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New York Times, Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Author:
Gia Bosko
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Opposition to the removal of …
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Gia Bosko

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 14 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JXZ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Bosko. Tuesday freshness: 73%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/19/23 ( No. 26,978 )
Across
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Egyptian reptile that's a symbol of royalty : ASP
4
"In that case …" : IFSO
8
Doofus : TWIT
12
Pasture : LEA
13
It's really something! : NOUN
14
Actress Christine of "The Blacklist" : LAHTI
15
Having many syllables, like this answer, 18-Across and especially 53-/57-Across : SESQUIPEDALIAN
18
In a noisy and unruly manner : OBSTREPEROUSLY
19
Actress Falco of "Nurse Jackie" : EDIE
20
"Listen up!," in Lima : OYE
21
Production at theater camp, maybe : SKIT
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Fails totally : FLOPS
23
Wraps (up) : SEWS
25
Prefix with system : ECO
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Wall Street index, with "the" : DOW
27
Club ___ : MED
28
Plot element in "Romeo and Juliet" : TRYST
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Some overhangs : AWNINGS
33
Chinese steamed bun : BAO
34
Frequent URL ending : COM
35
"You won't believe it, but …" : GETTHIS
39
Chopped to bits : DICED
42
Irate : MAD
43
Increase the power of, with "up" : AMP
44
Director DuVernay : AVA
45
Whack, as a fly : SWAT
47
March 14 observance that might be celebrated with dessert in math class : PIDAY
49
Gothic novelist Shelley : MARY
51
Wood for a baseball bat : ASH
52
Spoken : ORAL
53
Opposition to the removal of … : ANTIDISESTABLI
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… state support from the church : SHMENTARIANISM
58
Marsupial that sleeps 18-22 hours a day : KOALA
59
Bloke : GENT
60
Coffee alternative : TEA
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Elate : SEND
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Thus : ERGO
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Abbr. sometimes repeated several times in a row : ETC
Down
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In addition : ALSO
2
Phrase that would be appropriate at the end of 53-Across : SEEBELOW
3
Give to someone from a younger generation : PASSDOWN
4
Hardens (to) : INURES
5
___ gras (French delicacy) : FOIE
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Imagines : SUPPOSES
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Like a Cyclops : ONEEYED
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Anklebone : TALUS
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Johnny Walker or Jim Beam : WHISKEY
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Type that leans right : ITALICS
11
Wee one : TINYTOT
14
Language of Vientiane : LAO
16
Big name in swabs : QTIP
17
Picked a card : DREW
22
Vaccine-regulating org. : FDA
24
Field goal percentage, e.g. : STAT
27
Studio with "Ars gratia artis" in its logo : MGM
29
Hogwash : ROT
31
Word before pop or T : ICE
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Signals at an auction, maybe : NODS
33
Resting place : BED
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Word often paired with hunter : GATHERER
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Ate something : HADABITE
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"Ready!" : IMALLSET
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Wiretapper, e.g. : SPY
39
Reversible woven fabrics : DAMASKS
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Sir Walter Scott novel set in the Middle Ages : IVANHOE
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"South Park" kid with a blue-and-yellow beanie : CARTMAN
42
Tension-reducing spa treatment : MASSAGE
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"Hold on!" : WAIT
47
Latke ingredient : POTATO
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Country whose name looks like something a marathoner might say : IRAN
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Stock market calculation : YIELD
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Double-helix molecule : DNA
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When said three times, classic Benny Goodman tune : SING
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Apple desktop : IMAC

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

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