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New York Times, Saturday, October 5, 2024

Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
27-Down : Accounts ___ (ledger phrase)
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Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Last. Saturday freshness: 84%
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© 2024, The New York Times10/5/24 ( No. 27,360 )
Across
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Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England : LYME
5
Wail : BAWL
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Zealous sects : CULTS
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"Reward" for altruism, maybe : GOODKARMA
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Beer whose name means "morning sun" : ASAHI
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Pitches low and inside? : SUBWAYADS
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Feature of Garamond or Perpetua : SERIF
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Forensic site in Quantico, Va. : FBILAB
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Like Russia before 1917 : TSARIST
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Midday assignation : NOONER
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Org. that discourages traveling : NBA
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Gets : NABS
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Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music : SOSA
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Unforgettable night, perhaps : DREAMDATE
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Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief : ALS
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What shells can be filled with : CREWTEAMS
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Rotary successor : TOUCHTONE
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Oldest city in France : MARSEILLE
33
Bodyweight exercise : DIP
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Ready to drop : BONETIRED
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W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___" : ROME
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Rat : FINK
39
Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues" : IVE
40
Unchanging : STATIC
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There are layers to this : LASAGNA
44
Double duty? : STUNTS
45
Plus ___ (national motto of Spain) : ULTRA
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Part of a doping investigation : BLOODTEST
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Kites, e.g. : BIRDS
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One who sees what you mean? : LIPREADER
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Tad : SKOSH
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Site for artisans : ETSY
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Like some narratives and rooms : TIDY
Down
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Some appliances : LGS
2
"Imbecile!" : YOUFOOL
3
Don : MOBBOSS
4
Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten : EDWINA
5
Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington : BAYARDRUSTIN
6
___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said) : ARAB
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Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short : WMD
8
Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The" : LASTBATTLE
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First word in some Spanish restaurant names : CASA
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Handle online : USERNAME
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Things to wrangle with : LARIATS
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Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid : THISBE
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Sorts : SIFTS
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Plant of the mustard family : KALE
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It's nothing new : SAMEOLDSTORY
22
Edward Snowden's former employer : NSA
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One being onboarded : NEWHIRE
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Accounts ___ (ledger phrase) : RECEIVABLE
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Gertrude, for one : DANE
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Key : CORE
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Drinkers' vessels : TANKARDS
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Name of the whale in "Pinocchio" : MONSTRO
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Epitome of completeness : DOTTEDI
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Penalty taker's lament : IMISSED
35
Chest bump? : PEC
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Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host : BIALIK
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Go off on : RANTAT
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Bungles : FLUBS
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Cheek : TUDE
43
Big cut : GASH
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Concessions : SOPS
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Wasted : LIT
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Whirl, so to speak : TRY

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