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New York Times, Saturday, October 26, 2024

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
28-Down : The so-called "Rocket City" of the South
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 120 for Mr. Collins. Saturday freshness: 13%
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© 2024, The New York Times10/26/24 ( No. 27,381 )
Across
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Hotel room staple : TVSET
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"Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton : MAMA
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Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation : MUST
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Way : ROUTE
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Reality show winner since 2002 : IDOL
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Bridge piece : IBAR
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Spotted, in a way : ACNED
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Meaning of a finger wag : NOPE
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Zip : NONE
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People to hang out with : PALS
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Mood : VIBE
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Fish whose egg casings are called "mermaid's purses" : SKATE
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Oslo Accords signatory, for short : PLO
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Fail to tail : LOSE
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Not spent anymore : RESTED
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Two-time Oscar nominee Joan : CUSACK
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Go no further : HALT
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"We'll let ourselves in" : DONTWAITUPFORUS
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Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize : ORGANTRANSPLANT
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Masters of bad impersonations? : IDENTITYTHIEVES
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Pub fixtures : LOOS
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Takes root : SETSIN
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Incite : URGEON
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Tony winner Judith : IVEY
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Letters on a Busch Stadium hat : STL
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She played Julia in 2009's "Julie & Julia" : MERYL
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Cut and polish, maybe : EDIT
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Big bird : RHEA
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Two shakes : ASEC
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Spin out on the ice? : AXEL
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Reasons for some street closures : FAIRS
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In ___ (unmoved) : SITU
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Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month : OPAL
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"ER" actress Laura : INNES
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Go berserk : SNAP
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Slim winning margin : NOSE
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Quite the party : BIGDO
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Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival : TRAPP
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One of a singing duo? : VOCALCORD
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Solarium : SUNLOUNGE
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Périodes chaudes de l'année : ETES
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With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond : TED
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Skimpy garments : MINISKIRTS
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Building block : ADOBE
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Brood : MOPE
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Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales" : ALE
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Deluxe wraps? : MINKSTOLES
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Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania" : UBOAT
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"À votre ___!" : SANTE
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Out on a limb, say : TREED
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Calling : VOCATION
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Something to wallow in : SELFPITY
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Spade, for one : LAWNTOOL
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Naughty list? : RAPSHEET
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Vessel that hasn't crossed the Canadian border since 1993 : STANLEYCUP
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The so-called "Rocket City" of the South : HUNTSVILLE
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Emphatic agreement : DOI
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When doubled, a pop nickname : TAY
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Gorgeous : RAVISHING
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Not yet explored, as a tomb : UNENTERED
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Map abbrs. : STS
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Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short : UMASS
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Amber, e.g. : RESIN
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Van Susteren of TV news : GRETA
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They might be bright : IDEAS
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See 5-Down : LASSO
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National, formerly : EXPO
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Asian royal : RANI
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Chicago's ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building : AON
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Small invention : FIB

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

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