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New York Times, Monday, October 28, 2024

Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
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Michael Lieberman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Lieberman. Monday freshness: 33%
Jim Horne notes:

In the photo, Mr. Lieberman and his son are wearing LA Dodgers caps — a team in this year's Fall Classic.

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© 2024, The New York Times10/28/24 ( No. 27,383 )
Across
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Many a customer service assistant, nowadays : BOT
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Animal on the state seal of Maine : MOOSE
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Lacking slack : TAUT
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Blackjack card worth 1 or 11 : ACE
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Friend of Mickey and Goofy : DONALD
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Actress Kendrick : ANNA
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"___ all good!" : ITS
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Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hill : JACKANDJILL
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How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipe : TOTASTE
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Southeast Asian language : LAO
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Knotted neckwear : TIE
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Susceptible to sunburn : PALE
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"Four score and seven years ___ …" : AGO
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Pesky summer swarm : GNATS
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Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wall : HUMPTYDUMPTY
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Doesn't waste : USES
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Dine : EAT
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How heavy metal bands typically play : LOUDLY
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___ Z, a.k.a. Zoomers : GEN
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Comedian Schumer or Poehler : AMY
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Verbalize : SAY
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Water, in French : EAU
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Subject of a will : ESTATE
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"My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it's not remotely funny," e.g. : PUN
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Marx who co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto" : KARL
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Nursery rhyme about the hazards of decaying infrastructure : LONDONBRIDGE
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Energy, idiomatically : STEAM
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Flat tire's lack : AIR
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Fashion magazine with a palindromic name : ELLE
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Commodity measured in barrels : OIL
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Hypotheticals : IFS
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This typeface : ITALICS
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Nickname for the World Series … or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across? : FALLCLASSIC
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Word repeated in a double negative : NOT
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Operatic highlight : ARIA
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Purpose : INTENT
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Barely scratch (out) : EKE
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Quality of a hoarse voice : RASP
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Drunk-ish : TIPSY
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Work with needle and thread : SEW
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Angler's supply : BAIT
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Eight-armed creatures : OCTOPUSES
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The Bible has an Old and New one : TESTAMENT
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Obstacle for a would-be castle attacker : MOAT
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How often many people brush their teeth (avert your eyes, dentists!) : ONCEADAY
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Acorn-bearing tree : OAK
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Downhill skiing event : SLALOM
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Poet St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
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___ Mahal : TAJ
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R&B singer Baker : ANITA
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Like birthday candles before the party starts : UNLIT
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Stories : TALES
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Turn at the turntables, for short : DJSET
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One might be squeaky or shaped like a bone : DOGTOY
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"Napoleon Crossing the ___" (painting series) : ALPS
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Belly : GUT
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Sch. in Lower Manhattan : NYU
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Ginormous : HUGE
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Country south of Saudi Arabia : YEMEN
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Fallback option : PLANB
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"Submit by" dates : DEADLINES
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Beverage with a Big Mac, perhaps : LARGECOKE
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Christmas season : YULE
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Kind of clock that's ultraprecise : ATOMIC
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They brighten everyone's days : SUNRISES
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___ carte : ALA
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Hawaiian taro dish : POI
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Pass idly, as time : KILL
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Bottled water brand : DASANI
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Respond to a stimulus : REACT
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To date : SOFAR
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Sparkly headwear : TIARA
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___ Island (historic entry point for immigrants) : ELLIS
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Dart around : FLIT
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Very small : TINY
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Hearty meal in a bowl : STEW
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Place for a snuggly cat : LAP
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Valvoline competitor : STP

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