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New York Times, Saturday, October 7, 2023

Author:
Alex Vratsanos
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : Zero-emission aircraft
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Alex Vratsanos

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {J} Scrabble average: 1.91 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Vratsanos. Saturday freshness: 72%
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© 2023, The New York Times10/7/23 ( No. 26,996 )
Across
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Plot development with twists? : HEDGEMAZE
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Enfants terribles : IMPS
14
Detective in high-grossing films of 1984, 1987 and 1994 : AXELFOLEY
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Glossed over? : SLEEK
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Weapon now known as an LGM-118 Peacekeeper : MXMISSILE
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Warmly welcoming : HOMEY
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Swing state? : MOOD
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"And that's proof enough" : QED
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Quite : SOVERY
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Dir. from the Music City to the Motor City : NNE
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Not plugged in : UNAWARE
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Sticks one's neck out, perhaps : EMERGES
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Anomalous figure : OUTLIER
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"Toy Story 3" villain, for short : LOTSO
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"Forget about it!" : NOCHANCE
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Club ___ Wan (where "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" opens) : OBI
33
"Forget about it!" : BADIDEA
36
Radio Hall-of-Famer Charlamagne ___ God : THA
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Perfect square for the circumference of pie : PIZZABOX
39
Blood of the gods : ICHOR
41
America's longest-serving first lady, familiarly : ELEANOR
42
Fixtures at rodeos : BARRELS
44
One who's served admirally? : NAVYVET
46
2/19/45 invasion site, informally : IWO
47
Neighborhood near Tarzana : ENCINO
50
Football datum: Abbr. : INT
51
Certain offshoot : SECT
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Driven, say : TYPEA
54
Written in it this clue is : YODASPEAK
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Unrefined : CRASS
57
Arrived at by ballot : ELECTEDTO
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Multitude : HOST
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Soldiers hardened by many battles : WARHORSES
Down
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Jon of Disney's "Million Dollar Arm" : HAMM
2
Gas giant : EXXONMOBIL
3
Punish, in a way, as a YouTube creator : DEMONETIZE
4
Zero-emission aircraft : GLIDERS
5
Puff pieces? : EFS
6
House of worship : MOSQUE
7
Weaver's work? : ALIENS
8
Heroine in a legendary franchise : ZELDA
9
Setting for vitreous humor : EYE
10
Unofficial 1984 Olympics anthem : ILOVELA
11
___ stock (speculative investment) : MEME
12
Use binoculars, say : PEER
13
Liquor brand in a blue bottle : SKYY
15
Cat breed with American and Celtic lineages : SHORTHAIR
20
A.1., for one : SAUCE
23
Golfer's selection : WOOD
24
Employ the secret service? : ELOPE
25
Get wildly enthusiastic : GOBANANAS
27
Overwhelmed with details : INTHEWEEDS
28
Sound off on? : ECHOLOCATE
29
Sees through adolescence : REARS
31
"Forget about it!" : NIX
34
From conception : ABOVO
35
High-sided boat : DORY
38
Like "Duck Soup," it's said, among all Marx Brothers films : ZANIEST
40
Refrigerator compartment : CRISPER
42
Pub crawl and then some : BENDER
43
Develop a bond, say : ATTACH
45
Davis of film : VIOLA
47
Make a lasting impression? : ETCH
48
"Wedding Bell Blues" songwriter Laura : NYRO
49
Figures in an audit, in brief : CPAS
52
Ring decisions, for short : TKOS
54
Material for Voldemort's wand and Robin Hood's bow : YEW
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Pou ___ (vantage point) : STO

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

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