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New York Times, Sunday, November 10, 2024

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
41-Down : "OMG ... that's hysterical!"
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 73 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Ezersky. Sunday freshness: 93%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Sam Ezersky, of Buffalo, N.Y., has worked for The Times Games team since 2017. He is the editor of Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and the Mini crossword. Sam keeps a running list of ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

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© 2024, The New York Times11/10/24 ( No. 27,396 )
Across
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Like issues covered by The Advocate magazine : LGBT
5
Guide : HOWTO
10
Display along the inside of a subway car : STOPS
15
Building access device : FOB
18
Poe-esque : EERIE
20
Aid for an early-morning flight, maybe : ALARM
21
Response to stunning news : OHWOW
22
Wild card game : UNO
23
Six-inch or footlong? : STANDARDSUB
25
Who might tearfully wonder "Were we just not meant to be …"? : PENSIVEEX
27
Made it through Econ 101? : MANAGEDMICRO
29
Crate & Barrel competitor : WESTELM
30
"Give ___ try!" : ITA
31
Museo display : ARTE
32
Big name in big home appliances : KENMORE
34
Bad sort of roommate : SLOB
36
Sharp turn : ZIG
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One who's always springing for things, for short? : ROO
38
Stirrup's place : EAR
39
It's attached to covers and sheets : SPINE
40
Groundhog of renown : PHIL
42
Buy-in the round before going all in? : PENULTIMATEANTE
49
Kitten's cry : MEW
51
Skin care product : LOTION
52
Rum, in Spanish : RON
53
Ho-hum reactions : EHS
54
Top-notch : GRADEA
57
___ de Lesseps of the "Real Housewives" franchise : LUANN
58
Took (down) : WROTE
60
Meriting an R rating, maybe : RACY
61
Figure that's roughly six times less on the moon : WEIGHT
63
___ Play (hit video game) : WII
64
Concession opposite 71-Down : ILOSE
68
Vessel for cooking jollof rice or injera bread? : AFRICANPAN
70
"Next time, try reading the clue!" or "Stick to sudoku!"? : SOLVINGDIS
72
Transcript creator : STENO
73
French direction : EST
74
Yellow-green soft drink, per the stylization on its packaging : MTNDEW
75
Frolic : ROMP
76
Daytime annoyance while watching TV : GLARE
78
Jay-Z's "Magna ___ Holy Grail" : CARTA
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Annual river thawing : ICERUN
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Avian rhyme of "hawk" : AUK
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N.Y.C.-based sports channel : MSG
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Tiny pieces : SHREDS
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Agcy. overseeing reactors : NRC
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Something in a doomscroller's feed? : APOCALYPTICPOST
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"Didn't mean to do that!" : OOPS
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City on the Nile : ASWAN
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Hardy follower : HAR
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Shift units: Abbr. : HRS
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Features of two Super Bowls, for short : OTS
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Asia's so-called "___ countries" : STAN
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"Sure thing, dear" : YESBABE
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God who fathered a queen of the Amazons : ARES
106
___ smear : PAP
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Caption describing an online photo that can't be seen : ALTTEXT
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The engine, the steering wheel, the catalytic converter, all of it? : COMPLETEAUTO
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Eye doctor? : VISIONPRO
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Someone shouting that maybe YOU try fixing your apartment? : HEATEDSUPER
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Peeve : IRK
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Oktoberfest glass : STEIN
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Sports page offering : RECAP
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Dimples or freckles, e.g. : TRAIT
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Last of five rhyming Greek letters : PSI
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Benefits : HELPS
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Angrily leave, with "out" : STORM
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Mailing info, informally : ADDY
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Musical nickname since the 1980s : LESMIZ
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What servers and sleuths each hope to do : GETATIP
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Kenneth of "Oppenheimer" : BRANAGH
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Turner backed by the Ikettes : TINA
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Car roof option : HARDTOP
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Person I used to be : OLDME
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Response to "You were snoring all night again" : WASI
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Moving day need : TRUCK
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Blended hair coloring effect : OMBRE
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Soak (up) : SOP
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Dance move requiring upper body and core strength : THEWORM
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Dog park figure : OWNER
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Clique : POSSE
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Loretta who played "Hot Lips" Houlihan : SWIT
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Connection to a carburetor : FUELLINE
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Length of William Henry Harrison's presidency : ONEMONTH
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Diner's request at the end of a meal : BOX
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Masters of the written word? : EDGARLEE
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Engineering discipline, casually : AERO
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Italian scooter brand : VESPA
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Elevator load limit, often : ONETON
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Not supporting, perhaps : MAIN
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"Save the ___" (modern conservation slogan) : BEES
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Submitted : SENTIN
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"OMG ... that's hysterical!" : IMDYING
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Each planet's orbit is one : ELLIPSE
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Milky Way component : NOUGAT
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Park City resident : UTAHN
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Pocket detritus : LINT
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Get there : ARRIVE
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Word with true or soon : TOO
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East Coast convenience store chain : WAWA
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Opposite of maigre : GRAS
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Flat floater : RAFT
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Unit once defined as the area a team of oxen could plow in one day : ACRE
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Equus africanus, for one : WILDASS
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Young disciple of an old Titian : ELGRECO
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Pep : ENERGY
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Is inadequate : WONTDO
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Target of a certain "Eater" : ODOR
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Liu of "Barbie" : SIMU
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Thunder shower? : ESPN
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___ Domingo, Best Actor nominee for 2023's "Rustin" : COLMAN
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Throat malady : STREP
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Gloat opposite 64-Across : IWIN
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Artist Chagall : MARC
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In which letters are spelled with digits, for short : ASL
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Former French president Jacques : CHIRAC
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Mad to the max : CROSSEST
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Four for a TI-84, for short : AAAS
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Above the strike zone, to a baseball announcer : UPSTAIRS
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Brando's role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" : KOWALSKI
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Sharp pain : STAB
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"Pretty please?" : CANTI
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Alternative to litmus paper : PHSTRIP
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When many school days end : THREEPM
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One might jump out of a window : POPUPAD
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Driver's license, e.g. : STATEID
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No longer on duty: Abbr. : RETD
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Like convertibles : SPORTY
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Broadway gossip : YENTE
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Force out : EXPEL
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Famous family in atomic theory : BOHRS
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"Nice to ___ you!" (online salutation) : EMEET
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Backdrop for a memorable kiss : ALTAR
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Nonsense, to Brits : TOSH
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Nickname for Francisco : PACO
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Mystique : AURA
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One getting a pass, for short : VIP
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Carry-___ (some luggage) : ONS

Answer summary:
17 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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