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New York Times, Monday, September 23, 2024

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
24-Across : Meditation recitations
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
177/12/20109/23/20241
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.647932%
Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQXZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Cheng. Monday freshness: 51%
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© 2024, The New York Times9/23/24 ( No. 27,348 )
Across
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"Greetings, everybody!" : HIALL
6
Mark Zuckerberg's company : META
10
View from an airplane window : SKY
13
Farewell that's a popular starting guess in Wordle : ADIEU
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Cathode's counterpart, in a battery : ANODE
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Rest horizontally : LIE
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How some movies were released, pre-streaming : DIRECTTODVD
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___-advised : ILL
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"Little piggy" : TOE
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___ royale (champagne cocktail) : KIR
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Antidiscrimination inits. in the modern workplace : DEI
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Floor wiper : MOP
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Meditation recitations : OMS
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"Ouchie!" : YEOW
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Accident-investigating org. : NTSB
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Bruce Springsteen album with a red, white and blue cover : BORNINTHEUSA
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Areas to putt on a golf course : GREENS
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Bro's sibling : SIS
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One serving you a whopper? : LIAR
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University of ___ Dame : NOTRE
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Wager : BET
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Meaning of "Ciao" and "Bonjour" : HELLO
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Lead-in to boy or girl : ATTA
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"___ the season to be jolly …" : TIS
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Grew close (with) : BONDED
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Question to someone who's on the way : WHATSYOURETA
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Wrangler automaker : JEEP
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Holders of houseplants : POTS
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Dance with a clickety-clack : TAP
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Lingerie top : BRA
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Dawn droplets : DEW
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"What's the ___ in trying?" : USE
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See 34-Down : IRA
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Salted part of a margarita glass : RIM
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A piece of cake, so to speak : ASEASYASABC
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Helpful card in solitaire : ACE
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Chutzpah : NERVE
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Fortuneteller's deck : TAROT
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"Definitely!" : YES
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Typical shirts for tie-dyeing : TEES
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Practices boxing : SPARS
Down
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Was given no choice : HADTO
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Cultural expression : IDIOM
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Buenos ___, Argentina : AIRES
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Gymnast Sunisa : LEE
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Fortunate somebody : LUCKYONE
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Dorm supervisor at a girls' school : MATRON
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Brian of ambient music : ENO
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"Sweeney ___" (Sondheim musical) : TODD
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Onsets : ADVENTS
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Slender body type : SLIMBUILD
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The "k" in km : KILO
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Puppy's squeal : YELP
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Piaf who sang "La Vie en Rose" : EDITH
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Stadium levels : TIERS
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Begins to get it : WISESUP
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Pop star Gomez : SELENA
29
Scold harshly : BERATE
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Criticism to "pick" : NIT
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Word often seen in a starburst on a shop banner : SALE
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Yankees nickname from 2004 to '16 : AROD
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Chew like a beaver : GNAW
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With 57-Across, savings plan with tax-free withdrawals : ROTH
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"At Last" jazz singer : ETTAJAMES
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Brief personal intro : BIO
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Positions of intense scrutiny : HOTSEATS
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Lay out for printing : TYPESET
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Flagmaker Ross : BETSY
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Many a four-door car : SEDAN
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Wakes from sleep : ROUSES
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Bling worn on the head : TIARA
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Ann ___ (home of the University of Michigan) : ARBOR
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Agreements between allies : PACTS
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Donkey's call : BRAY
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Sushi ingredient : RICE
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"___ Not Gonna Take It" (Twisted Sister hit) : WERE
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St. crosser : AVE
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Tree trunk gunk : SAP

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

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