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Hammer Time

New York Times, Sunday, January 28, 2024

Author:
Nathan Hasegawa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
60-Down : Cotton fabric often used in bandages
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Nathan Hasegawa

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 83 Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Hasegawa. Sunday freshness: 36%
Will Shortz notes:
Nathan Hasegawa, of Oakland, Calif., is a junior at Harvey Mudd College, majoring in mathematics. This is his second crossword for The Times. His first was in 2021, during his senior ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times1/28/24 ( No. 27,109 )
Across
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Toy on a racetrack : SLOTCAR
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Soccer star who has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards : MESSI
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Like "t," "k" and "p," in phonetics : PLOSIVE
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What Hemingway claimed he did to the ending of "A Farewell to Arms" 39 times : REWROTE
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Dartmouth and Penn, e.g. : IVIES
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Fled : RANAWAY
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Mnemonic start : SILENTM
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Actor Leary : DENIS
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Flowerlike sea creature : ANEMONE
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Massive victory … or a high score in 113-Across? : SMASHINGSUCCESS
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Really enjoys oneself : HASABLAST
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Doofuses : MEATHEADS
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Wetland : FEN
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Objections : NOES
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Be part of an uprising : RIOT
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Lowercase letter that resembles an "n" : ETA
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Las Vegas resort with a music-inspired name : ARIA
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But : YET
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Resort amenity : SPA
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Medical procedure, for short : ECG
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Overabundance : GLUT
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Vodka drink, informally : COSMO
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Tremble : PALPITATE
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Contaminating trace : TAINT
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Chemical solution strength : TITER
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"Yeshiva boy" played by Barbra Streisand : YENTL
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Author who penned the line "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart" : MILNE
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Climate issue addressed in the Montreal Protocol : OZONEHOLE
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Approach something with gusto : GOWHOLEHOG
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What's the matter? : MOLECULES
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Sunder : REND
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Shapes of many carrot slices : COINS
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Currency worth a little more than dollars : EUROS
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Spreadsheet command : SORT
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Spot for a loft : BARN
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Muesli bit : OAT
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Make a pile, perhaps : RAKE
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Rentable transportation options : ZIPCARS
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Fracas : FUROR
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Music's Little ___ : RICHARD
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Used TurboTax, say : EFILED
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Journalist's accessory : NOTEPAD
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Knuckle-headed act? : NOOGIE
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Biblical man who lost his birthright : ESAU
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2017 musical retelling of the stories of Henry VIII's wives : SIX
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Symbol for torque, in physics : TAU
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Many a viral post : MEME
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Point of no return? : BLACKHOLE
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Ace : HOLEINONE
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Coast : SEASHORE
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Ellipsis element : DOT
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Aviator's maneuver in a crosswind landing : SIDESLIP
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Proportional : INSCALE
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"The Last Supper," for one : MURAL
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Spot on an afternoon schedule? : TEATIME
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Doofuses : DOPES
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Game represented visually in this puzzle : WHACAMOLE
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Talks like Tom Waits : RASPS
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Justice Kagan : ELENA
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Try for a seat in the Capitol : SENATEBID
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Fifth-century pope dubbed "the Great" : STLEO
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Constant nuisance : BANE
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Like some postage and parking spaces : METERED
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Fish whose juveniles can climb walls : EELS
Down
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Many prom attendees: Abbr. : SRS
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Niihau neckwear : LEI
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Symbol of wisdom : OWL
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Lock : TRESS
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Mountebank : CONMAN
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"Nice work, little fella!" : ATTABOY
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Dreamy state : REMSLEEP
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Skirts that go below the knee : MIDIS
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Giant slalom at the Olympics, e.g. : EVENT
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Choir director's command : SING
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Tremor : SEISM
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Put out : ISSUE
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Make perfect, maybe : PRACTICE
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Frustrating highway driver : LANEHOG
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Short tennis session : ONESET
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Gregor ___, Franz Kafka character : SAMSA
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___ Jima : IWO
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Small band transport : VAN
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Image at the top of the pyramid on the back of a dollar bill : EYE
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"___ la vista, baby!" : HASTA
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Insertion mark : CARET
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Put on a pedestal, say : HEROIZE
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Jennifer of "The Morning Show" : ANISTON
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"White Noise" author Don : DELILLO
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What a shock! : STUNNER
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11,111, vis-à-vis 123,454,321 : FACTOR
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Swear (to) : ATTEST
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Tweak, say : AMEND
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Ejects forcefully : SPEWSOUT
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Primitive camera feature : PINHOLE
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Like a winner of a mountain marathon, in two senses : ATTHETOP
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First name of Julius Caesar : GAIUS
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Unrefined mined find : ORE
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Finish line for the first stage of the first Tour de France : LYON
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Giant name in Giants history : ALOU
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Cinemax competitor : TMC
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It's facedown on a poker table : HOLECARD
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Negroni spirit : GIN
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[I'm SO mad!] : GRR
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Cotton fabric often used in bandages : MOLESKIN
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Hosp. areas : ORS
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Gondola propeller : OAR
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Honey : BAE
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Verb sometimes abbreviated to its central letter : ARE
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Prefix with tourist or hotel : ECO
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Series finale : ZEE
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Counterfactual starters, in logic : IFS
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Karachi-based carrier : PIA
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Certain urban nightlife : CLUBSCENE
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Military hiding spot : FOXHOLE
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Place that's cramped and squalid : RATHOLE
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Something a presidential candidate often wins : HOMESTATE
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Gray, say : AGE
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Part of a hoop : RIM
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It may be repeated after "fiddle" : DEE
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Oregon-based athletic brand : NIKE
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Podium : DAIS
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Items in a hardware store bin : SCREWS
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Acting as one : UNITED
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Capital in the Himalayas : LHASA
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Company originally known as Control Video Corp. : AOL
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Shelley's "___ to the West Wind" : ODE
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Converges on : NEARS
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Source of a sleeper hit, perhaps : SIDEB
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___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown : ENOLA
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Pitkin County ski town : ASPEN
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Old Venetian money : DUCAT
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Give a keynote, say : ORATE
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Performer with lions : TAMER
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Cotton fabric often used in hosiery : LISLE
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Urge : IMPEL
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Some dinero : PESOS
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Part of a lion : MANE
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Ear piece : LOBE
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Bottom line? : HEM
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Container component : LID

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

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