : RURALALABAMA
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Dummies : IDIOTS
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Soprano family patriarch on "The Sopranos" : TONY
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Comments further : ADDS
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No longer a kid : GROWN
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& : AND
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Youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner : MALALAYOUSAFZAI
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"See ya!" : BYE
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Not satisfied, as a requirement : UNMET
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San ___ Obispo, Calif. : LUIS
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What "muffin top" and "spare tire" are euphemisms for : FLAB
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Things cast by wizards : SPELLS
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Sweet Starbucks order : VANILLALATTE
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Rickman of the Harry Potter films : ALAN
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Generous sort : GIVER
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___ date (pregnancy estimate) : DUE
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Fruit that's a citrus, not a hybrid of a pomegranate and melon : POMELO
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2016 film starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling … or a hint to 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across : LALALAND
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"Be with you momentarily!" : ONESEC
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Entered with a halting gait : LIMPEDIN
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Like athletes that are fresh off the bench : RESTED
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"Xanadu" band, for short : ELO
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Something mined in the 21st century : DATA
Down
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Org. with the motto "Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself" : ACLU
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Sorento and Sportage, for two : KIAS
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Speck of land in the ocean : ISLE
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"Straight Outta Compton" group : NWA
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Negative campaign attacks : SMEARS
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Coat with a fur-lined hood : PARKA
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Photographer Adams : ANSEL
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OB/___ (med. specialty) : GYN
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Tiny : WEE
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Loose-lipped : BLABBY
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Very: Prefix : ULTRA
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What hot showers create : STEAM
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Maker of the Civic and the CR-V : HONDA
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"That may be the case; however ..." : OKBUT
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Decided to skip : SATOUT
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Civil rights activist Parks : ROSA
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Coolest temperatures of the day : LOWS
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Tolstoy's "___ Karenina" : ANNA
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Poetic foot : IAMB
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6/6/1944, familiarly : DDAY
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Not doing much of anything : IDLE
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Athlete's tote : GYMBAG
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___ v. Wade : ROE
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Blue, in Spanish : AZUL
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Get exactly right : NAIL
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Insult, informally : DISS
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Soothe, as into a false sense of security : LULL
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Beyond uptight : ANAL
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Run away : FLEE
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Highest-quality : FINEST
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Patron of sailors : STELMO
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Letter-shaped plumbing piece : PTRAP
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Fog or mist : VAPOR
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Unaccompanied : ALONE
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"Sorry, I'm bad with ___" (party excuse) : NAMES
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French birthplace of Charles de Gaulle : LILLE
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Benefit : AVAIL
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Baby's first word, perhaps : DADA
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Meter or milliliter : UNIT
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___ Mode of "The Incredibles" : EDNA
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Harper who wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird" : LEE
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Anxiety-related condition, for short : OCD
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Was winning : LED

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