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New York Times, Thursday, December 28, 2023

Author:
Kiran Pandey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Down : Body, for hair
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Kiran Pandey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Pandey. Thursday freshness: 58%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/28/23 ( No. 27,078 )
Across
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Noble title : LADY
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Deity from whose hair flows the river Ganga : SHIVA
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"Hold it right there!" : HALT
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Dublin's land : EIRE
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Like a mouse : TIMID
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"You don't need to tell me" : ISAW
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"That 1978 musical? Amazing movie!" : GREASEFIRE
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Long (for) : PINE
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___ moment : AHA
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Sully : TAINT
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One in a black suit : SPADE
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Thai hot-and-sour soup : TOMYUM
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"That 2009 Pixar film? Incredibly well made!" : UPTIGHT
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Thereabouts : ORSO
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___ Kippur : YOM
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Cereal with a Mega Stuf version : OREOOS
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Life or death, e.g. : NOUN
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Coelho who wrote "The Alchemist" : PAULO
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"That 2013 Disney movie? Pretty decent!" : FROZENSOLID
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Experience four seasons in one day, say? : BINGE
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"Here's the thing ..." : LOOK
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Complete collection, say : DVDSET
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Menace in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" : ASP
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Blows away : WOWS
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"That 2009 science fiction flick? Freaking epic!" : MOONLIT
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Biblical mount : ARARAT
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Plants used in skin care products : ALOES
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Early employer of Steve Jobs : ATARI
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It's what makes you you : DNA
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Boy's name in a #1 Beatles hit : JUDE
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"That 2011 neo-noir? Insanely good!" : DRIVECRAZY
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Sharif who played the title role in "Doctor Zhivago" : OMAR
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Dummkopf : MORON
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Biblical figure who is compared to "a hairy garment" : ESAU
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Some wines : REDS
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Cardiologist's tool : STENT
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Fellow : CHAP
Down
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Smoothly, in music : LEGATO
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Noisemaker often heard after a touchdown : AIRHORN
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Aspires to : DREAMSOF
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Pro choice? : YEA
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R-rated, in a way : STEAMY
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Preference for an audiophile : HIFI
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"Let's do this thing!" : IMIN
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Collection of traits necessary for "the achievement of great things," as theorized by Machiavelli : VIRTU
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Suffix with lemon or lime : ADE
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1960s-'70s archetype : HIPPIE
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Italian Alpine cheese : ASIAGO
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What one might say when the coast is clear? : LANDHO
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Responsibility for a social media manager : TWEETS
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Nickname found in consecutive letters of the alphabet : STU
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It's usually taken outside : STROLL
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Part of B.Y.O.B. : YOUR
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Bit of golf attire : POLO
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Tap, as an app : OPEN
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Comics read from right to left : MANGA
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Some prestigious prizes : NOBELS
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Functions : USES
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Baked ___ : ZITI
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Where more pigs live than people : IOWA
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Largest food delivery company in the U.S. : DOORDASH
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Seven-night holiday : KWANZAA
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The "key of glory," in the Baroque period : DMAJOR
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Body, for hair : VOLUME
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Thingamajig : DOODAD
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Sinister smiles : SNEERS
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Judy Garland, to Liza Minnelli : PARENT
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What many children are told not to do on Christmas Eve, but encouraged to do on New Year's Eve : STAYUP
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Deck with the Major and Minor Arcana : TAROT
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Flair of wrestling : RIC
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Part of a makeshift swing : TIRE
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Stratford's river : AVON
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Private chats on social media, for short : DMS
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Abbreviation often accompanied by a red dot : REC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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