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Special Treatment

New York Times, Sunday, February 25, 2024

Author:
Scott Hogan and Katie Hale
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Down : U.S. fair-hiring inits.
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 78 Missing: {FQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Hogan. This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Hale. Sunday freshness: 7%
Will Shortz notes:
Katie Hale, of London, England, is a freelance crossword editor. Her co-constructor Scott Hogan is a patent attorney from Midland, Mich. This is their second Sunday collaboration for the ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times2/25/24 ( No. 27,137 )
Across
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Favors : ASKS
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Slathered in sauce, in restaurant-speak : WET
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Letters on security camera footage : CCTV
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Big flings : HEAVES
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"Pet" you wouldn't take to the vet : CHIA
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Cosecant's reciprocal : SINE
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Cookie with its name on it : OREO
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One of four on a diamond : UMPIRE
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I visited the cardiologist, who … : DIDNTMISSABEAT
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Bull-headed? : HORNED
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Club assistant : CADDIE
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Apt letters that complete this word: P_RPO_ _ : USE
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Nailed : ACED
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Partner of Hoda on "Today" : JENNA
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I visited the dermatologist, who … : MADEARASHDECISION
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"The greatest as well as the most elegant of Roman philosophers," per Voltaire : CICERO
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Rob in Hollywood : REINER
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Fashion something fashionable, maybe : SEW
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Uninspired : SOSO
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Revealing word : VOILA
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Like a money-back guarantee : NORISK
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I visited a dentist and now I … : KNOWTHEDRILL
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Otis of elevator fame : ELISHA
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Set forth : ASSERT
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Prattle : YAP
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Sorry ass? : EEYORE
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Equivalent of 32,000 ounces : TON
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Pinches : CRIMPS
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Scenario before a two-run home run, say : ONEON
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Lived (in) : DWELT
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Alternative to foil or saber : EPEE
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I visited the anesthesiologist and now I've … : LOSTMYTOUCH
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Bitter brews : IPAS
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Gets in shape? : MOLDS
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Home of the 123-story Lotte World Tower : SEOUL
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Natural decorations on some bookshelves : GEODES
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Pique : IRE
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Hunt : PREYON
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Lovelace of early computer programming : ADA
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California wine valley : SONOMA
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One with a landlord : LESSEE
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I visited a sleep specialist, who … : GAVEMETHENOD
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Double-wide, as a garage : TWOCAR
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Professional who works a lot : VALET
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Skin : RIND
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Soul seller : KIA
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Change positions, as in volleyball : ROTATE
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Takes the blame for : COPSTO
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I visited the radiologist, who … : SAWRIGHTTHROUGHME
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Rude … or, without its first two letters, rude person : CRASS
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___ beer (nonalcoholic beverage) : NEAR
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MSNBC competitor : CNN
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Slowly cook, in a way : BRAISE
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Prenatal tests, in brief : AMNIOS
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I visited the podiatrist and now I … : STANDCORRECTED
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Call : RINGUP
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Filled, folded food : TACO
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Female French friend : AMIE
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O, in hangman : HEAD
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Meager : SCANTY
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Part of most musical notes : STEM
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Cribbage marker : PEG
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Mathematician Noether : EMMY
Down
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Rock band with a slash (but not Slash) : ACDC
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Like much of Iran : SHIA
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Sue Monk ___, author of "The Secret Life of Bees" : KIDD
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Castle material, maybe : SAND
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GameCube successor : WII
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Result : ENSUE
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Actress Thompson of "Creed" : TESSA
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It's totally corny : COB
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Step in origami : CREASE
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Educational forum : TEACHIN
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Gave a thumbs-down : VOTEDNO
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"Whaddya mean?" : HUH
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Kind of keyboard : EMOJI
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Setting for some post-run refreshments? : APRESSKI
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___ Barbarino, John Travolta's role on "Welcome Back, Kotter" : VINNIE
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Heretofore : ERENOW
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Car that Brits call a "saloon" : SEDAN
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Mascara mishap : SMEAR
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Proctor's pronouncement : TIME
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___ Lingus : AER
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The "Do" in "Do-Re-Mi" : DEER
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Went under : DOVE
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Asia's disappearing ___ Sea : ARAL
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Old yeller? : CRIER
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Bamboozles : CONS
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Having two equal sides : ISOSCELES
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Behaved like the lion in Oz : COWERED
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Caribbean musical genre : SKA
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Long quest : ODYSSEY
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Roth ___ : IRA
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It's involved in kissing and telling : LIP
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Wheelless vehicle : SLED
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Hint to the number of ingredients in Triscuits : TRI
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Web page code : HTML
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Allowed to be borrowed : LENT
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Puts the pedal to the metal : STEPSONIT
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Spanish salutation : HOLA
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They might come out of the woodwork : ANTS
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U.S. fair-hiring inits. : EEO
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"We doin' this?" : YOUGAME
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Eleven, in El Salvador : ONCE
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It might be a stretch : POSE
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Olive ___ of "Popeye" : OYL
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Pack of dogs? : WIENERS
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Man's name that becomes a distance if you move the first letter to the end : EMIL
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Sponge feature : PORE
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Ridiculously : TOO
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Bean variety : MUNG
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Have over : HOST
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Erupt : SPEW
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[Forehead palm smack] : DOH
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Corp. shuffle : REORG
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___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" : AVA
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Neighbor of Md. : DEL
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Non-stereo : MONO
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Button on social media : ADD
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Leo, for one : STARSIGN
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Swear : AVER
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Do some engraving : ETCH
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"SportsCenter" anchor Linda : COHN
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Swears : ATTESTS
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Knocking onomatopoeia : RATATAT
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Like a comeuppance, perhaps : KARMIC
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"Lemme, lemme!" : IWANNA
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Ancient Greek area north of Thessaly : THRACE
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Color-blending technique : OMBRE
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Title for a French priest : PERE
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Lasting bad memories, so to speak : SCARS
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Got tagged : ISOUT
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Anxiety condition, for short : OCD
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Open, as a toothpaste tube : UNCAP
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Garden statuette : GNOME
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Long : ACHE
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Express lane unit : ITEM
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Quilter's line : SEAM
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Current event? : EDDY
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___ vs. ___ (Mad strip) : SPY
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Paul ou Paulette : NOM
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Fix : RIG

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