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New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 2023

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Swing wildly and helplessly
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Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Goldstein. Thursday freshness: 47%
Jim Horne notes:
This puzzle's ALCHEMY changes lead (PB) into gold (AU). In the rebus squares, the Across clues use PB, and the down ones use ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times12/7/23 ( No. 27,057 )
Across
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Along with Big Bird, role for puppeteer Caroll Spinney on "Sesame Street" : OSCAR
6
Fall fruit : PEAR
10
___ piece : PUFF
14
Rental contract : LEASE
15
Actress Fanning of "The Great" : ELLE
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Where Henrik Ibsen is buried : OSLO
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E.M.T.'s apparatus, informally : DEFIB
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Alfresco drinking establishment : ROOFTOPBAR
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Seers? : EYES
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Workplace, e.g. : SITE
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Actress Fisher of "Eighth Grade" : ELSIE
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Certain freestyle competition : RAPBATTLE
25
Kind of error or attraction : FATAL
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Ones who couldn't be further from the truth? : LIARS
27
Ride that might have a hot tub : LIMO
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"There was no other choice!" : IHADTO
30
According to : PER
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Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter : YMCA
35
Designer Anna : SUI
36
Pseudoscientific process hinted at by four squares in this puzzle : ALCHEMY
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Poke bowl protein : AHI
40
URL opening : HTTP
42
Illumination unit : LUX
43
Made out : NECKED
45
Radiate : EMIT
47
"If ___ Street Could Talk" (James Baldwin novel) : BEALE
48
Reputation ruiner : STAIN
50
Undergarment providing a lift : PUSHUPBRA
53
Blueprint bits : SPECS
54
Authors : PENS
55
Persian suffix meaning "land" : STAN
56
Soda containers, in the Midwest : POPBOTTLES
58
Bitten sharply : STUNG
59
Vegetable sometimes called "ladies' fingers" : OKRA
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Loomed? : WOVE
61
Giraffe gatherings : HERDS
62
Camp sight : TENT
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Available : OPEN
64
"… OK, maybe I was wrong" : ORNOT
Down
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Less green, in a way : OLDER
2
"Toodle-oo!" : SEEYA
3
Alternative to a latte or flat white : CAFEAULAIT
4
"To repeat …" : ASISAID
5
Talmudic honorific : REB
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Dangers : PERILS
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Grilled corn, as a Mexican street food : ELOTE
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Plant with "teeth" : ALOE
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One may cry foul : REF
10
Noodle, e.g. : POOLTOY
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Patriotic World Cup chant : USAUSA
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Swing wildly and helplessly : FLAIL
13
Prow's position : FORE
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Play group? : TEAM
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Arrive nonchalantly : STROLLIN
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"Toodle-oo!" : TATA
25
Quality by which mattresses are classified : FIRMNESS
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Harper who wrote "Go Set a Watchman" : LEE
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Kinda : ISH
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"Survivor" dwelling : HUT
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Code for Sky Harbor Airport : PHX
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Reverse course : MAKEAUTURN
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Subject of the classic photo "Guerrillero Heroico" : CHE
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Assistance : AID
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Word with clean or clear : CUT
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"Mm-hmm" : YEAH
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Wool wear for winter : PEACOAT
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Group, as of stars : CLUSTER
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Waterfall effect : MIST
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Dr. ___ Honeydew, Muppet partner of Beaker : BUNSEN
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Wheel part : SPOKE
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Caterer's container : TEAURN
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Pet problem? : PEEVE
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Complete stranger, in slang : RANDO
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Agita : ANGST
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Locate : SPOT
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Plunk (down) : PLOP
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First prime : TWO
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"Yellowjackets" network, for short : SHO

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

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