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Go With the Flow

New York Times, Sunday, December 22, 2024

Author:
Adrian Johnson
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
82-Down : Cats do it with their tongues
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Adrian Johnson

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 124, Blocks: 71 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Johnson. Sunday freshness: 98%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Adrian Johnson, from Laramie, Wyo., is currently a substitute teacher in Knox County, Tenn., where he is affectionately known as "Mr. A.J." He sold his first crossword to The Times three ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times12/22/24 ( No. 27,438 )
Across
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Reality show about the perils of crabbing in the Bering Sea : DEADLIESTCATCH
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Apple cores, for short? : CPUS
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Fast lane : EXPRESSCHECKOUT
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"___ No Sunshine" (1971 Bill Withers hit) : AINT
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"God forbid!" : PERISHTHETHOUGHT
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"O Rei do Futebol," to Brazilians : PELE
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Sporty car roof options : TTOPS
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Subsequently occur : ENSUE
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Bioré product : PORESTRIP
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Sitters on the farm : HENS
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Sheets of floating ice : FLOES
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Shanghai or Shenzhen : SEAPORT
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Grp. that's a year above 41-Across : SRS
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Vaquero's ties : BOLOS
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1/48 of a cup: Abbr. : TSP
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Wipe out at one's desk, say : ERASE
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Cut down : HEWED
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Rentals at a bowling alley : SHOES
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Grp. that's a year below 32-Across : JRS
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Solidify, as a jiggly dessert : JELL
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Rhyming toys with colored pegs : LITEBRITES
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Online initialism of excitement : FTW
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Rhyme for "soul" in "Frosty the Snowman" : COAL
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One catching bugs : BETATESTER
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Jungle warning : ROAR
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Amusement park attraction that often ends in a splash : LOGRIDE
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Doo-wop's ___ Na Na : SHA
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Frozen yogurt chain with a fruity name : PINKBERRY
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Pretends all is well : ACTSNORMAL
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Part of many an anniversary celebration : DINNERDATE
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Wrap sheets? : TORTILLAS
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Many a Christmas tree : FIR
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Part of a jail cell : IRONBAR
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New Mexico's ___ Pueblo : TAOS
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Godsends : LIFESAVERS
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Souvenir from an international vacation, maybe : COIN
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Latin "is" : EST
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Travel-size makeup bag : VANITYCASE
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Multitude : HOST
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Space station from 1986 to 2001 : MIR
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Some volunteer babysitters : AUNTS
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Way to be brushed or pulled : ASIDE
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Medicare section that covers ambulance services : PARTB
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Windows might be found on these : PCS
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___ pan : CREPE
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Cry during an argument between siblings : MOM
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Neighbor of Latvia : BELARUS
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Stopping points for runners : BASES
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Public squares : FORA
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Court staffers : LAWCLERKS
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Brought to tears, say : MOVED
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Object of knightly quests : GRAIL
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Eight, in Italian : OTTO
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Only African nation where Spanish is an official language : EQUATORIALGUINEA
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Author Silverstein : SHEL
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Second-place finish? : ALTERNATEENDING
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One of four for F.D.R. : TERM
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They're usually written in December : LETTERSTOSANTA
Down
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Shipwreck's resting place, with "the" : DEPTHS
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English city in the county of Devon : EXETER
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Garments with strings : APRONS
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Makes like a melting icicle : DRIPS
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You shouldn't settle for it : LESS
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"Well, kinda" : ISH
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One-named singer of 2008's "American Boy" : ESTELLE
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Hybrid dog breed with curly hair : SCHNOODLE
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Master's musts : THESES
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Whale constellation : CETUS
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Feel sore : ACHE
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It's a bout done! : TKO
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Despot's undoing : COUP
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Annual science fiction awards : HUGOS
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Tradition at the end of a graduation ceremony : CAPTOSS
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Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population, after Montpelier : PIERRE
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Like new matches : UNLIT
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Out of ___ : STEP
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What a waltzer counts to : THREE
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Emotion picture? : TEARJERKER
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Trades jabs : SPARS
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Any of the meats in a turducken, e.g. : FOWL
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Cocktail made from peach nectar and Prosecco : BELLINI
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Letter before iota : THETA
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Drink brand with lizards in its logo : SOBE
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Sweats : PERSPIRES
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Members of a publishing dynasty : HEARSTS
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"60 Minutes" journalist Lesley : STAHL
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Protest that goes nowhere? : SITIN
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Relaxed gait : JOGTROT
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"We're being framed!" : ITSASETUP
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Sport with a chair umpire : TENNIS
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Briefly : FORABIT
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Textile with roots in the Scottish Highlands : TARTAN
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More sardonic : WRYER
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Ski lodge beverages : COCOAS
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Most populous city in the European Union : BERLIN
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Prominent feature of Rudolph : REDNOSE
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Drink made with steamed milk : LATTE
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Chain store that sells many of its items for $1.25, curiously : DOLLARTREE
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Dudes abide by it : BROCODE
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Party game in which participants try to identify a secret assassin : MAFIA
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Demanding sorts : DIVAS
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Bits of trivia : FACTS
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Align, as audio to video : SYNC
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Foldable parts of some cars : REARSEATS
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Widely shared, say : VIRAL
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Hula swayers : HIPS
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___ X : MALCOLM
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Small plant germ : SEEDLET
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Alloy containing tin : PEWTER
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Head-to-toe Islamic garment : BURQA
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Expensive appetizer : CAVIAR
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Jazz standard with the lyric "I'm so tired of paying my dues" : MOANIN
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Get acclimated : ORIENT
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Spanish city where Picasso was born : MALAGA
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Cats do it with their tongues : BATHE
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Día de los Muertos prop : SKULL
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Transported, as by water : BORNE
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Surrealist Kahlo : FRIDA
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Without a clue : LOST
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Fully fill : SATE
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French for "death" : MORT
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Revs, as an engine : GUNS
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Holiday in which bánh chung cakes are eaten : TET
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Prefix with -graphic : GEO

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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