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New York Times, Friday, January 7, 2022

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : One constantly craving kisses?
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BJQX} This is puzzle # 39 for Ms. Weintraub. Friday freshness: 9%
Robyn Weintraub notes:
Hope you enjoyed this first New York Times Friday crossword of 2022. Just a few thoughts to share: My favorite entries/clues were ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
What I love most about Robyn's puzzles is that they spark so much joy. CHOCOHOLIC, DESSERT WINES, DOZEN ROSES, going in WARP DRIVE? ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times1/7/22 ( No. 26,358 )
Across
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Something you may want to clear up : ACNE
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Othello, for one : GAME
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Loses sheen, perhaps : RUSTS
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One of the Aesir : THOR
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Uncovered : OPEN
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ID seen at the post office : IDAHO
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Nobel winner Morrison : TONI
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Dressing room encouragement : THATSSOYOU
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"Stop trying to help!" : ICANDOIT
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A counting job? : CENSUS
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Own up (to) : COP
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Purpose : END
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Eva Perón was one: Abbr. : SRA
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You can bet on it! : HORSE
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Simple matter of probability : COINFLIP
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Numbers not meant to be shared : SOLOS
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Speedy sci-fi technology : WARPDRIVE
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Secretly unionize? : ELOPE
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Drop the ball : ERR
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With 11-Down, kids' party activity : SIMON
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"Peter Pan" princess : TIGERLILY
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Lashes makeup : HAIRS
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Look that might freeze you in your tracks : ICYSTARE
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Martini option : DIRTY
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Subj. of international treaties : WMD
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Bon ___ (high society: Fr.) : TON
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Friendly introduction? : ECO
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Cause of weakness : ANEMIA
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What Babe aspires to be in "Babe" : SHEEPDOG
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Romantic bunch : DOZENROSES
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___ Mountains, range crossed on the Trans-Siberian railway : URAL
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What "he" and "do" don't do : AGREE
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Biblical preposition : UNTO
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Terpsichore or Calliope : MUSE
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Strategic bodies of water : MOATS
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"Out of Africa" author Dinesen : ISAK
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Little drones : ANTS
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Story that goes over your head? : ATTIC
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One constantly craving kisses? : CHOCOHOLIC
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"It was not my intention to make anyone upset," often : NONAPOLOGY
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CNN's Burnett : ERIN
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Scavenger hunt cry : GOTONE
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Little sucker : APHID
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Substance : MEAT
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Towering figure in "The Two Towers" : ENT
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"Wake up, sleepyhead!" : RISEANDSHINE
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Kake ___ (Japanese dish) : UDON
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See 37-Across : SAYS
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Biblical pronoun : THOU
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___ vide (culinary technique) : SOUS
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Substitute for legal tender : SCRIP
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Ports, e.g. : DESSERTWINES
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Pathetic : SORRY
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Metaphorical knowledge : ROPES
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Eric who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" : CARLE
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Accomplice in "Romeo and Juliet" : FRIAR
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Broadway show where everyone knows the ending? : LIMITEDRUN
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Country named for a now-banned trade : IVORYCOAST
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They can be felt : PENS
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Org. for Carl Sagan : SETI
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"That's odd ..." : WEIRD
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Rapper/producer who won the 2018 Pulitzer for Music : LAMAR
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Gets by : DOESOK
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Letter in the Greek spelling of Athens : THETA
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Looks like a jerk : OGLES
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Driver in "House of Gucci" : ADAM
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Canceled : NOGO
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Book after II Chronicles : EZRA
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Runners' event : MEET
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Figs. assigned randomly since 2011 : SSNS
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Animal also known as a catamount : PUMA
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Air France confirmation : OUI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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