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New York Times, Sunday, September 17, 2023

Author:
Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
76-Across : Under-the-table
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Rafaloff. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Sontarp. Sunday freshness: 3%
Will Shortz notes:
Jill Rafaloff, of Forest Hills, Queens, and Michelle Sontarp, of Manhattan, met when they joined the same law firm directly out of law school more than 30 years ago. They've been friends ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times9/17/23 ( No. 26,976 )
Across
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Need for double Dutch : ROPE
5
___ avis : RARA
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Cutting room? : SALON
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Hirer of an executive director : BOARD
19
Popular pizza chain, familiarly : UNOS
20
Building support beam : IBAR
21
Spirit of St. Louis, e.g. : PLANE
22
Half of a Muppet duo : ERNIE
23
URL starter : HTTP
24
Supplication to Ares (Plastic Ono Band) : GIVEPEACEACHANCE
27
Tell (on) : RAT
28
Shows up in the afternoon? : MATINEES
29
Figure skating jump : TOELOOP
30
Excited gifter's words : OPENIT
32
Tell (on), informally : NARC
33
Congregants' seats : PEWS
34
Warning to Icarus (The Beatles) : HERECOMESTHESUN
38
Trunk : TORSO
43
Iconic TV role for Lucy Lawless : XENA
44
"No ___!" : MAS
45
Beef, maybe : FEUD
46
Consideration for a hairstylist : PART
49
The "I" of AIG: Abbr. : INTL
52
Request to Prometheus (The Doors) : LIGHTMYFIRE
56
Features of airports in Nevada : SLOTS
58
Set apart : ISOLATE
60
One with a fasten-ating job? : RIVETER
61
Common city street hangouts : STOOPS
63
London-based cosmetics giant : AVON
64
Dior fragrance : JADORE
65
Small sip of alcohol, to Brits : TOT
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Comment to Aphrodite (Roy Orbison) : OHPRETTYWOMAN
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Purge : RID
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Olympic crafts since 1936 : CANOES
75
Chapters of history : ERAS
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Under-the-table : SNEAKY
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Drunken walk : STAGGER
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Vegetable that looks like a portmanteau of two other vegetables (but isn't!) : PARSNIP
83
First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
84
Criticism of Narcissus (Carly Simon) : YOURESOVAIN
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Crème ___ crème : DELA
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Some are loose : TEAS
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Smoke detector? : NOSE
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Envy, e.g. : SIN
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___ Major Cluster (astronomical grouping) : URSA
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Van ___ & Arpels (jeweler) : CLEEF
95
Entreaty to Hades (Electric Light Orchestra) : DONTBRINGMEDOWN
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"Like … NOW!" : ASAP
105
Actress Chaplin : OONA
106
Camp production, maybe : BMOVIE
107
Egg white : ALBUMEN
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Bygone Apple desktops : IMACPROS
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Heart monitor, for short : ECG
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Congratulations to Eos (Cat Stevens) : MORNINGHASBROKEN
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Predator that can grow to roughly the size of a school bus : ORCA
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Component of some chains : EMAIL
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Cafeteria server : LADLE
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Eat in style : DINE
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Lackluster : FLAT
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Foul : NASTY
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Religious figurehead : ELDER
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Some are loose : ENDS
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___ Daly, "Cagney & Lacey" co-star : TYNE
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Exclamation from Astro on "The Jetsons" : RUHROH
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Like some books : ONTAPE
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Worker who throws things : POTTER
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In particular, in shorthand : ESP
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Ribbed pasta : RIGATONI
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Somewhat : ABIT
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Dodger Stadium is built on one : RAVINE
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Big things to sell out : ARENAS
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Chant to an honoree : SPEECH
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Word of woe : ALAS
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Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
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Representation of January : ONE
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Tidy up : NEATEN
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Orders : BEHEST
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Kind of history : ORAL
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A, as in ancient history? : ANNO
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Having a lot of dinero : RICO
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"Whoaaaaaa"-inducing : DEEP
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Cheeky : PERT
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Yoga pose on all fours : COW
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"Optical" accessories : MICE
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Touching, say : NEXTTO
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Neither lose nor win, in betting lingo : PUSH
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Nail work, for short : MANI
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Radiate : EMIT
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Solomon, for one : SAGE
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Job candidate's aspiration : OFFER
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Highlight, in a way : REITERATE
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Certain : SURE
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German "or" : ODER
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[Hey!] : PSST
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Vocal range from about F3 to F5 : ALTO
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Underlying reason : ROOTCAUSE
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Peter and Alexander : TSARS
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Either blank in "___ is ___" : LOVE
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Guiding light : LANTERN
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Airport transport : TRAM
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Big name in auto parts : MIDAS
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De Carlo who played Lily Munster : YVONNE
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Total suck-up? : SPONGE
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Parcel of land : LOT
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What a cordwainer makes : SHOES
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___ and the Pussycats (fictional band) : JOSIE
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Spanish "but" : PERO
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Jr. and sr. : YRS
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Component of a fairy costume : WAND
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Its first store was in Älmhult, Smaland : IKEA
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Ingredients in many candies : DYES
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Concur : AGREE
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Nuevo Hampshire, por ejemplo : ESTADO
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Match : SYNC
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Something found on a belt : TOOL
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Major inconvenience : PAIN
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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Stopper : PLUG
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Letters on a Cognac bottle : VSOP
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Radii, e.g. : ARMBONES
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Univ. sessions : SEMS
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Brood : FAMILY
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Swing by a string, say : DANGLE
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Jacket type : BOMBER
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Erupt with laughter : ROAR
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Like some spy messages : INCODE
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Item in a table setting : NAPKIN
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To excess : OVERLY
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Certain polytheist : WICCAN
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Cancel out : NEGATE
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Pres. Biden, once : SEN
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"You tell 'em!" : AMEN
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___ Linda, Calif. : LOMA
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Articles that may be wired : BRAS
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Condo, e.g. : UNIT
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Popular vacation destination : ISLE
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Tear : REND
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"2001" computer : HAL
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Recipe instruction : ADD
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Frequently, poetically : OFT

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6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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