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New York Times, Thursday, January 18, 2024

Author:
Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Down : Ratfink
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Michnovicz. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Michnovicz. Thursday freshness: 83%
Jim Horne notes:
In the rebus squares, the top line is used for the Across answers, and the bottom line for the Downs. In the app, you can use either ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times1/18/24 ( No. 27,099 )
Across
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Part of some Italian church names : SANT
5
Rights advocacy org. : ACLU
9
"The food of love," per Shakespeare : MUSIC
14
Territory reached along the Oregon Trail : UTAH
15
Pirate's swill : GROG
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Feeling the need to pace, say : ANTSY
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Actress who portrayed Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois : VIVIENLEIGH
19
Spring zodiac symbol : TWINS
20
Cocktails with brandy and crème de menthe : STINGERS
21
Ape : PARROT
22
Doomed to fail, for short : DOA
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Co-Nobelist of 1978 : SADAT
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Awards that only one college athlete has ever won twice : HEISMANTROPHIES
29
Some stock in the exotic pet trade : BOAS
31
Cow, often : MOOER
32
Japan's ___ Castle : EDO
33
K-O connector : LMN
34
Ones getting the last word in : EDITORS
36
Spot for a hymnbook : PEW
37
Country west of Zambia: Abbr. : ANG
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Katey who played TV's Peg Bundy : SAGAL
39
Something that a ram and a Ram have in common : HORN
40
Atkins, for one : HIGHPROTEINDIET
44
Tackle box assortment : LURES
45
The "O" of 18-Down : ORG
46
Said nasty things about : SLIMED
48
"We appreciate the contribution" : ITSAHELP
53
Shouts of accomplishment : TADAS
54
Complete reversals : ONEEIGHTIES
55
Church chorus? : AMENS
56
Really cool, in dated slang : ACES
57
Black-and-white danger : ORCA
58
"Ol' Man River" singer, traditionally : BASSO
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Jeremiad : RANT
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Take a ___ : SEAT
Down
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Expeditions, e.g. : SUVS
2
Coming to blows, say : ATIT
3
Indigenous race in the "Avatar" movies : NAVI
4
What Columbus thought he'd reached in 1492 : THEINDIES
5
Radiant : AGLEAM
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Old-fashioned news source : CRIER
7
Records : LOGS
8
"Gross!" : UGH
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Charger dodgers : MATADORS
10
Open on Christmas, say : UNWRAP
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What a provocateur aims to do : STIRTHEPOT
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"Money ___ object" : ISNO
13
Concern for a dermatologist : CYST
18
World Vision and others, for short : NGOS
21
Utensil for peeling : PARER
23
Ratfink : STOOLIE
24
Soars near the shore, maybe : HANGGLIDES
25
Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short, in a 1986 comedy : AMIGOS
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Away from : NOTAT
27
Source of down : EIDER
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Scattered, as seed : SOWN
29
Uninspiring : BLAH
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Prefix with directional : OMNI
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Hot shot? : ESPRESSO
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Challenged : DARED
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Cheery refrains from the Seven Dwarfs : HEIGHHOS
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Big-game hunting targets in the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game" : HUMANS
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Most prying : NOSIEST
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Aerodynamic resistance : DRAG
46
Take a ___ : STAB
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Holy title in Tibet : LAMA
48
Early Quechua speaker : INCA
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What "T" stands for in video game ratings : TEEN
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Peut-___ (French "maybe") : ETRE
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High-end camera brand : LEICA
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Stressor for some H.S. sophomores : PSAT
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Dip stick? : OAR

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