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New York Times, Monday, November 11, 2024

Author:
Patrick Gramza and John Kugelman
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
9-Down : Tropical lizards
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Patrick Gramza
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1.626651%
John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Gramza. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Kugelman. Monday freshness: 7%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/11/24 ( No. 27,397 )
Across
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App also called "the Gram," informally : INSTA
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Put money (on) : BET
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Store with a mazelike layout : IKEA
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Its capital is Kathmandu : NEPAL
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Insect flitting around a flame : MOTH
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Seize : GRAB
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Island-hopping vacation that might start and end in Miami : CARIBBEANCRUISE
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MSNBC host Melber : ARI
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Michelob ___ (light beer) : ULTRA
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Painter's propper-upper : EASEL
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Dub : NAME
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"Raggedy" doll : ANN
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Huffer and puffer in a classic fairy tale : BIGBADWOLF
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Aardvark's fare : ANTS
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Fall flower : ASTER
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Letter-shaped girder : IBAR
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Confident : SURE
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With 4-Down, island-themed cocktail : MAI
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Laundry product that was once the subject of a viral internet challenge : TIDEPOD
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The second O of O-O-O : TAC
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Ole Miss rival : BAMA
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Own (up) : FESS
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Put into law : ENACT
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Cake decorator : ICER
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Raps off the cuff : FREESTYLES
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Islet : CAY
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Burglar's booty : HAUL
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Popular sans-serif font : ARIAL
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Ancient Mexican : AZTEC
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___ McMuffin (fast-food sandwich) : EGG
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Trio of average guys, as seen at the ends of 16-, 25- and 48-Across : TOMDICKANDHARRY
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Early Ron Howard role : OPIE
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Pub purchase : PINT
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Writer ___ Allan Poe : EDGAR
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The "M" in Y.M.C.A. : MENS
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"Pick a card, ___ card!" : ANY
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Final authority : SAYSO
Down
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Ancient Peruvian : INCA
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Within earshot : NEAR
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When cherry blossoms bloom : SPRINGTIME
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See 37-Across : TAI
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Visual accompaniment to a musical release : ALBUMART
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Wild pig : BOAR
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Europe's highest active volcano : ETNA
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Active ingredient in marijuana, for short : THC
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Tropical lizards : IGUANAS
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"Momager" of the Kardashians : KRIS
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Simplicity : EASE
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Brother of Cain : ABEL
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Ran into : MET
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Ran, as colors : BLED
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Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" films : REN
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Rightmost president on Mount Rushmore, familiarly : ABE
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Hairdo that might be combed with a pick : AFRO
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Disney's follow-up to "Dumbo" : BAMBI
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Physicist Newton : ISAAC
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Dentist's "Just a little more" : WIDER
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Very overweight : OBESE
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Expire, as a subscription : LAPSE
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Reason to use sunflower butter in a PB&J : NUTALLERGY
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Tiny amount : TRACE
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Religious offshoots : SECTS
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Kinda borderline : IFFY
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Breaks off : DETACHES
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Places to play Pac-Man and Skee-Ball : ARCADES
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Sch. whose campus includes Washington Square and Union Square : NYU
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Remove, as a layer : SHED
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___ Baba : ALI
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Chemistry building block : ATOM
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Tug-of-war equipment : ROPE
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"Let's do this!" : IMIN
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Related (to) : AKIN
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Kooky : ZANY
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Explosive stuff : TNT
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
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Pita sandwich : GYRO
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Busy bee in Apr. : CPA
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Nabokov novel : ADA

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

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