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New York Times, Friday, February 9, 2024

Author:
Christina Iverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Down : Exposure units
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Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Iverson. Friday freshness: 27%
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© 2024, The New York Times2/9/24 ( No. 27,121 )
Across
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Beaming : ALLSMILES
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Sounds of melodrama : SOBS
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Wind up alone? : FLUTESOLO
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Mideast capital : SANAA
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Fuzzy exotic pet : TARANTULA
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Performed by the whole ensemble, in music : TUTTI
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Ruler often seen in a robe : EMIR
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Classified in levels : HIERARCHAL
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Word with tie or fly : ROD
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Sign by a highway exit : GAS
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Hens, but not roosters : LAYERS
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Big container : VAT
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Yoga pose with arms extended and legs folded over the head : PLOW
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Where a flask might be kept : LAB
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High-speed commuter option : ACELA
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Court ruling? : LET
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Like the Lilliputians : TINY
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Trend for unengaged employees : QUIETQUITTING
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Twist : CURL
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O, on a letter : HUG
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Hall mate? : OATES
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Social media influencer Addison ___ : RAE
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Stephen Sondheim's "The Worst ___ in London" : PIES
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Frequent conspiracy subject : UFO
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Pops : OLDMAN
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Invention originally used as a yellow dye, in brief : TNT
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Baby bat : PUP
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The Traveling Wilburys or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : SUPERGROUP
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Track selection : LANE
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Conceited sorts : SNOTS
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In concert : ALLATONCE
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Match up : AGREE
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It makes a spin around a dance floor : DISCOBALL
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Disdainful sounds : TSKS
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One-sided dice? : SNAKEEYES
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Caption in a comparison ad : AFTER
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"Me ___ …" (Spanish for "My name is …") : LLAMO
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Sensational : LURID
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Lead : STAR
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"___ Explain Things to Me," influential 2014 essay collection by Rebecca Solnit : MEN
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Question of legitimacy : ISTHATATHING
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"___ and the Good Book" (1958 jazz album) : LOUIS
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Monthly with a palindromic name : ELLE
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Fly : SOAR
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Like some teenagers and pasta : SAUCY
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At stake : ONTHELINE
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DC Comics weapons, one of which can be seen at the Smithsonian : BATARANGS
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Passes with ease : SAILSBY
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Suck it! : STRAW
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Overwhelming and needing time for consideration : ALOTTOUNPACK
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It's a blast : GALE
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Facial concealer : VEIL
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Good words, so to speak : PLUGS
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Natural necklace : LEI
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These might help people take deep breaths : AQUALUNGS
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Bacon or pancetta : CUREDPORK
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One of the Jackson brothers : TITO
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"___ pasa?" : QUE
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First president to own a car : TAFT
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Grumpy toward : CROSSAT
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Break into bits : PARSE
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Gives (out) : METES
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Southern city that was once home to Black Wall Street : TULSA
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Philippine island that's home to Iloilo : PANAY
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Scrooge, to Donald Duck : UNCLE
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Some spa treatments : PEELS
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Exposure units : RADS
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Lena of "Alias" : OLIN
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Place for a ring : LOBE
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Place for a ring : TOE

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

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