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New York Times, Monday, December 25, 2023

Author:
Amie Walker
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Down : Cloth strips on military uniforms
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Amie Walker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Walker. Monday freshness: 50%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/25/23 ( No. 27,075 )
Across
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Device that might be confused with a router : MODEM
6
Essayist Didion : JOAN
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Things in Easter baskets : EGGS
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Honda luxury brand : ACURA
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Taking ___ account : INTO
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Money that's borrowed : LOAN
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1976 song by the Runaways with the lyric "Hello world, I'm your wild girl" : CHERRYBOMB
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Not all : SOME
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Spicy : HOT
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Caviar, e.g. : ROE
22
Feeling tense : ONEDGE
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Not worth a ___ : SOU
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Walk in water up to one's ankles, say : WADE
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___ Lingus : AER
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1996 Deana Carter hit with the lyric "My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet" : STRAWBERRYWINE
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"Warts and all," in an ad : ASIS
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Mideast title : EMIR
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"American Dad!" network : TBS
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"Mad" run : DASH
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Lugged around : TOTED
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Furry "Star Wars" creature : EWOK
42
Hawaii's Mauna ___ : KEA
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Rip : TEAR
45
Lesbian icon played by Lucy Lawless : XENA
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1985 Prince hit with the lyric "And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more" : RASPBERRYBERET
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Race, as an engine : REV
50
Frees (of) : RIDS
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Chicago trains : ELS
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"Be that as it may …" : EVENSO
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___ Lanka : SRI
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In the style of, on a menu : ALA
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Lose energy : TIRE
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"I love this song!" … or a doubly apt description of 17-, 28- and 46-Across : THATSMYJAM
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Take a snooze : REST
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57-Down's state : IOWA
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Inner ___ (goal of meditation) : PEACE
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Is in the hole : OWES
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Novice, informally : NEWB
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Jazzy instruments : SAXES
Down
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Physicist Ernst : MACH
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Dos x cuatro : OCHO
3
Song for two : DUET
4
Slip up : ERR
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It's in your bones : MARROW
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Be in harmony : JIBE
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Musical artist Yoko : ONO
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Bank lobby sight : ATM
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Completely insignificant person : NOBODY
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Otherwise : ELSE
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"Your response is what I hoped you'd say" : GOODANSWER
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Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins : GAMGEE
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Villain's expression : SNEER
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"Sure thing!' : YOUBET
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Aquatic salamander : NEWT
24
Cloth strips on military uniforms : SASHES
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Ones involved in a 2023 Hollywood strike : WRITERS
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Overdue debt : ARREAR
28
Unhappy : SAD
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Airport org. : TSA
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Reluctant, as an investor : RISKAVERSE
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Acted too broadly : EMOTED
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Large-horned mountain goats : IBEXES
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Appliances with lint traps : DRYERS
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Number of times Rose tells Jack she loves him, in "Titanic" : ONE
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Kit ___ bar : KAT
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Auto financing figs. : APRS
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Critic's piece : REVIEW
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Vitamin that contributes to hair and nail growth : BIOTIN
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Goodyear aircraft : BLIMPS
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In style once more : RETRO
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Makes after taxes : NETS
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Wild guess : STAB
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Hero in the Trojan War : AJAX
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Wedding dress material : LACE
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City north of Des Moines : AMES
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Weeding tool : HOE
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"So cu-u-ute!" : AWW
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Vote in favor : YEA

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