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New York Times, Friday, December 20, 2024

Author:
Henry Josephson
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
10-Down : Garfield, for one
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Henry Josephson

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 6, (2 double stacks) This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Josephson. Friday freshness: 1%
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© 2024, The New York Times12/20/24 ( No. 27,436 )
Across
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Abbr. in a scholarly paper : ETAL
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Places with scrubs and masks : SPAS
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Acquire, informally : SCORE
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Common motifs in high art? : MARIJUANALEAVES
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Major success stories in the entrepreneurial world : UNICORNSTARTUPS
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Goddess often depicted clothed in green : GAIA
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Triumph : WIN
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Barn greeting : MOO
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#1 overall, say : TOPSEEDED
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One of three in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" : ACT
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2023 film in which Michael Jordan is only shown from behind : AIR
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Check mark alternatives : XES
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Symbol of America's first transcontinental railroad : THEGOLDENSPIKE
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Veins, e.g. : MINERALDEPOSITS
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Harsh sentences? : TONGUETWISTERS
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Mens ___ : REA
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Pablo Neruda wrote one to a large tuna in the market : ODE
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Where to watch the cubs : DEN
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Young and inexperienced, so to speak : SNOTNOSED
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Egg ___ yung : FOO
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Subject of 199 silkscreen paintings by Warhol : MAO
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Softballs : LOBS
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"Sorry, those secrets are *beyond* classified" : IDHAVETOKILLYOU
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Refuse to sign one's work, say : REMAINANONYMOUS
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Like the ruins in Tulum : MAYAN
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It comes straight from the horse's mouth : REIN
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Willing partner : ABLE
Down
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Rhea's relative : EMU
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Sharpness : TANG
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Performance that might elicit a "Brava!" : ARIA
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Allowed : LICIT
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Lead-in to pass : SUR
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Certain film shot, or film reaction : PAN
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Had carte blanche : ANSWEREDTONOONE
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French composer who influenced Ravel and Debussy : SATIE
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Spanish 101 verb : SER
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Garfield, for one : CAT
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Largest cell in the human body : OVUM
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Certain seizure : REPO
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Aptly named descendant of Standard Oil : ESSO
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John, in Portuguese : JOAO
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Sighting from the crow's nest : LAND
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Micronesian nation : PALAU
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Move like a crab : SIDLE
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M.L.B. team that once drafted Tom Brady : EXPOS
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Many a founding father, religiously : DEIST
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Place to take notes : ATM
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I.O.U. : CHIT
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, vocally : TENOR
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Came down after getting lifted up? : SKIED
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Pool contents : GENES
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Lymph node, e.g. : ORGAN
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Hairstyle change : NEWDO
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Masters of disguise : SPIES
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French 101 verb : ETRE
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Fig. that's often redacted : SSN
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The sun emerging from the clouds at exactly the right time, say : OMEN
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Member of the Golden Horde : TATAR
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2024 M.L.B. All-Star ___ De La Cruz : ELLY
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Dish whose name is Turkish for "stuffed" : DOLMA
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Like some handshakes and mattresses : FIRM
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Ancient music halls : ODEA
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"Jeepers!" : OHMY
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Letters on an invite : BYOB
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"'Hope' is the thing with feathers / That perches in the ___": Emily Dickinson : SOUL
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Org. with towers : AAA
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Chablis, e.g. : VIN
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Splash of orange in a Japanese pond : KOI
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Stay there! : INN
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Milk : USE

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