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New York Times, Friday, November 8, 2024

Author:
Evans Clinchy
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
27-Down : Dairy-heavy dessert popular throughout Latin America
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Evans Clinchy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Clinchy. Friday freshness: 42%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/8/24 ( No. 27,394 )
Across
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"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious ___": Arthur Conan Doyle : FACT
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Jerks : SPASMS
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Potsticker vessel : WOK
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French bread : EURO
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Co-star of Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" : ELLIOTPAGE
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Wax-coated wheel : EDAM
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"Hold up, what?!" : WAITREALLY
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Sitcom that popularized the phrase "What'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" : DIFFRENTSTROKES
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Travels all over : TOURS
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Spoken-word performer ___ Scott-Heron : GIL
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Big brothers? : ABBOTS
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Fanaticism : ZEALOTRY
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Old Hollywood collectibles : REELS
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Where to take the high road? : RIDGE
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Retailer with the tagline "A Life Outdoors Is a Life Well Lived" : REI
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Makes angry : IRES
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___-watch : BINGE
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Allocate : METE
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Goof : ERR
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"Lord of the Flies" boy : PIGGY
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Pizza topping : BASIL
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Robin Williams called it "a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there" : LASVEGAS
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Having kinks, say : CURLED
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Earth, e.g. : ORB
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Bump above a belt : OUTIE
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One working on a long-distance relationship : CULTURALATTACHE
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Dessert that, despite its name, is better classified as a pie or tart : CHEESECAKE
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Word with room or bot : CHAT
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Humble requests : ENTREATIES
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Part of a succession plan : HEIR
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Windows forerunner, in brief : DOS
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Lowdown : SKINNY
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Man, for one : ISLE
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Put coins in : FEED
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Parent company of Bentley : AUDI
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Pricey flight options, perhaps : CRAFTBEERS
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Doofuses : TOMFOOLS
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Some underground channels : SEWERS
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Doesn't just wing it : PLANS
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Settled (on) : ALIT
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Parks oneself : SITS
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Turn upside down, as a Monopoly deed card : MORTGAGE
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Beyond clean : STERILE
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Constitutional : WALK
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Eyeball : OGLE
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E and G, e.g. : KEYS
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___ Banchero, 2023 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year : PAOLO
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Same-old same-olds : RUTS
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Cinematic friend of Scuttle, Flounder and Sebastian : ARIEL
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"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore" quipper : BERRA
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Sick burns : ZINGS
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Risqué : EDGY
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Dairy-heavy dessert popular throughout Latin America : TRESLECHES
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Fix, as a bow : RETIE
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Bond return : YIELD
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Baltic capital : RIGA
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Life-changing opportunity, maybe : BIGBREAK
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Style of music with a vihuela and guitarrón : MARIACHI
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Examines closely : PERUSES
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Word before or after head : BUTT
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One who's on a roll : VOTER
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Twee : CUTESY
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Like many wine barrels : OAKEN
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Kept up to speed, in a way : CCED
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"Dream on!" : UHNO
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"Sure, I'm game" : LETS
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When Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor : ACTI
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Reclined : LAIN
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It comes down hard : HAIL
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"Sommes" and "serai" are forms of it : ETRE

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

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