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Shape Up or Ship Out

New York Times, Sunday, November 24, 2024

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 84 Missing: {QW} This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Sunday freshness: 21%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Alex Eaton-Salners, of Lake Forest, Calif., works as an in-house attorney for a technology company. In addition to making crosswords, he is a prolific variety puzzle-maker for the ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
There's a lot going on here, but the trick is explained in the title. "Shape Up" means that the four vertical circles reading upward spell shapes (cone, star, oval, and cross) that get ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times11/24/24 ( No. 27,410 )
Across
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Penalty assessors : REFS
5
"Be that way!" : FINE
9
Black Friday destination : MALL
13
Touch-tone phone abbr. : OPER
17
Anatomical part from the Latin for "grape" : UVEA
18
Mashhad's country : IRAN
19
Portrayer of Mrs. Smith in 2005's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" : JOLIE
20
Cheer for a diva : BRAVA
21
Filipino meat dish : BEEFADOBO
23
Sumatran swinger : ORANG
24
Shoelace protector : AGLET
25
Citrusy breakfast treat : LEMONSCONE
26
Sue Bird or Larry Bird : BASKETBALLSTAR
28
Part of a certain chain : DAISY
30
Sound from a cappuccino maker : HISS
32
Tikka masala go-with : NAAN
33
The Tabard, in "The Canterbury Tales" : INN
34
Echelon : TIER
38
Former roles for Kamala Harris and Arlen Specter, for short : DAS
39
Component of an old PC tower : CDDRIVE
42
Avocado toast topper, perhaps : EGG
43
Like the main character in "Memento" : AMNESIC
45
Pension alternative, in brief : IRA
46
___ Dingbats (icon-filled font) : ZAPF
48
Layer of a 42-Across : HEN
49
Hardly any : NOTALOT
50
Paging device : BEEPER
53
One may be called on to give, informally : ALUM
55
Queequeg's figurine in "Moby-Dick," e.g. : IDOL
56
Texter's vociferous agreement : OMGYES
57
Fair-hiring inits. : EEO
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Like Hadrian's Wall in northern England : ROMAN
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Creates a new account? : RETELLS
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Divest : RID
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Nickname : DUB
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El ___ (Castilian hero) : CID
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Sloth, for one : SIN
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Greek H : ETA
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Was of service to : STEADED
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Classic candy company : NECCO
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Like : ALA
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Follows : ENSUES
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Figure (out) : SUSS
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Japan's legislature : DIET
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Swaths of land : TRACTS
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N.S.A.'s home : FTMEADE
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J. Cole's "___ Knows" : SHE
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Guitar's resting place, often : KNEE
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Snickering sound : HEH
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One writing wrongs? : LIBELER
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Fifth note : SOL
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Thinks highly of : ADMIRES
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Get stuck : JAM
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Ja's opposite : NEIN
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Estadio Azteca cheer : OLE
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Carriage, in Cambridge : PRAM
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Of all time : EVER
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Symbol of the National Audubon Society : EGRET
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Imprimatur : SEALOFAPPROVAL
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Finds : COMESACROSS
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One of 30+ million Americans : TEXAN
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Elizabeth's house : TUDOR
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Midair collision of sorts : CHESTBUMP
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What Kwanzaa's first principle, Umoja, means : UNITY
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Mosque officials : IMAMS
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Clicking sounds? : AHAS
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Mathematician/historian Neugebauer : OTTO
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Where Molson Coors is TAP : NYSE
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Beer buy : CASE
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Epithet for a G.O.P. moderate, maybe : RINO
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Invite letters : RSVP
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Spice blend : RUB
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One raising Cain : EVE
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In a state of shock, say : FEELINGNUMB
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Containers that can be cracked : SAFES
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Pet name derived from the Latin for "faithful" : FIDO
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Element #26 : IRON
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Scores unexpectedly, as tickets : NABS
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Cain raised him : ENOCH
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Messy situation : MORASS
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"Woe is me!" : ALAS
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Protagonist of the Zelda games : LINK
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Absolutely epic : LEGENDARY
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Put together : ORGANIZE
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Gloomy mood : PALL
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First name in daredevilry : EVEL
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"Phooey!" : RATS
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Bipartisan 2012 stimulus bill : JOBSACT
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Pachyderm of kid-lit : BABAR
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"The Joy Luck Club" author : AMYTAN
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Tiny bit : TAD
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Never-give-up sort : DIEHARD
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"Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie" poet : ANGELOU
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Individual speech patterns : IDIOLECTS
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Online commenter's qualification : IMO
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Unabridged : ENTIRE
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Newspaper subscriber : READER
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Mountain goat's perch : CRAG
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Use an e-cig : VAPE
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Fencing option : EPEE
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Book return spot : SLOT
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Some classic PCs : IBMS
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To's counterpart : FRO
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N.B.A. coach Steve : KERR
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Digitally endorse : ESIGN
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Bull or buck : MALE
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Ancient : OLDASTIME
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Fireworks ingredient : NITER
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What crossed fingers behind one's back might indicate : LIE
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Monopoly holding : DEED
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"Peter Pan" pooch : NANA
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Make an appearance : BESEEN
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Win for a marketing team : ADSALE
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Barbershop offerings : SCISSORCUTS
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Winter fishing spot : ICEHOLE
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Small card for a short message : NOTELET
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Meeting, informally : SESH
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Boneheaded : DUMB
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Try to find out : ASK
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Moon over Miami, to many a Miamian : LUNA
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Undercover? : ABED
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Circuit diagram : SCHEMATIC
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Four Corners tribe : UTES
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PowerPoint starting point : TEMPLATE
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Listing at an ice cream shop : FLAVORS
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"Ad majorem ___ gloriam" (Jesuit motto) : DEI
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Chemistry Nobelist Rutherford : ERNEST
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Twisted humor? : IRONY
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Battle of Britain grp. : RAF
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Powell of the Federal Reserve : JEROME
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Wirelessly driven toy, for short : RCCAR
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Eva of "Green Acres" : GABOR
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Floor : STUN
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Itsy : EENY
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Alliance of powers : AXIS
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Patagonia prowler : PUMA
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Smartphone predecessors, for short : PDAS
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"Didn't see ya there!" : OHHI
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Uncharitable : MEAN
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Fuel brand with a blue oval in its logo : ESSO
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"Jersey Shore" airer : MTV
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Corny sound effect? : POP

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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