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New York Times, Friday, September 29, 2023

Author:
Malaika Handa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Far from home, say
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
63/2/20237/12/20241
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0110130
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.543442%
Malaika Handa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Handa. Friday freshness: 9%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/29/23 ( No. 26,988 )
Across
1
Spreads concern? : ODDS
5
God who rides the eight-legged horse Sleipnir : ODIN
9
Tube feature, with "the" : GAP
12
Illegal product that's still made? : MOONSHINE
14
Write some letters : SPELL
16
"Seems like a bad idea …" : ISHOULDNT
17
Baked, in Italian : COTTA
18
Word with bubble or high : TEA
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Contacts data: Abbr. : NOS
20
Brand of ranch dressing? : STETSON
22
Obsolescent kind of drive : CDROM
24
Finish with : ENDIN
25
Far from home, say : ABROAD
28
Author who wrote "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" : AUSTEN
30
Thin : REEDY
31
May to November, in Central America : WETSEASON
34
Checkout choices : LANES
35
Need to pay : OWE
36
QB rushers, collectively : DLINE
37
Does a better job than at making points : OUTSCORES
39
Gives up : CEDES
40
Clouds : SWARMS
41
Light touch : CARESS
42
Moves a little : STIRS
43
___ Day of Visibility (March 31 observance) : TRANS
45
Piece of the pie : PORTION
47
Put on : ADD
48
___ Coleman, principal on "Abbott Elementary" : AVA
51
Protagonist in a long-running Phyllis Reynolds Naylor book series : ALICE
52
Person who might sweep a board game off a table : SORELOSER
55
About 20 million people in India : SIKHS
56
Close associates to be wary of : FRENEMIES
57
Flattering lines : ODE
58
Growth that may be treated with salicylic acid : WART
59
Be wide open : GAPE
Down
1
Cut : OMIT
2
One pill, perhaps : DOSE
3
World capital whose Museum of Islamic Art was designed by I. M. Pei : DOHA
4
___ Balls : SNO
5
"Goodness …" : OHLORD
6
Claim in a squabble : DIDSO
7
Lodge : INN
8
N.B.A. team originally based in New Jersey : NETS
9
Seeks shelter : GETSINSIDE
10
___ B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904 : ALTON
11
Blueprint : PLAN
13
Feeling of dread before the start of the workweek, in slang : SUNDAYSCARIES
14
Source of a burning odor? : SCENTEDCANDLE
15
Blunt salespeople : POTDEALERS
21
Model Holliday : TESS
22
Go into one's "phone voice," say : CODESWITCH
23
Who said "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before" : MAEWEST
25
"___ and Janis" (comic strip) : ARLO
26
Suitor : BEAU
27
Form of protest for tenants : RENTSTRIKE
29
Great Basin people : UTES
31
Creepy-crawly : WORM
32
Singles : ONES
33
"Queer Eye" co-star Jonathan Van ___ : NESS
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Approximately : ORSO
41
Having rhythm : CADENT
42
Cube, e.g. : SOLID
44
Like AB- vis-à-vis other blood types : RARER
45
El ___ : PASO
46
Office warning letters : NSFW
48
Birthplace of the world's major religions : ASIA
49
Second-in-command, informally : VEEP
50
Bum : ARSE
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Italian time unit : ORA
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[!!!] : OMG

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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