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New York Times, Saturday, October 14, 2023

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Down : Name at the heart of civilization?
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 107 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 34%
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© 2023, The New York Times10/14/23 ( No. 27,003 )
Across
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Residence for a parson : MANSE
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Fictional character who cries "I am madness maddened!" : AHAB
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Question persistently : PUMP
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Single source? : ALBUM
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Checks or balances, say : REGULATES
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Animal with fused toes on each hind paw, used for grooming its coat : KOALA
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Almond confections : MARZIPANS
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Last : ENDURE
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Chain with a mansard roof in its logo : PIZZAHUT
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Auto-correction? : UEY
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Cooper's product : KEG
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Woman's name that sounds like a letter of the alphabet : KAY
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Fried turnovers from southern Italy : PANZEROTTI
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P.R. people: Abbr. : AGTS
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Walk way? : GAIT
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"Round cleans better" sloganeer : ORALB
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"Looky here!" : OHO
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Champaign region : EASTERNILLINOIS
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Punnery, e.g. : WIT
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Keep cooler? : REICE
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Shiraz and others : REDS
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Home to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's "Talk to the People" program : WNYC
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Oscar winner for "The Accidental Tourist" (1988) : GEENADAVIS
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___ moment : AHA
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This might come with breakfast in bed, in brief : TLC
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Brisbane-to-Sydney dir. : SSW
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What barflies hit : THESAUCE
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"Turn around so I can see you" : FACEME
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Part of the George W. Bush era ... or a hint to part of 18-, 26-, 38- and 46-Across : MIDAUGHTS
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Synonym for "seeing red" whose name derives from a shade of blue in Latin : LIVID
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Slangy "treatment" for a disturbing visual : EYEBLEACH
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Singer Cleo with Grammy nominations in jazz, pop and classical : LAINE
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See 61-Down : NANA
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World capital where Al Jazeera is headquartered : DOHA
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Flat bottoms : SOLES
Down
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Blush, e.g. : MAKEUP
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1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan hit with the lyric "Left standing in the lurch at a church" : ALONEAGAIN
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Boston in the '60s or Chicago in the '90s, e.g. : NBADYNASTY
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Recipient of the first Vulcan nerve pinch on the original "Star Trek" : SULU
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Professional concerned with search engine optimization : EMARKETER
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Word with band or candy : ARM
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Supply in abundance : HEAP
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Business opening? : AGRI
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Major downer : BUZZKILL
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Main ingredient in a Thai som tam salad : PAPAYA
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"Riders of the Purple Sage" setting : UTAH
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Course catalog? : MENU
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Sibilant summons : PSST
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Name at the heart of civilization? : LIZA
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Poetic contraction : EER
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"Club" member in a hit 1985 adventure comedy : GOONIE
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Minor blemish : ZIT
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Instant : TRICE
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Roster for William Morris or Creative Artists : TALENT
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The ultimate struggle : GOODVSEVIL
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"I call dibs" : THISISMINE
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Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906 : SOS
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Live tweets? : BIRDCALLS
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[Gag] : EWW
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Tested, as a cask, to see how much whisky remains : REGAUGED
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Major PBS funder, for short : NEA
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Wrinkly-skinned fruit : CASABA
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1980s sitcom puppet : ALF
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More than 7% of Minnesotans by ancestry : SWEDES
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Spoils : HAUL
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Gangbusters, in old slang : TMEN
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"Howdy!" : HIYA
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Shangri-la : EDEN
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Onetime labor and transportation secretary Elaine : CHAO
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Chisel, in a way : ETCH
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Analogue of "aloha" and "shalom" : CIAO
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With 65-Across, "Born to Hand Jive" group : SHA

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

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