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New York Times, Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Author:
Kareem Ayas
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
5-Across : Choices for party organizers
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Kareem Ayas

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Ayas. Wednesday freshness: 70%
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© 2024, The New York Times9/4/24 ( No. 27,329 )
Across
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Visitor to Mecca : HAJI
5
Choices for party organizers : THEMES
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Quick refresher : NAP
14
Lamar ___, ex of Khloé Kardashian : ODOM
15
Top pilot : AIRACE
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Rapper Lil ___ Vert : UZI
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It will change the way you see yourself : FUNHOUSEMIRROR
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Operate, as a program : RUN
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Throw one's hands up, say : FLAIL
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Foreign policy grp. : NSC
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Floral bubble tea flavoring : ROSEMILK
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On the line : ATSTAKE
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Spiral-horned antelope : ELAND
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Point of no return on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" : FINALANSWER
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Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short : CAMI
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Work on Broadway, say : ACT
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Investigator's interest : MOTIVE
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Pain : AGONY
40
AirPod holder : EAR
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Boxes for crackers? : SAFES
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"A Hard Day's Night" songwriter : LENNON
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U.K. military arm : RAF
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Monthly expense : RENT
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Warhead carriers : CRUISEMISSILES
51
Microwave no-no : METAL
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Cleaning product made in "Fight Club" : LYESOAP
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V fliers : GEESE
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Frosty : ICY
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Symbol seen on eight national flags (though, ironically, not the U.S. flag) : EAGLE
62
Writer Rand : AYN
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First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle's theme : SEMICIRCLES
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Call that might precede "first service" : LET
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Bartender's valve : ALETAP
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Comic book figure : HERO
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Major campaign expense : ADS
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Penny pinchers : MISERS
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London's Royal Academy of ___ : ARTS
Down
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Labor leader Jimmy : HOFFA
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What Peter Pan refuses to become : ADULT
3
Pop rock's ___ Brothers : JONAS
4
Duel cry : IMHIT
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… rho, sigma, ___, upsilon … : TAU
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Honorific for a Catholic cardinal : HISEMINENCE
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Makes mistakes : ERRS
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Painter Duchamp : MARCEL
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Prefix with efficiency : ECO
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Hot peppers : SERRANOS
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Caregiver for a pregnant woman : NURSEMIDWIFE
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Blue, in Spanish : AZUL
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Like much cotton candy : PINK
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"Frozen" snowman : OLAF
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General Motors subsidiary with emergency services : ONSTAR
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Its parent company is Hyundai : KIA
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On the ___ : LAM
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Asteroids made a big impact on it in the 1980s : ATARI
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Flat : EVEN
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Conclude in court : REST
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H.S. course in which one might be graded on a curve? : CALC
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Teen follower : AGER
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Mount Rushmore and the Taj Mahal, e.g. : MONUMENTS
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Some navels : INNIES
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Red-haired toon who is always seeing red : YOSEMITESAM
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Light racing vehicle : RALLYCAR
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Secretive org. : NSA
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Tina of "30 Rock" : FEY
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Covers in goo : SLIMES
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Forward-looking sort : SEER
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Comic actor ___ Baron Cohen : SACHA
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Lewd looker : OGLER
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On guard : ALERT
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Cancún coins : PESOS
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Ball : GALA
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Stared at : EYED
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Include in a footnote : CITE
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___ Moskowitz, a.k.a. "Hawk" on Netflix's "Cobra Kai" : ELI
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Computer addresses: Abbr. : IPS

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

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