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New York Times, Friday, January 12, 2024

Author:
Hemant Mehta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Cause of some buyer's remorse
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Hemant Mehta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Mehta. Friday freshness: 50%
Jim Horne notes:

Hermant Mehta provided this link to explain why Where's Waldo? has been banned. We live on a weird planet.

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© 2024, The New York Times1/12/24 ( No. 27,093 )
Across
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What might make the news, for short? : TVCAM
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Sweetie : BAE
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Dry and crack : CHAP
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Butt-dials? : BOOTYCALLS
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First American woman in space : RIDE
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It doesn't run below the bridge : STUFFYNOSE
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Like some speculation : IDLE
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Enliven, with "up" : PEP
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Rough patch? : ACNE
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Temper, quaintly : DANDER
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Governance : RULE
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British sausages : BANGERS
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Overly coddled : SPOILEDROTTEN
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Pair of percussion pieces : HIHAT
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Unmasks : BARES
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Mole-training grp. : FBI
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Of a feather : AKIN
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Essential framework : BONES
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"Bridgerton" actor Regé-___ Page : JEAN
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A-list guest, to a host : GET
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Ice cream shop purchase : FLOAT
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Think pieces : OPEDS
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Made big changes : SHOOKTHINGSUP
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Figures : AMOUNTS
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Figures that are best kept low, in brief : ERAS
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Serenade : SINGTO
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One who puts one past you : ACER
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Easily shareable download : PDF
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Zip : TANG
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Like mischief-makers : UPTONOGOOD
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Tribe related to the Missouri : OTOE
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Film industry nickname : TINSELTOWN
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Sexy growl : RAWR
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Sleep on it : COT
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"Mercy me!" : LORDY
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Kitchen qty. : TBSP
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"Survivor" climax : VOTE
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Masterstroke : COUP
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Arson-investigating org. : ATF
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"Sorry, I messed up" : MYFAULT
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Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and "Where's Waldo?," once, surprisingly : BANNEDBOOKS
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Ingredient in some soaps : ALOE
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High ways? : ELS
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Response to an approaching embarrassment : CRINGE
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Cause of some buyer's remorse : HIDDENFEES
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Chicago's ___ Planetarium : ADLER
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Pressure source : PEERS
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The seasons, e.g. : CYCLE
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Preps for surgery : SEDATES
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Marching band? : ANTS
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Johnson who directed "Glass Onion" : RIAN
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Covered expenses : BORETHECOST
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"I don't kiss and tell. I ___ and brag, baby!": Austin Powers : SHAG
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Long-nosed swimmer : PIKE
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"They've really thrown down the gauntlet!" : OHITSONNOW
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Assailed : RANAT
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Grammy-winning Erykah : BADU
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Clouseau, e.g.: Abbr. : INSP
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Eclipse : BLOTOUT
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Some 53-Down files : JPGS
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Futura, for one : FONT
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Killing it : ONAROLL
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One welcoming with open arms : HUGGER
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Woman "in my dreams," in song : IRENE
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Early American fur tycoon : ASTOR
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Mazda model : MIATA
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2, for He: Abbr. : ATNO
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Below C level, say : POOR
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Columnist Maureen : DOWD
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The Big Apple's "bravest," in brief : FDNY
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See 36-Down : PIC
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Powerful Pontiac of old : GTO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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