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New York Times, Friday, September 22, 2023

Author:
Rafael Musa and Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : False start?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1410/21/202211/22/202410
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4000082
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.549872%
Rafael Musa
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
243/1/202110/28/20244
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
45313107
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6310836%
Michael Lieberman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QWZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Musa. This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Lieberman. Friday freshness: 29%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/22/23 ( No. 26,981 )
Across
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Furry animals with black-tipped tails : STOATS
7
It's mind-altering : LSD
10
Unresolved : OPEN
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Dessert whose main ingredient is grated : CARROTCAKE
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2018 film set in Mexico that was nominated for best picture : ROMA
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Like tough love? : OXYMORONIC
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Word with going or God : GOOD
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Admission needs, informally : TIX
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Dapper pachyderm : BABAR
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1945 conference site : YALTA
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Prominent feature of Man Ray's painting "Observatory Time: The Lovers" : LIPS
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Australian tennis great Goolagong : EVONNE
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Subjects of some modern bans, informally : ECIGS
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False start? : PSEUDO
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Up in the air : ALOFT
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Played pickup, say : SHOTHOOPS
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Kind of diet : PALEO
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___ favor : POR
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"Star Wars" prequel series : ANDOR
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"OK, I'm done complaining" : ENDOFRANT
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Dish whose name means "stuffed" in Turkish : DOLMA
38
Country described in "One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese" : FRANCE
39
Hearts : CORES
40
Beer whose ads once featured a sinister penguin : BUDICE
41
Bear necessities? : DENS
42
Stand up during a presentation : EASEL
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Upcycle, say : REUSE
45
Tub top : LID
48
Largest in a septet : ASIA
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Irish novelist celebrated on Bloomsday (June 16) : JAMESJOYCE
51
Laugh and a half : RIOT
52
Plays it cool : ACTSNORMAL
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Lady ___, founder of Cambodia's capital : PENH
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"Undoubtedly" : YES
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Playing hooky, perhaps : ABSENT
Down
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Macbeth, for one : SCOT
2
Cry made while waving, perhaps : TAXI
3
Animal in the Qatar Airways logo : ORYX
4
Throwing ability : ARM
5
Systemically indispensable : TOOBIGTOFAIL
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Causes of some tan lines : STRAPS
7
"Honeymoon" singer ___ Del Rey : LANA
8
Where business is going downhill fast? : SKIRESORT
9
Mo. when Kwanzaa starts : DEC
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Givers of priceless gifts : ORGANDONORS
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Water aerobics aid : POOLNOODLE
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Act badly, in a way : EMOTE
13
Squat : NADA
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Corny junk? : COBS
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"All I asked for was that simple thing!" : YOUHADONEJOB
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Urgent, hyperbolically : LIFEORDEATH
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Appraise for accuracy or suitability : VET
25
Flair : ELAN
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Hypothesized type of nuclear reaction : COLDFUSION
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Object pantomimed by extending one's thumb and pinkie : PHONE
28
Caricature : APE
29
Contest featuring Apollo : SPACERACE
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Some small dogs, familiarly : POMS
31
Spanish title: Abbr. : SRA
36
Org. whose logo is a red elephant : RNC
39
SkyCourier maker : CESSNA
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Count in jazz : BASIE
41
Club collection : DUES
42
Tombstone name : EARP
44
CPR experts : EMTS
45
Eponymous town in SE Connecticut : LYME
46
Expression of confidence : ICAN
47
Shoulder muscle, informally : DELT
49
Gatsby's first name : JAY
50
Medical theaters, for short : ORS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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