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New York Times, Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Author:
Drew Schmenner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
62-Down : Ending with lime or orange
TotalDebutLatest
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Drew Schmenner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQYZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Schmenner. Wednesday freshness: 10%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/13/24 ( No. 27,154 )
Across
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"___ Lang Syne" : AULD
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Played the role of : WAS
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Sights at overnight rest stops : SEMIS
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[That's hilarious!] : SNORT
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Huntsville's home: Abbr. : ALA
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Make amends : ATONE
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"Sex and the City" actress ___ Jessica Parker : SARAH
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Flag-waver's specialty : SEMAPHORE
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Visibly in awe : AGAPE
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Walk loudly : TROMP
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"The Simpsons" neighbor : NED
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"When the going gets tough, the early bird gets the worm," e.g. : MIXEDMETAPHOR
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What's needed for a "Who's on First?" routine : DUO
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"Why are you in such a rush?" : SOSOON
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"Darn!," in Germany : ACH
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Listing near a museum door, perhaps : DONOR
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Southwestern wolf : LOBO
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Best Actor nominee for "12 Years a Slave" : CHIWETELEJIOFOR
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Famed art patron Henry : TATE
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Houston N.F.L. player : TEXAN
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Whatever floats your boat! : SEA
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Word with soul or sob : SISTER
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Manhattan hoops venue, in brief : MSG
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In an unprecedented manner : ASNEVERBEFORE
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What some online blockers block : ADS
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Sealy competitor : SERTA
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Some traffic directors : CONES
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March Madness component that's a phonetic hint to 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across : FINALFOUR
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"My ___" ("Put your money away") : TREAT
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Escape : EVADE
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Work whose name comes from the Greek for "sing" : ODE
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Close call : SCARE
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Amount at stake : WAGER
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Kind of school : MED
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"Anything ___?" : ELSE
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Variety of Indian tea : ASSAM
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Eel, at a sushi restaurant : UNAGI
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Literary character who cries "You're glumping the pond where the Humming-Fish hummed!" : LORAX
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Hung loosely : DRAPED
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Garbage : WASTE
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Wide-awake : ALERT
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American ___ : SAMOA
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Lyric poet from Lesbos : SAPPHO
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Biblical verb ending : ETH
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Overhead features on sports cars : MOONROOFS
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Memo heading : INRE
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What the stone is in a stone fruit : SEED
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Jeff Bridges's "Big Lebowski" stoner role, familiarly : THEDUDE
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Circuitry units : AMPS
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Unworthy of debate : MOOT
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City with 40 islands and nearly 350 lakes within its limits : OSLO
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"O," in W.W. II radio lingo : OBOE
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Screenwriter Ephron : NORA
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Doesn't hesitate : ACTS
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Variety of Indian tea : CHAI
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Suddenly encounters trouble : HITSASNAG
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"Interwebs" : NET
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___ Miss : OLE
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"Vivat ___!" ("Long live the king!") : REX
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Dampens : WETS
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Doorway feature : JAMB
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Web attachments? : INSECTS
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Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues" : ENSLER
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Destination for scuba divers : REEF
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Sensation on a roller coaster : GFORCE
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Sound of a roar, maybe : VROOM
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Practice piece : ETUDE
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Stood on hind legs, with "up" : RARED
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N.B.A. great nicknamed "Diesel" : ONEAL
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Derrières : REARS
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Cosmetics mogul Lauder : ESTEE
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Several : AFEW
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Go full ___ (make a big deal of things, in modern slang) : DIVA
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Ending with lime or orange : ADE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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