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New York Times, Saturday, September 23, 2023

Author:
Robert Charlton
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Across : Sporting event that started as a religious ritual
TotalDebut
19/23/2023
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Robert Charlton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 23 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Charlton. Saturday freshness: 75%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/23/23 ( No. 26,982 )
Across
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McTwist, for one : SKATEBOARDTRICK
16
Arraignment, e.g. : COURTAPPEARANCE
17
Designation on old U.S. maps : INDIANTERRITORY
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Jimmy of "NYPD Blue" : SMITS
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Blind things : SLATS
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Love, by another name : NIL
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Stuff : SATE
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"The merciful man ___ good to his own soul": Proverbs : DOETH
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Yield : CEDE
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What might be found in a bed : ORE
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Lout : BRUTE
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Final Fantasy figures : MAGES
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Weather : RIDEOUT
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Wasted states : STUPORS
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N.L. West team : ARI
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Equal at the start? : ISO
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Sporting event that started as a religious ritual : CORRIDA
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Whirred processor? : BLENDER
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Neural transmitters : AXONS
42
Slaves away, old-style : MOILS
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Dutch city with a palindromic name : EDE
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BBQ specialty : RIBS
46
Sounds of success : DINGS
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Paul who founded a pet food company : IAMS
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Fruit punch : ADE
49
Queen's "We Will Rock You," originally : SIDEB
50
"Great" pope who negotiated with Attila the Hun : STLEO
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Certain drink mixer : CARBONATEDWATER
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Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and Mahatma Gandhi : ANTICOLONIALIST
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Bone breakers, perhaps : STICKSANDSTONES
Down
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Kick starter? : SCISSOR
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Decluttering method featured on Netflix : KONMARI
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Like some classes : AUDITED
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Banal : TRITE
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GPS guesses : ETAS
6
Deodorant brand : BAN
7
Declines to participate : OPTSOUT
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Small simian … that's one letter away from a small computer program : APELET
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Upgrades or downgrades : RERATES
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"Star Wars" title : DARTH
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Races that require a swimsuit and bike, for short : TRIS
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Teller, perhaps : RAT
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All at once : INONEGO
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Classic song with the lyric "Girl, you made me love you / And now, now, now your lovin' man has gone" : CCRIDER
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Like some ignition systems : KEYLESS
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Merlin was one, some say : DRUID
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Rooster for roasting : CAPON
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First name of Russia's leader, 1991-99, and of Britain's leader, 2019-22 : BORIS
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Calliope and Urania, among others : MUSES
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Makes : EARNS
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Bill collectors : TILLS
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Simón Bolívar's birthplace : CARACAS
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Rust producer : OXIDANT
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Father of William the Conqueror : ROBERTI
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Queen of Naboo, in "Star Wars" : AMIDALA
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National park in southwest Texas : BIGBEND
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Given a hand : DEALTIN
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Reagan attorney general : EDMEESE
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Most hotels in Las Vegas : RESORTS
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What a pickup might pick up? : ONETON
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Cretaceous critters : DINOS
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Author Calvino : ITALO
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Sole mate? : SOCK
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Beat the buzzer? : SWAT
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Pen name : BIC
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Trash-talk : DIS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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