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New York Times, Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Author:
Brad Wiegmann
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : Best effort
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Brad Wiegmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Wiegmann. Wednesday freshness: 19%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/20/23 ( No. 27,070 )
Across
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Quartet that reunited in 2022 to "perform" as holograms : ABBA
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Hell's Half ___ (Wyoming landmark) : ACRE
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Chromosomes come in them : PAIRS
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Croc, for one : CLOG
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Big name in bubbly : MOET
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Condition linked with grinding teeth : APNEA
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District on the western coast of Hawaii : KONA
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Craisin brand : OCEANSPRAY
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Female scholars : WOMENOFLETTERS
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Lead-in to zone : EURO
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Smallish batteries : AAS
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Author Patchett : ANN
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Components of Mars's Viking and Pathfinder : LANDERS
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Intrinsic makeup : DNA
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Fabric whose name is French for "cloth" : TOILE
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Hirsute cousin of old TV : ITT
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Gooey addition to a charcuterie board : BRIE
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Where turn signals are found : STEERINGCOLUMNS
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Delicacies for which Aveiro, Portugal, is known : EELS
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"Surely you don't mean me!?" : MOI
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Speechless expression : EMOJI
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Showstoppers? : ADS
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Bach composition : CANTATA
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Scratch, say : MAR
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It might be cocked or bent : EAR
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N.B.A.'s Westbrook, to fans : RUSS
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Grammy winners for "Jump (for My Love)" (1984) : POINTERSISTERS
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"Apologies for bothering you …" : IHATETOASK
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Massage deeply : ROLF
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Mosquito, by nature : BITER
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Chip in : ANTE
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Ski lift : TBAR
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Dutch settlers of South Africa : BOERS
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With 67-Across, one of two pen names punnily hinted at by 20-, 37- and 52-Across (can you find the other one?) : DEAR
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See 66-Across : ABBY
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"Oh, no!" : ACK
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Explode : BLOW
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Pro ___ : BONO
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Best effort : AGAME
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Egyptian sun god : AMONRA
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Result of some spinning : COCOON
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Danger for a mariner : REEF
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Abbreviated abbreviation : ETAL
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They might be served carbonara or puttanesca : PASTAS
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Datebook data: Abbr. : APPTS
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About, on a memo : INRE
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Vanguard's opposite : REAR
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"Survey ___ …" ("Family Feud" catchphrase) : SAYS
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Almost adjoining : NEARTO
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Swiss mathematician who introduced functional notation : EULER
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Totally confused : ATSEA
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Prominent : NOTED
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Physicist Bohr : NIELS
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You can count on it : DIGIT
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Abbreviated abbreviation : ETC
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Amateur pediatrician, informally : DRMOM
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Strong, silent type? : NINJA
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Norse pantheon : AESIR
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Paul for whom a guitar is named : LES
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Backside : BUM
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Turkish inn : IMARET
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Prefix with apology or denial : NON
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"He is richest who is content with the ___": Socrates : LEAST
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Supplies, as a soiree : CATERS
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Stiff bristle, botanically : ARISTA
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Elephant or warthog, e.g. : TUSKER
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Put in : ENTER
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Company with Counting Sheep commercials : SERTA
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Last name in soft drinks : PIBB
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Reds state : OHIO
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"Not hungry yet, but thanks anyway" : IATE
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Word with "Revolutionary" or "Tobacco," in book titles : ROAD
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In one's right mind : SANE
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___ Stark, Lord Eddard's eldest on "Game of Thrones" : ROBB
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Unit of meat or marble : SLAB
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Fish hatchlings : FRY

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