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New York Times, Monday, February 19, 2024

Author:
Adam Wagner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Down : Do, as a crossword
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Adam Wagner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Wagner. Monday freshness: 82%
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© 2024, The New York Times2/19/24 ( No. 27,131 )
Across
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Suggest without saying : IMPLY
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"Up, up and ___!" : AWAY
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Six years, for a U.S. senator : TERM
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Birds that go "HONK!" : GEESE
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Any of 116 in Japan's Inazawa Grand Bowl, the world's largest bowling alley : LANE
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Major work of art : OPUS
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*Beat by a little, as in joke telling : ONEUP
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*Unfaithful to, as a lover : TWOTIMING
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Baking soda meas. : TSP
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Word repeated before "Pants on fire!" : LIAR
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Network behind the streaming service Peacock : NBC
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Vessel for a frozen lake : ICEBOAT
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"A few words from our sponsors," per a TV euphemism : ADS
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Fashionable : HIP
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*Chocolate bar named for a group of literary swordsmen : THREEMUSKETEERS
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Traitorous Corleone brother in "The Godfather Part II" : FREDO
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Calf-length pants : CAPRIS
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___-Cola : COCA
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Keebler mascot : ELF
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Have people over : HOST
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___ Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. : ADRIAN
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E-cigarette smoker : VAPER
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*Like a space measured by length, width, depth and time : FOURDIMENSIONAL
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"Uhh, I mean …" : ERM
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Prefix with cycle or lateral : UNI
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Tarnished reputation : BADNAME
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Where baby food might wind up, if not in the baby's mouth : BIB
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Went "Ptui!" : SPAT
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Aries animal : RAM
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What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word : SYLLABLES
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Exaggerated kind of journalism : GONZO
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Place of Achilles' vulnerability, in myth : HEEL
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Philosopher Descartes : RENE
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Astronomical belt wearer : ORION
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Concludes : ENDS
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Calculates sum-thing? : ADDS
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Baked ___ (side dish) : BEANS
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"Let me handle this!" : IGOTIT
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Good-hearted sort, from Yiddish : MENSCH
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Eye, slangily : PEEPER
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Sch. in Baton Rouge : LSU
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"Mm-hmm" : YEP
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Data point for a pilot : ALTITUDE
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H2O, to a toddler : WAWA
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Jacket with a name derived from Inuit : ANORAK
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"So close, ___ so far" : YET
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Cleopatra's is still undiscovered : TOMB
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Achilles or Aeneas : EPICHERO
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Compete for a congressional seat : RUN
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Flavor enhancer imparting umami, for short : MSG
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Popular photo app, familiarly : INSTA
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Shiny fabric : LAME
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"Let's not play favorites" : BEFAIR
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"___ the ramparts we watched …" : OER
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Mo. when winter officially starts : DEC
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Colorful part of the eye : IRIS
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"Hey, you there!" : PSST
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Do, as a crossword : SOLVE
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Nora who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …" : EPHRON
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Place for an Americano in Paris? : CAFE
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Unpleasant smell : ODOR
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Like feta cheese in a Greek salad : CRUMBLED
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Celebs' followings : FANBASES
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Uzo ___ of "Orange Is the New Black" : ADUBA
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Writer Anaïs : NIN
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H.S. sophomore's exam : PSAT
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Festival following Ramadan, informally : EID
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Wasn't honest with : MISLED
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Fantasy land in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" : NARNIA
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Its basin covers roughly 40% of South America : AMAZON
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Sour fruit : LEMONS
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Societal problems : ILLS
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Await a decision : PEND
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___/her pronouns : SHE
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Currency with the symbol ¥ : YEN
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Undergarment with cups : BRA
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Lump, as of whipped cream : GOB
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Prize that a prospector pries : ORE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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