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New York Times, Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Author:
Sarah Sinclair
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
41-Down : ___ Push (N.F.L. play also known as the Brotherly Shove)
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Sarah Sinclair

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Sinclair. Tuesday freshness: 37%
Jim Horne notes:

The four black squares with graphics are nutcracker teeth chewing into PE-CAN, ALM-OND, CASH-EW, and PEAN-UT

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© 2024, The New York Times12/24/24 ( No. 27,440 )
Across
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Image on a "Fleece Navidad" sweater, perhaps : SHEEP
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Elves have pointy ones : EARS
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Ref's ring ruling : TKO
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Exchanged messages, say : TEXTED
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"Nevertheless ..." : THATSAID
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Word before room or key : ESCAPE
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Invasive amphibian introduced to Australia in the 1930s : CANETOAD
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Enjoyed a gingerbread man, say : ATE
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One might be made with a snow shovel : PATH
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Wall St. debut : IPO
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Moisturizing stick : LIPBALM
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Available from a keg : ONDRAFT
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Appease, as hunger : SATE
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Alphabet ender, in Britain : ZED
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Fossilized tree resin : AMBER
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Confidentiality contract, for short : NDA
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Bird on the Canadian dollar coin : LOON
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Place, as a wager : LAY
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Classic ballet set on Christmas Eve, with a hint to four black squares in this puzzle : THENUTCRACKER
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τ : TAU
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Lago contents : AGUA
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Ticketmaster add-on : FEE
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Deep-fried cookies at a county fair : OREOS
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Mole : SPY
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Mother of Zeus : RHEA
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What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge? : PAYCASH
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"That's disgusting!" : EWGROSS
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"Let me think ..." : HMM
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Office monitor, in brief : OSHA
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Nail polish brand with "Funny Bunny" and "Bubble Bath" shades : OPI
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Latvian or Liechtensteiner : EUROPEAN
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Perfect world : UTOPIA
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Mild chili designation : ONEALARM
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What some bees collect in special "baskets" on their legs : POLLEN
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"And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose" ("A Visit From St. Nicholas" excerpt) : NOD
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Great Lake with the shortest name : ERIE
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Books it? : READS
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Amazing bargains : STEALS
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Greek goddess of the hearth : HESTIA
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Not counting : EXCEPT
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Uber calculation, for short : ETA
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Title pig of children's TV : PEPPA
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Make an engraving : ETCH
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Sound of an epiphany : AHA
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Entered hurriedly : RANIN
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Irish jig, for one : STEPDANCE
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"The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book) : TAO
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Seoul-based automaker : KIA
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"That's strange ..." : ODD
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"You're on!" : DEAL
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Seattle team with which Sue Bird won four W.N.B.A. championships : STORM
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Celebrity gossip site : TMZ
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"Molto ___" : BENE
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Something carbon monoxide lacks : ODOR
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Partner of ready and willing : ABLE
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Subject of a famous F.D.R. quote : FEAR
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Have a go at : TRY
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Yosemite peak, familiarly : ELCAP
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Something collected for genealogy testing : DNASAMPLE
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Last mo. of summer vacation : AUG
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Lummox : OAF
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Skater Lipinski : TARA
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Singer Lewis with a cameo in "Back to the Future" : HUEY
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___ Push (N.F.L. play also known as the Brotherly Shove) : TUSH
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Deborah of "The King and I" : KERR
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Toy that spins : TOP
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Astronaut Ellen who was the first Hispanic woman in space : OCHOA
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"Can I help you?" : YES
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Ado : HOOPLA
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Caught a glimpse of : ESPIED
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"Crazy Rich ___" (hit 2018 film) : ASIANS
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Calumniate : SMEAR
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Trounce, informally : WHUP
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College athlete who plays in "The Swamp" : GATOR
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Treater's words : ONME
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Ages and ages : EON
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Game with Draw 4 cards : UNO
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Color associated with Santa since an 1881 Thomas Nast cartoon : RED
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NPR host Shapiro : ARI
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Repeated exclamation in the song "Hot Hot Hot" : OLE

Answer summary:
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