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New York Times, Thursday, January 11, 2024

Author:
Damon Gulczynski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Down : Lead-in to port or pad
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Damon J. Gulczynski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Gulczynski. Thursday freshness: 32%
Jim Horne notes:

69-Across means you must interpret any Y in a clue as an X.

You can enter EQUALS into the rebus square if your app doesn't accept =.

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© 2024, The New York Times1/11/24 ( No. 27,092 )
Across
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Talk, talk, talk : JAW
4
___ Henie, 10-time world champion skater : SONJA
9
Desk jarful : PENS
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Kind of palm : ACAI
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Engine sound : VROOM
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"You sure about that?" : ISIT
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*Cause of irritated eyes : BADBREAKUP
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Feeling the effects of a tough workout, say : ACHY
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One out of 100: Abbr. : SEN
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Inits. of two schools in the Missouri Valley Conference : ISU
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Catch dead to rights : NAIL
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Alleviated : EASED
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*Many lovers, e.g. : CATPEOPLE
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How something can be torn : ASUNDER
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Hoppy medium? : ALE
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Top 40 genre : RAP
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Ginormous : MEGA
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Company where workers may sleep on the job : SERTA
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*Mayim of entertainment : THESHOWMUSTGOON
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Office newbie : HIREE
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Pop : SODA
44
Card game similar to Crazy Eights : UNO
45
Common name starter in 31-Across : LIL
46
Drew forcibly (from) : EXACTED
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*Way down in the nether regions : BRAZILIAN
54
Word said while pointing : THERE
55
From memory only : ROTE
56
D-backs, on scoreboards : ARI
57
Try to see? : WOO
58
Part of a Florida flock : IBIS
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*Book of Mary : DASKAPITAL
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"Whip It" band : DEVO
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Guiding principles : ETHIC
66
Flower girl? : ROSE
67
Steinbeck title ender : EDEN
68
"Swell!" : NEATO
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Basic linear expression with a hint to answering the five starred clues in this puzzle : Y=X
Down
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Quick blow : JAB
2
Subject of a landmark 2012 Supreme Court decision, for short : ACA
3
Crumpled mass : WAD
4
Reindeer in "Frozen" : SVEN
5
Italian time unit : ORA
6
Finnish tech giant : NOKIA
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Medieval competition : JOUST
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Boost : AMPUP
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One of three for a grand : PIANOLEG
10
Good thing to map out before a risky endeavor : ESCAPEROUTE
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Nothing: Lat. : NIHIL
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Editor's concern : STYLE
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"A Doll's House" playwright : IBSEN
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Former "S.N.L." comic Chris : REDD
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Third in a group of eight : EARTH
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Japanese beer : ASAHI
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Like an accomplishment worthy of Guinness : SUPERLATIVE
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Groups of hands : CREWS
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Steinbeck title starter : EAST
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Alternative genre : EMO
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Non-___ (label on some organic foods) : GMO
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"September 1, 1939" poet : AUDEN
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Skin-care product : TONER
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Battery part : ANODE
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Eagerly takes advantage of : SEIZESON
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Lead-in to port or pad : HELI
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Instrument notably featured in George Michael's 1984 hit "Careless Whisper" : SAX
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On : ATOP
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"Hallelujah!" singers : CHOIR
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One joining a union? : BRIDE
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Like 48-Down members, often : ROBED
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Full of cargo : LADEN
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Hopping mad : IRATE
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Mohammed's third and youngest wife : AISHA
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City sometimes called "The Buckle of the Bible Belt" : WACO
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Tool set : KIT
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Mess (with) : TOY
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How peers should be treated : AS=
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Supervillain Luthor : LEX

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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