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New York Times, Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Author:
Nate Cardin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : Snail-mail correspondent
TotalDebutLatest
67/26/20185/12/2024
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Nate Cardin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 73, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Cardin. Tuesday freshness: 27%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/5/23 ( No. 27,055 )
Across
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"Stat!" : ASAP
5
Like most Italian nouns ending in -o: Abbr. : MASC
9
Volcanic residue : ASH
12
1/26.2 of a marathon : MILE
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SiriusXM medium : RADIO
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Cheek swab material : DNA
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*Number of copies requested by a publisher : PRINTORDER
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Howard who narrates "Arrested Development" : RON
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*Barriers that slide in and out of a wall : POCKETDOORS
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Shriveled : SHRANK
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Temporary relief : RESPITE
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Ship's backbone : KEEL
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Roast beef au ___ : JUS
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Texter's sign-off : TTYL
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Actor McKellen who played Gandalf : IAN
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"Mayday!" : SOS
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Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list : FBI
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*Stereotypical literary persona : STOCKCHARACTER
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Hardwood tree : OAK
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One side in checkers : RED
40
Longoria of "Desperate Housewives" : EVA
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"Dancing Queen" group : ABBA
44
"Golly!" : GEE
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"Right away, boss!" : ONIT
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Skin spot : FRECKLE
49
Tight undergarment : GIRDLE
51
*Designer's collection : FASHIONLINE
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Picnic pest : ANT
54
Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? : OUTOFSORTS
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Wedding words : IDO
59
Pie-in-the-face sound : SPLAT
60
Diamond Head's island : OAHU
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Heed the coxswain : ROW
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Sharp and shrewd : KEEN
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Staircase part : STEP
Down
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Bit of concert equipment : AMP
2
What the Portuguese "senhor" means : SIR
3
Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight" : ALI
4
Snail-mail correspondent : PENPAL
5
Swindler's victim : MARK
6
Some venomous snakes : ADDERS
7
Dos + cinco : SIETE
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Bungee cables, for example : CORDS
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Skillful : ADROIT
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Like high-strung horses : SNORTY
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Fairy tale brother : HANSEL
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Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang : ROCKJOCK
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Boatload : TON
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Fiber-___ cable : OPTIC
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Hits the slopes : SKIS
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Track meet event : HEAT
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City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil" : RENO
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Show people to their seats, informally : USH
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Genre for the 1990s band Sublime : SKA
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Something you don't have to pay for, redundantly : FREEGIFT
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Rotten : BAD
33
Ted Lasso, for one : COACH
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"___ we there yet?" : ARE
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Maintain, as a bar : TEND
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Rotten : EVIL
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Give stars, say : RATE
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Common plot point on a soap opera : AFFAIR
42
"The Godfather" Oscar winner : BRANDO
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Present, as a prize : BESTOW
44
Having a light touch : GENTLE
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Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal : OREOOS
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Merchant's booth : KIOSK
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Jeweler's lens : LOUPE
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Helpful connections : INS
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Student ___ forgiveness : LOAN
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Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals : RAT
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Fill-in-___-blank : THE
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"How's it goin'?" : SUP

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