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New York Times, Friday, January 19, 2024

Author:
Jacob McDermott
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Down : Galactic scale?
TotalDebutLatest
98/27/20137/19/2024
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Jacob McDermott

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. McDermott. Friday freshness: 19%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/19/24 ( No. 27,100 )
Across
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Bladderball players, historically : ELIS
5
"OMG, stop!" : TMI
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Certain city guide : BUSMAP
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Leaving a participle dangling in English class, say : NONO
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Words after a long day : HOMEATLAST
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World capital since 1971 : DOHA
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Displays of villainous delight : EVILLAUGHS
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"Yeah, yeah, I get it" : OKOK
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Hog calls : OINKS
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Vibrating part of some instruments : REED
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Honda model : FIT
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Grand ___, town in Nova Scotia that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site : PRE
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Sorry : SAD
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Fixed a short in, perhaps : REWIRED
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Bed material : MULCH
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Flash of inspiration : AHAMOMENT
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Cheery greetings : HIHOS
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Takes home : NETS
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"Open wide" : SAYAH
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Liniment, e.g. : BALM
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Subjects of the 2019 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Overstory" : TREES
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Not be bothered by something : LETITRIDE
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Some Deco pieces : ERTES
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What makes a drink alcoholic : ETHANOL
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"Yipes!" : ACK
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Word with heat or devil : RAY
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Launchpad for many comics, in brief : SNL
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Rev counter : TACH
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What U.P.S. routes tend to avoid : LEFTS
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"Pronto!" : STAT
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Break in? : STAYCATION
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Cat or cow, in yoga : POSE
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"Ish" : KINDASORTA
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God in the Marvel Universe : ARES
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Brews : STEEPS
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Umami enhancer : MSG
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Breakout group? : SECT
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Words after a tirade : ENDOFRANT
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"Well, well, well!" : LOOKIEHERE
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Needing P.R. help, say : INHOTWATER
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Saturate : SOAK
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They're proven to be true : THEOREMS
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What a star signs : MOVIEDEAL
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"Let's do this!" : IMIN
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Christmas wreath material : BALSAM
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Hagen in the American Theater Hall of Fame : UTA
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Symbol on a score : SLUR
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Good speller? : MAGE
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New York stadium eponym : ASHE
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Psychotherapist's concern, in brief : PTSD
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Antlered animals : ELKS
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Anti's antithesis : PRO
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Cry that might accompany a forehead slap : DUH
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"Ready!" : IMSET
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Galactic scale? : LIBRA
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Mom-and-pop shop : David :: ___ : Goliath : CHAINSTORE
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"Not ready!" : HOLDONASEC
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Time to drop the ball, in brief : NYE
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Fried side dish : TATERTOTS
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Certain credibility assessment : SMELLTEST
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Got hitched? : HITASNAG
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Domain of the god Triton : SEA
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"Follow ___ Fair Sun" (Thomas Campion poem) : THY
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Top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz : SCLASS
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Kind of diet that might include an egg fast : KETO
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Judgmental sounds : TSKS
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On the job : ATIT
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Prop for Willy Wonka : CANE
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Mr. ___ : HYDE
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Like cheddar, but not brie : FIRM
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They're equipped for treatments : SPAS
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Limit : CAP

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