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Nothing But Blue Skies

New York Times, Sunday, November 17, 2024

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein and Ariela Perlman
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
28-Down : Nonnegotiables
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 141, Blocks: 82 Missing: {FQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Goldstein. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Perlman. Sunday freshness: 22%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Rebecca Goldstein is a research scientist living in the Bay Area with her partner Ariela Perlman, an educational therapist. This is Rebecca's 18th puzzle for the Times, and Ariela's ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Readers informed me there's a bug at 34-Down. The statue outside 30 Rockefeller is PROMETHEUS, not ATLAS. The bronze Atlas is at 45 Rockefeller Plaza.

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© 2024, The New York Times11/17/24 ( No. 27,403 )
Across
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James for whom a NASA telescope is named : WEBB
5
The other way around : VICEVERSA
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Work the land : TILL
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M.I.A. : AWOL
19
Pasted pasta : MACARONIART
21
Amazon streaming content? : AGUA
22
Try again : REDO
23
Line before takeoff : UPUPANDAWAY
24
Actress Russell : KERI
25
Soave or sangiovese : DRYWINE
27
Detector of lies, informally : BSMETER
29
Apt rhyme for "fling" : SLING
30
Mandarin : xièxie :: Japanese : ___ : ARIGATO
37
Litter of a cockapoo and a puggle, say : MUTTS
38
Part of Q&A: Abbr. : ANS
39
Neighborhood seen from a 93-Across? : SMALLTOWN
41
Mum's word? : SHH
42
Huff : SNIT
43
Movie in which the Wet Bandits get "scammed by a kindygartner" : HOMEALONE
44
Herbal essences : TEAS
46
Helpful toehold for a French learner, say : COGNATE
48
Record of the year : ANNAL
49
Antiquated laundry receptacle : WASHTUB
52
Touch : ABUT
53
Part of a strong hand : ACE
55
Typo catchers, in brief : EDS
56
"The Penguin" airer : HBO
57
"And what's he then that says I play the villain?" speaker : IAGO
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One of the Torah's four foremothers : LEAH
59
Starchy root : TARO
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Recipe verb : BOIL
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Partner of glitz : GLAM
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Feline hybrid : LIGER
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Dwelling seen from a 93-Across? : TINYHOUSE
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Chicago's Lake ___ Drive : SHORE
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Breanna of the W.N.B.A., to fans : STEWIE
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Co-worker's "Send something over" : EMAILME
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Self-sacrificial sort : MARTYR
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Memo heading : INRE
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Santa's staff : ELVES
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Coupon clipper's acronym : BOGO
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Lively get-togethers : SHINDIGS
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Article in Alsace : LES
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Soaks up some sun : GETSATAN
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See to : TEND
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Aptly named plug-in hybrid : VOLT
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Participant in the annual "S.N.L." Christmas joke swap : JOST
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Glass artist Chihuly : DALE
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Biblical sanctuary : ARK
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Whimsical method of transportation depicted in this puzzle's grid : HOTAIRBALLOON
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Abbreviated entreaty : PLS
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Fresh cut : NEWDO
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Pull all the strings, so to speak : PLAYGOD
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Some luxury cars : AUDIS
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Girl seen from a 93-Across? : WEELASS
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Upper underwear : BRA
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Vehicle seen from a 93-Across? : MINIVAN
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Enthusiastic assent : HELLYEAH
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Concerning "speck" in a sugar bowl : ANT
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"Perish the thought!" : IDARENOT
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Lumpy-looking fruit : UGLI
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Activist Yoko : ONO
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Bit of swag that may be screen-printed : TEE
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Super Mario Bros. console : NES
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Reason to see a dermatologist : ACNE
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Push (around) : BOSS
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Sports division? : NET
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Nosh : EAT
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Bit of quinoa : SEED
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Jesmyn ___, first woman to win two National Book Awards for Fiction : WARD
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Pour things? : EWERS
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Crossed arms, furrowed brows, etc. : BODYLANGUAGE
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Seminal protest song written at a Greenwich Village cafe : BLOWININTHEWIND
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Use a pen, say : VAPE
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R.N.'s workplace : ICU
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Maximum : CAP
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Swing ___ : ERA
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From, in Frankfort : VON
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When the credits roll : END
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Narrow inlet : RIA
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One may be circular : SAW
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Like over half the residents of Dearborn, Michigan, the largest U.S. city with this distinction : ARAB
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Refuse to sully oneself : TAKETHEHIGHROAD
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"So they tell me" : IGETTHATALOT
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Spinners, jigs and flies : LURES
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Den : LAIR
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Asian bean variety : MUNG
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Texted reply of gratitude : TYSM
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App with pics : INSTA
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Nonnegotiables : MUSTS
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"I love," in Lima : AMO
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Hindu god of rights and responsibilities : RAMA
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"The L Word" creator Chaiken : ILENE
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Saliva secreter : GLAND
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Bronze statue outside of 30 Rockefeller Plaza : ATLAS
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Jack, for one : TOOL
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Take responsibility for : OWN
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Tom's partner : SHECAT
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Rookie : NEWBIE
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"Fair enough" : SOBEIT
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Cloying : SUGARY
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Decisions : CALLS
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Picture you carry everywhere, for short? : TAT
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Company with a yellow stick-figure mascot known as the "Running Man" : AOL
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Matt of "Magic Mike" : BOMER
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HOMES component : ERIE
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Attachment to an air pump : HOSE
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"My treat" : ONME
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Tushies : BUMS
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Outer edge of brie : RIND
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Everyone in Georgia? : YALL
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___ mind : HIVE
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Shouts from fútbol fans : OLES
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Gives in to gravity : SAGS
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Cynthia of 2024's "Wicked" : ERIVO
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"Truth alone triumphs," for India : MOTTO
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Awards quartet : EGOT
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Counterpart of un abrazo : BESO
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___ and Jan Berenstain, co-creators of "The Berenstain Bears" : STAN
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One of Mario's catchphrases : HEREWEGO
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Pots for pens : INKWELLS
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Ice belt? : SLAPSHOT
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Invaluable source of information, metaphorically : GOLDMINE
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Give an artfully evasive answer : TAPDANCE
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Like Swiss Army knives : ALLINONE
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Scottish loch : NESS
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"Fake it ___ you make it" : TIL
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Singer in the '24 documentary "The Greatest Love Story Never Told" : JLO
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Consecrated : HOLY
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Moroccan metropolis : RABAT
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Rose of "Bridesmaids" : BYRNE
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Stone for some ear gauges : AGATE
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Cosmetic product whose name is a portmanteau of its result : NAIR
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Purveyors of pastrami and pickles : DELIS
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Optic layers : UVEAS
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Seemingly forever : AEON
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Of sound mind : SANE
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"The ___ of You" (2024 rom-com) : IDEA
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Creator of the G.O.P. elephant : NAST
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Kennedy for American, e.g. : HUB
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A Kennedy : TED

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

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