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New York Times, Monday, November 13, 2023

Author:
Benjamin Fink
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : Comments
TotalDebut
111/13/2023
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0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.70420%
Benjamin Fink

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Fink. Monday freshness: 57%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/13/23 ( No. 27,033 )
Across
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World capital that "wasn't built in a day" : ROME
5
"Dancing Queen" band : ABBA
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Throbs, as sore muscles : ACHES
14
Visa competitor, in brief : AMEX
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Kind of tide : NEAP
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Insult comic's event : ROAST
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"I will never raise your taxes!" : CAMPAIGNPROMISE
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Prepares to propose, perhaps : KNEELS
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Not worth a ___ : SOU
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With 10-Down, humorous film about love : ROM
23
Absence noted in vape pen ads : NOTAR
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"Right away!" : ASAP
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"This product changed my life! Five stars!" : CUSTOMERREVIEW
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Word after dial or muscle : TONE
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When repeated, identifies those responsible : NAMES
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"Pretty Woman" actor Richard : GERE
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"Exit" key : ESC
37
U.K. sports car, informally : JAG
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Upper limit : CAP
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"Let's go already!" : CMON
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Actor Peter of "M" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" : LORRE
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Take a break : REST
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"The dog ate it!" : HOMEWORKEXCUSE
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Word after full, new or harvest : MOON
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Become dizzy with rapture : SWOON
49
___-mo replay : SLO
51
Mercy Corps, e.g., for short : NGO
53
Social media menaces : TROLLS
57
"Isn't that mind-blowing?!" … or a question one might ask about the answers to the italicized clues : CANYOUBELIEVEIT
61
Lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia" : ASLAN
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Story of heroes : EPIC
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Craft seller's site : ETSY
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No ___ or reason : RHYME
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When tripled, "you get the idea" : YADA
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What's tugged in tug of war : ROPE
Down
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Spice holder : RACK
2
Muscat's land : OMAN
3
1996's "Dancing Baby" might have been the first one to go viral : MEME
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Cost : EXPENSE
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Jennifer of "Friends" : ANISTON
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"Ain't Too Proud to ___" (Temptations hit) : BEG
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Prohibit : BAN
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TikTok and Instagram, for two : APPS
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Excite : AROUSE
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See 22-Across : COM
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Toupees, e.g. : HAIRPIECES
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Canadian gas brand : ESSO
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Part of a rose or a glass of rosé : STEM
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"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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Lions' sounds : ROARS
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Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 : AMAJOR
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Comments : REMARKS
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The "A" of G.P.A.: Abbr. : AVG
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___ Kramer, Jerry's neighbor on "Seinfeld" : COSMO
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Exceptionally : UNCOMMONLY
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Sprouted anew : REGREW
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Clear of chalk, say : ERASE
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Boohooed : WEPT
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Many an engineer's field, informally : TECH
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"The Matrix" role for Keanu Reeves : NEO
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The last sound in "Keanu," e.g. : LONGU
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Rare things from far away : EXOTICA
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Trample : RUNOVER
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Claimed a victory, homophonically : WONONE
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Pilates target : CORE
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Surgery souvenir, maybe : SCAR
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Whip : LASH
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Follow, as orders : OBEY
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Oscar winner Jared : LETO
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Talk like Sylvester the Cat : LISP
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Eye ailment : STYE
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Sweet potato : YAM
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Org. concerned with emissions : EPA
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Tupperware top : LID

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