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New York Times, Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Author:
Kathy Bloomer and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
10-Down : Waits patiently
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
311/12/201812/11/20241
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.531838%
Kathy Bloomer
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1607/5/20101/20/2025112
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431117283711121
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
11431.6293355%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Bloomer. This is puzzle # 157 for Mr. Chen. Wednesday freshness: 58%
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© 2024, The New York Times12/11/24 ( No. 27,427 )
Across
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Field for a Fortnite pro : ESPORTS
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"Wheels" : VEHICLE
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Actress who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" : MAEWEST
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Attendee who's not on the guest list : CRASHER
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Took advantage of a situation, so to speak : MADEHAY
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Presented to, as for approval : RANPAST
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Tolerate : ABIDE
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Pride : lion :: gaggle : ___ : GOOSE
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Like some nerves and strings : TAUT
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Come clean, with "up" : FESS
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Preceding : PRIORTO
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Takes back to the lab, maybe : RETESTS
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Seemingly forever : EON
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The N.H.L.'s Kraken, on scoreboards : SEA
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Billionaire philanthropist Broad : ELI
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"Now I get it!" : AHA
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Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g. : EMOJI
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Fresno-to-San Diego dir. : SSE
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1-Across competitor : GAMER
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October Revolution leader : LENIN
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"___ death do us part" : TIL
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Villainous animal in "The Lion King" : HYENA
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One might be good, bad or rotten : EGG
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Japan's ___ Period (1603-1868) : EDO
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Business card abbr. : TEL
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Insult, informally : DISS
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Keto diet no-no : BREAD
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Poetry contest : SLAM
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Part of I.P.A. : ALE
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Beaucoup : ALOADOF
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Hosp. ward : ICU
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Subaru Crosstrek or Honda HR-V : MINISUV
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Wins the heart of : ENAMORS
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Diversion : PASTIME
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Repositions, as tires : ROTATES
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Assault with sound : DEAFEN
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Equipment for an angioplasty : STENTS
Down
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Jane Austen heroine : EMMA
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Car stolen by Jerry's mechanic on an episode of "Seinfeld" : SAAB
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Spa treatment, informally : PEDI
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Had because of : OWEDTO
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Doing a musical read-through : REHEARSING
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Carry-on checkers, for short : TSA
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Place to muck about? : STY
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Old TV hookup : VCR
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Detergent in a red bottle : ERA
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Waits patiently : HANGSTIGHT
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"Guess so," folksily : ISPOSE
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Elaine who served in two presidential cabinets : CHAO
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Not as much : LESS
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Art Deco icon : ERTE
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Salt Lake Valley people : UTE
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Appliance with a door and a crumb tray : TOASTEROVEN
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Moochers : FREELOADERS
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___ sauce (Japanese condiment) : EEL
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Source of zest : PEEL
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Variety of cooking apple : ROME
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Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell : INONESENSE
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Actor who narrates "The Big Lebowski" : SAMELLIOTT
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Now's partner : THEN
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___ Lee : SARA
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Irish dances : JIGS
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Half of a cassette : SIDEA
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Yes votes : AYES
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Mildly wet : DAMP
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Epic work that begins "Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles" : ILIAD
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Judy who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" : BLUME
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___-call list : DONOT
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Back 40 makeup : ACRES
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Tousle, as hair : MUSS
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"Like that's ever going to happen" : ASIF
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It may be tempted : FATE
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Call ___ night : ITA
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Homo sapiens : MAN

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