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New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Author:
Daniel Grinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : "u r so funny!"
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Daniel Grinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QX} Scrabble average: 1.88 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Grinberg. Tuesday freshness: 93%
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© 2023, The New York Times10/24/23 ( No. 27,013 )
Across
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Reason for sneezin' : COLD
5
Processed meat popular in Hawaiian cuisine : SPAM
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Hoodlike garment for a monk (or Batman) : COWL
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Crimson Tide school, to fans : BAMA
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Bettor's big bluff, maybe : ALLIN
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Third-largest Hawaiian island : OAHU
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"Keep it polite!" : STAYCLASSY
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"Portlandia" segment : SKIT
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Breakup line from a vampire? : YOURENOTMYTYPE
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"Spider-Man" director Raimi : SAM
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Wasabi ___ : PEA
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Breakup line from a werewolf? : TIMEFORACHANGE
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"___ takers?" : ANY
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Pronounce "rr" in Spanish, say : TRILL
34
Next-to-last chemical element alphabetically : ZINC
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Once-faddish robotic toy : FURBY
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"___ on a Grecian Urn" : ODE
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Miata maker : MAZDA
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Many a makeshift swing : TIRE
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Tom's frenemy in old cartoons : JERRY
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One might be put through the wringer : MOP
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Breakup line from Frankenstein's monster? : THESPARKISGONE
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Piglet's pal : ROO
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Muscle car that "really drives 'em wild" in a 1960s hit : GTO
50
Breakup line from a mummy? : LETSWRAPTHISUP
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"Terrible" czar : IVAN
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Trinkets : TCHOTCHKES
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Final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty : NERO
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Testimony transcriber, for short : STENO
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Word after V- or crew : NECK
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Turning point? : KNOB
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"You lose" : IWIN
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"Odyssey" peak : OSSA
Down
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"Undercover Boss" network : CBS
2
Like a course for a horse? : OATY
3
"u r so funny!" : LMAO
4
Specification on a park pass : DAYUSE
5
State capital north of Sacramento, CA : SALEMOR
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"___ ahead" : PLAN
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Moreover : ALSO
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Light spray : MIST
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TV character George who says "I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I got it all!" : COSTANZA
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Like some barrel-aged ales : OAKY
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Lash : WHIP
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Ancient stringed instrument sometimes made from a turtle shell : LUTE
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Mythological forest maiden : NYMPH
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Sly : CRAFTY
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Nay's opposite : YEA
24
William Howard in the White House : TAFT
25
Northwest Territories native : INUIT
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Gift of the Wise Men : MYRRH
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Spanish wine : RIOJA
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Furniture hardwood : ALDER
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Office record keeper : CLERK
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Doohickey : GIZMO
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Finish with : ENDON
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Draped garment for an operagoer (or Batman) : CAPE
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One whose taste buds may not crave Buds : BEERSNOB
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Spiritual sort : MYSTIC
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"That's correct!" : RIGHTON
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Plant, as seeds : SOW
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Cities with wharves : PORTS
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"Oh dear, that's wrong!" : GOSHNO
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Connector : LINK
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Tied : EVEN
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Root in Hawaiian cuisine : TARO
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When Blanche meets Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire" : ACTI
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"That's a relief!" : PHEW
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Singer Braxton or Basil : TONI
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Luau instruments, informally : UKES
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Chest muscles, for short : PECS
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Music genre that influenced the Clash : SKA

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