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Drive Around the Block

New York Times, Sunday, December 1, 2024

Author:
John Lieb
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
50-Down : "I was wrong … big deal!"
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John Lieb

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQX} Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Lieb. Sunday freshness: 51%
Joel Fagliano notes:
John Lieb is a high school mathematics teacher and football/baseball coach living in Boston, Mass. He is also the co-director of Boswords, a series of in-person and online crossword puzzle ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times12/1/24 ( No. 27,417 )
Across
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Smack : BUSS
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Source of distress for a bull : DIP
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George Eliot's "___ Marner" : SILAS
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Actress Barton of "The O.C." : MISCHA
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Home of Oberlin College : OHIO
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Economist who wrote about an "invisible hand" : ADAMSMITH
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Clear, in a way : UNCLOG
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*Blemish on a vehicle : SURFACESCRATCH
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Untroubled : SERENE
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Small talks : CHITCHATS
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"___, me?" : WHO
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Things compared between Wordle solvers : STREAKS
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Norman Vincent ___, "The Power of Positive Thinking" author : PEALE
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Joker : WAG
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Defeated : BEATEN
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*With 101-Across, extra level of intricacy : ADDED
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*Like a weakly hit ground ball : SLOWROLLING
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Lotion letters : SPF
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Clamorous : LOUD
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Youth sports level : PEEWEE
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Understand, so to speak : GATHER
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"The Corsican Brothers" author, 1844 : DUMAS
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Airer of annual "A Christmas Story" marathons : TBS
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___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
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Manage : SEETO
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Americana symbol : APPLEPIE
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Decorate at a bakery : ICE
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Grumpy friend : DOC
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Flashes : SECS
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Once, old-style : ERST
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Clinch : ICE
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East Lansing sch. : MSU
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"Now!" : STAT
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Info provider at a crossroads : SIGNPOST
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Off, in mob slang : ICE
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Bests in a staring contest, say : OUTLASTS
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Not doing much : IDLE
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Accept, as an excuse : BUY
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Rapper ___ Spice : ICE
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___ Nationalgalerie, modern art museum in Berlin : NEUE
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Diving bird : LOON
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Always, in verse : EER
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Diamonds, informally : ICE
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Power line? : EMPERORS
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Actor Elgort of "West Side Story" : ANSEL
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Ride the pine : SIT
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Address a gray area? : DYE
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Either of two wisecracking film critics in "Mystery Science Theater 3000" : ROBOT
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Dirt-y words? : GOSSIP
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Co-star of 1952's "Moulin Rouge," familiarly : ZSAZSA
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Big name in travel mugs : YETI
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Summer on the Seine : ETE
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*Holding that's hard to convert to cash : FROZENASSET
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*See 32-Across : LAYER
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Purveyor of lifeguard gear : SPEEDO
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X exchanges, for short : DMS
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___ metabolism : BASAL
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Settled down for the night : ROOSTED
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Seer's sphere : ORB
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Midwestern city where Pete Buttigieg was mayor : SOUTHBEND
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Uselessly : INVAIN
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*1984 Sade hit : SMOOTHOPERATOR
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"You pickin' up what I'm puttin' down?" : FEELME
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Businessperson bringing in beaucoup bucks : RAINMAKER
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It goes with the flow : LAVA
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Worked the land : FARMED
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Like Sanskrit : INDIC
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Digits rarely given out in a bar: Abbr. : SSN
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Exam on which Elle Woods got a 179 in "Legally Blonde" : LSAT
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Bartlett cousin : BOSC
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"Not gonna fly" : UHUH
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Voice heard by millions worldwide : SIRI
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Play down : SOFTPEDAL
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Russian country house : DACHA
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Things to strive for : IDEALS
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Lilac or lavender : PASTEL
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One of 15 boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics: Abbr. : SSR
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"That's already crossed my desk" : IMAWARE
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John of "Footloose" : LITHGOW
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Record label for Buffalo Springfield : ATCO
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"Put a sock in it!" : SHH
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Inspiration for the Camaro and Firebird : MUSTANG
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Xenon, e.g. : INERTGAS
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Rocky debris : SCREE
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*Expectation at the start of a hotel stay : CLEANSHEETS
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[Stop looking at your phone! Go!] : HONK
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Matures : AGES
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Hosts : MCS
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What a par 5 has never been, on the P.G.A. Tour : ACED
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Tre + tre : SEI
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Org. for John Cena and Roman Reigns : WWE
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Operate at a heavy loss : BLEEDMONEY
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Emmy winner born Alphonso D'Abruzzo : ALDA
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Arrange, as hair : DOUP
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Jettison : DUMP
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Special ___ : OPS
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Took control : LED
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Mr. Bigglesworth, to Dr. Evil : PETCAT
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Winter morning phenomena : FROSTS
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Thompson of "The Marvels" : TESSA
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Trickle : SEEP
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Cold comfort? : TISSUES
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Leader of the Pink Ladies in "Grease" : BETTYRIZZO
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"I was wrong … big deal!" : SOSUEME
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Government investigation : PROBE
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Positive votes : IIIII
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"___ the day!" : CCCCC
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Comfort : EEEEE
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One leaving you in stitches : CUTUP
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Livestock feed : SILAGE
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"Your accusation is unfounded!" : IDONOT
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*Quickly moves past in conversation : GLOSSESOVER
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Tots, in Tijuana : NENES
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Villainous look : LEER
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"Cinderella" setting : ROYALBALL
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Toe the line : OBEY
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Form of memorization : ROTE
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Brouhaha : STIR
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0 to 100, maybe : LIFETIME
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Mao ___-tung : TSE
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Courtroom figs. : DAS
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Straightened, as feathers : PREENED
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Alternative to iOS : ANDROID
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Machine waiting to enter the middle of this grid, as suggested by the answers to the starred clues : ZAMBONI
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Bad sound to hear while biking : SSS
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Incongruous : ODD
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Volume options on an iPad? : EBOOKS
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Gray-brown shades : TAUPES
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Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR
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Song of David : PSALM
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Unbending : STERN
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Musical phrase : RIFF
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Fit for service : ONEA
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Mideast sultanate : OMAN
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___ Na Na : SHA
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Guesses of interest in the cellphone lot : ETAS
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Brilliant observation? : NOVA
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"Phooey!" : DRAT
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Eastern honorific : SRI
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Cable choice for film fans : TMC

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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