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New York Times, Friday, October 27, 2023

Author:
Adrian Johnson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Unfriendly crowd
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Adrian Johnson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Johnson. Friday freshness: 47%
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© 2023, The New York Times10/27/23 ( No. 27,016 )
Across
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"Award" bestowed at the Kids' Choice Awards : SLIME
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Garter and stockinette, in knitting : STITCHES
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Outbreaks : SPATES
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Admonishment from Austin Powers : OHBEHAVE
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Took on a pet project? : CATSAT
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"All rise" reversal : BESEATED
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"Things ___ that simple" : ARENT
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Novelist whose "Little Fires Everywhere" became a #1 best seller : CELESTENG
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It was called Big Meadows on the California Trail : RENO
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Bird whose largest species is called the Goliath : HERON
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66, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
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Casual Friday gaffe : SUIT
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Self starter? : YOUR
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Slight contact, on a pool table : KISS
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Like either main face of El Capitan : STEEP
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Lightened up? : PALED
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Stand near a poser : EASEL
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Element exhibiting a blue glow when placed in an electric field : XENON
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Unclothe : STRIP
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Like the bonds of table salt : IONIC
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Actor Diggs : TAYE
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Scaloppine option : VEAL
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Word before and after "'s" : THAT
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"House" band?: Abbr. : DRS
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Its population doubles once a year : MECCA
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Barossa Valley export : WINE
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Bibimbap and tamago kake gohan, for two : RICEBOWLS
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Shire who played a Corleone : TALIA
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Popular Schubert composition : AVEMARIA
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Single-minded philosophy : MONISM
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Features of many hotel rooms : MINIBARS
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Gets ready to dry, say : RINSES
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"Alas, it is so" : SADLYYES
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Group of runners? : SLATE
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"We've heard enough of this nonsense" : SPAREUS
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Like some TV talk shows, informally : LATENITE
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"There's a lot more to this than you think" : ITSNOTEASY
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Heart : MEAT
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Contractor's fig. : EST
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Get serious, in a way : SOBERUP
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Children's story with Truffula Trees : THELORAX
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Playwright awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1893 : IBSEN
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Links things : TEES
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Jaw : CHAT
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Unfriendly crowd : HATERS
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Goings-on : EVENTS
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Plant growing in tufts : SEDGE
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Results of cuts, maybe : SCARS
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Lead runner, for short? : CEO
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Really excited : HYPER
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Game whose name comes from French for "five winning numbers" : KENO
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Response from one who ain't gonna : IDONTWANNA
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90° from norte : ESTE
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Actress George of "Animal Kingdom" : LEILA
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Volatile personality : LIVEWIRE
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One who might say "Nothing is real" : NIHILIST
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It might conclude with a shower, informally : PECLASS
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"Care to show me?" : CANISEE
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Pub ___ : TRIVIA
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Climb : ASCEND
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Heat extractors, for short : ACS
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Devils and Angels, e.g. : TEAMS
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Apothecary measures : DRAMS
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Cooperative hunter with the coral grouper : MORAY
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Romanian philosopher Cioran : EMIL
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Miniature : BABY
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Labor : TOIL
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"___ Davis" (series starring Betty Gilpin) : MRS

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