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New York Times, Monday, December 18, 2023

Author:
Joe Marquez
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Down : Summer office workers
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Joe Marquez

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JXZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Marquez. Monday freshness: 53%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/18/23 ( No. 27,068 )
Across
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Parishioners' bench : PEW
4
Spanish "Bye!" : ADIOS
9
Unexpected plot development : TWIST
14
Before, in poetry : ERE
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Variety show with skits and songs : REVUE
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Got out of bed : AROSE
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Preliminary tournament stage : QUALIFYINGROUND
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Commotion : UPROAR
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Campus figure with a "list" : DEAN
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1960s soul singer Redding : OTIS
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Filipino or Laotian : ASIAN
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Fig. on a college transcript : GPA
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"Spring forward" clock setting: Abbr. : DST
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Snake oil salesman's offering : QUACKREMEDY
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Move just a little : BUDGE
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Got hitched in Vegas, perhaps : ELOPED
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Cause for a produce recall : ECOLI
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Lawyers' org. : ABA
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2, 4, 6, 8, etc. : EVENS
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1989's "Honey, I ___ the Kids" : SHRUNK
43
Wonderland visitor : ALICE
45
Woman temporarily serving as monarch : QUEENREGENT
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Ice cream amts. : QTS
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Disorderly bunch : MOB
51
Beginning phase : ONSET
52
Last word in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" : TREE
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Actress ___ Skye : IONE
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Passes into law : ENACTS
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Financial statement issued every three months : QUARTERLYREPORT
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Railroad property in Monopoly : BANDO
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Actress Davis of "Thelma & Louise" : GEENA
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20-sided game piece in Dungeons & Dragons : DIE
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Intelligence : SENSE
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Important agent in bread dough and beer fermentation : YEAST
67
Guinness book suffix : EST
Down
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Captain Ahab's ship in "Moby-Dick" : PEQUOD
2
Shoots lava : ERUPTS
3
What to do "if the shoe fits" : WEARIT
4
Prima donna's chance to shine : ARIA
5
Swindle : DEFRAUD
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Poison ___ (plant) : IVY
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French assent : OUI
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Maurice who wrote "Where the Wild Things Are" : SENDAK
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Olympic figure skating champion Lipinski : TARA
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Ill-advised maneuver : WRONGMOVE
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Debtor's note : IOU
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ID with two hyphens : SSN
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TV's "___ Lasso" : TED
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The "L" of U.C.L.A. : LOS
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Sci-fi or romance : GENRE
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Story that spans generations : SAGA
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Swelling reducers for sprains : ICEBAGS
27
Pet name for José : PEPE
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Gulf of ___ (waters off the coast of Yemen) : ADEN
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Anthony who played Zorba in "Zorba the Greek" : QUINN
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Put into power : ELECT
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Football distances: Abbr. : YDS
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Colorful symbols of hope and happiness : BLUEBIRDS
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Lawyer's title: Abbr. : ESQ
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Pal : CHUM
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Cookie in cookies and cream : OREO
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Opposite of aweather, to a sailor : ALEE
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Coin of Denmark : KRONE
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Summer office workers : INTERNS
46
Pep : ENERGY
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Scannable black-and-white square … or a hint to 17-, 30-, 45- and 57-Across : QRCODE
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Video game with falling blocks : TETRIS
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Six lines in a sonnet : SESTET
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Percussive dance style : TAP
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Great Plains tribe : OTOE
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"Super-cool!" : NEAT
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Over half of all Super Bowl M.V.P.s, for short : QBS
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Dubai's country, for short : UAE
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___ Arbor, Mich. : ANN
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Stan who co-created the Marvel Universe : LEE
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Vote of support : YEA

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3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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