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New York Times, Saturday, January 27, 2024

Author:
Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : Video game climax
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Warrington. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Warrington. Saturday freshness: 47%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/27/24 ( No. 27,108 )
Across
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Put down : ABASE
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Help (out) : BAIL
10
Life phases, in social media lingo : ERAS
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Katey of "Married ... With Children" : SAGAL
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International chain whose name can be a prefix : OMNI
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Weather the storm : LAST
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Not take any chances : PLAYITSAFE
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"No ___" : DICE
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Disavowed MI6 agent in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise : ILSA
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___ buco : OSSO
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Sister of Castor and Pollux : HELEN
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They're done on the fly : RUSHJOBS
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Didn't beat : LOSTTO
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Prefix with -gram : EPI
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Connection between names : AKA
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"Listen …" : GETTHIS
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"The Rocky Horror Picture Show," e.g. : CULTCLASSIC
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In the nick of time : NONETOOSOON
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Series that begins on the ice planet Pagodon, with "The" : MANDALORIAN
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Possible (but extremely unlikely) setting for a double albatross : PARFIVE
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Sign : INK
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Nutrition fig. : RDA
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How salmon is served in nigiri sushi, but not in sashimi : ONRICE
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Large wine cask : HOGSHEAD
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Something a rival may throw : SHADE
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Set of rounds : BOUT
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"Alas!" : OHME
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Tiny scrap : IOTA
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Big ticket purchase? : SEASONPASS
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The Phoenix of the N.C.A.A. : ELON
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Noble figure : EARL
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Pioneer in I.Q. testing : BINET
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Muralist who was a colleague of Dalí : SERT
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Boy's name consisting of an English word followed by its Spanish equivalent : ANDY
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Take : ANGLE
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Shoot for the moon : ASPIRE
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Crumple : BALLUP
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Writer of the 2009 autobiography "Open" : AGASSI
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"Open wide" : SAYAH
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Man's name that's an anagram of 9-Down : ELI
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Video game climax : BOSSBATTLE
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Collect : AMASS
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Modern lead-in to mania : INFO
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"Of course, I remember you!," perhaps : LIE
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Heir to the throne, traditionally : ELDESTSON
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Very slender : RAILTHIN
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Hedonist's opposite : ASCETIC
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Workers who must be quick with their hands : STENOS
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Experienced a pregnant pause? : TOOKLEAVE
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Relaxing baths : HOTSOAKS
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Affliction treated in newborns with phototherapy : JAUNDICE
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Giving quarters, say : LEASINGTO
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How one might emerge with a victory : GLORIOUSLY
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Secret lover? : CONFIDANT
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Murmur : COO
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Character who's heard but not seen : NARRATOR
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Way down below? : MANHOLE
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Floral arrangements : POSIES
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Fix in a museum, maybe : REHANG
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___ bug (long-limbed predatory insect) : DAMSEL
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Start of a Christmas hymn : ADESTE
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Collect, collect, collect : HOARD
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Pickup line : HOPIN
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Hit on the noggin : BEAN
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Word with power or change : SEA
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Org. concerned with traveling : NBA

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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