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New York Times, Thursday, December 26, 2024

Author:
Ella Dershowitz
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
24-Down : Focus on making others happy
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Ella Dershowitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 41 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Dershowitz. Thursday freshness: 56%
Jim Horne notes:

Follow each SKI LIFT up to complete the answers.

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© 2024, The New York Times12/26/24 ( No. 27,442 )
Across
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Targets of crunches, informally : ABS
4
"Smart" guy : ALEC
8
Vibes : AURAS
13
Hawaiian dish with cubed fish : POKEBOWL
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Perceptive : ASTUTE
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End-of-year hope : PAYRAISE
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Lawyers, collectively : THEBAR
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Astronauts' outpost, for short : ISS
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Like the last name of swimming legend Diana Nyad : APT
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Original N.Y.C. subway line : IRT
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Vampire hunter's weapon : STAKE
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"Well, that's just perfect" : GREAT
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Telluride maker (that's 6,000+ miles away from Telluride) : KIA
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Faith Hill hit with the lyric "It's perpetual bliss" : THISKISS
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Slim-fitting bottom : PENCILSKIRT
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Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
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Spoiled : BAD
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Forgo a ring, maybe : KNOCK
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Fills in the gaps of, in a way : PUTTIES
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Futuristic zappers : RAYGUNS
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Samira Wiley's role on "The Handmaid's Tale" : MOIRA
40
Pops : DAD
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A thing of the passed? : OBIT
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Wetland fuel source : PEATBOG
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Breaking the fourth wall, say : META
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Cartoon frame : CEL
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Snarkily disparaging : SNIDE
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Like a baby in need of burping : GASSY
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Dismiss abruptly : AXE
50
Dutch banking giant : ING
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Get to 21 first in cornhole, e.g. : WIN
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Oscar nominee for "Carrie" : SPACEK
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Peak picker-uppers, as depicted three times in this puzzle's grid : SKILIFTS
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"Money talks" : CASHISKING
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Unapproved, pharmaceutically : OFFLABEL
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Remained home for supper : ATEIN
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CBS drama with five spinoffs : NCIS
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In need of salt, say : ICY
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Home screen selection : APP
2
Stole onstage : BOA
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Difficult area of a jigsaw puzzle, maybe : SKY
4
Humble : ABASE
5
Lane in DC? : LOIS
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Grossed-out cries : EWS
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Given the go-ahead : CLEARED
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Pizza oven residue : ASH
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Beehive State native : UTE
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Toys once marketed as having "Over three billion combinations, but only one solution" : RUBIKSCUBES
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Chess : check :: go : ___ : ATARI
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Tempur-Pedic competitor : SERTA
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Early 20th-century composer who introduced the typewriter as a percussion instrument : ERIKSATIE
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Negative campaign tactic : ATTACKAD
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Signature item : PEN
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Prefix with any family member : STEP
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Steady engine sound : THRUM
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Focus on making others happy : AIMTOPLEASE
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They might accompany SAT scores : GPAS
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Minute : TINY
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Slangy term for an obsession with branded fashion items : LOGOMANIA
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Coffeehouse poets : BEATNIKS
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Sweaters and such : KNITS
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401(k) alternatives : IRAS
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Short-lived fashion : RAGE
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Court-ordered delay : STAY
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Lewis Carroll's real last name, hence Lewis's last name in "Jurassic Park" : DODGSON
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Hamper, e.g. : BIN
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Caesar's first stabber : CASCA
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One living abroad : EXPAT
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Bass organs : GILLS
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Something that's often free in airports but expensive on airplanes : WIFI
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Life force : CHI
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Köln one : EIN
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Fast-food chain with 30,000+ locations : KFC
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"Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" org. : FBI
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Gumshoe : TEC
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Roguish : SLY

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

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