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New York Times, Saturday, March 2, 2024

Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Down : Weather datum
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
471.6128367%
Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Last. Saturday freshness: 66%
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© 2024, The New York Times3/2/24 ( No. 27,143 )
Across
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Performance featuring masklike kumadori makeup : KABUKI
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Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970 : ELLIS
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Place for some nonstarters : BULLPEN
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Currency that replaced the British West African pound : LEONE
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Common party store purchase : BALLOONS
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"Grazie ___!" ("Thank you so much!") : MILLE
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Bring up : MENTION
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First word of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" : TWO
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Not forward : COY
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Put forward : ARGUED
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"___ mair will the bonnie callants / Mairch tae war": Hamish Henderson : NAE
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"___ Nagila" (song of celebration) : HAVA
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Talk trashed? : SLUR
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Conversation piece? : SOUNDBITE
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With it : HEP
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Action toys, perhaps? : STUNTDOGS
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At once : FORTHWITH
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Unusual change : RARECOINS
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Sound often heard doubled : TSK
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"Nothing to see here, folks ..." : MOVEALONG
35
"Later" : TATA
36
Fight club? : MACE
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"We're all ___ here. I'm ___. You're ___": Cheshire Cat : MAD
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Event of 1/31/2020 : BREXIT
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Refuge : ARK
41
Schmuck : ASS
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Like one with a spare tire : PAUNCHY
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Many meetings, these days : ZOOMS
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Rapper/singer with the 2005 hit "Temperature" : SEANPAUL
47
Scratch : DOUGH
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Clear : EVIDENT
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Having an itch : ANTSY
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___ Horn (British sheep breed) : DORSET
Down
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Civilization, to Freud : KULTUR
2
___ B. Latimer, civil rights activist in the National Women's Hall of Fame : ALLIE
3
They're in circulation : BLOODSTREAMS
4
Over : UPON
5
Scope : KEN
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Yield of some scratch-off tickets : INSTANTWIN
7
Furry monster of children's TV : ELMO
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Accessory with a scent : LEI
9
Cute images with captions like "If it fits, I sits" : LOLCATS
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Gaga, say : INLOVE
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"Later" : SEEYA
12
First-rate : BANGUP
14
Comedian who played Louie the Lilac on "Batman" : BERLE
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Pulpify : MASH
18
Altar exchange : WEDDINGBANDS
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Sister state? : NUNHOOD
22
Weather datum : HIGH
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Put to shame, say : OUTCLASSED
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Fake online followers : BOTS
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Cross : SORE
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Pet, informally : FAVE
30
Play music loudly and energetically : ROCKOUT
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Stereotypical campaign promise : TAXCUT
32
Big name in power tools : STIHL
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"What ___ Did" (classic children's book with insects on the cover) : KATY
34
Strand : MAROON
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Lease signatory : TENANT
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Protegé maker : MAZDA
39
Currency in The Legend of Zelda : RUPEE
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Like spent briquettes : ASHY
42
Connect, as a Bluetooth device : PAIR
44
Some vintage roadsters : MGS
46
Discontinued Mitsubishi sports sedan, informally : EVO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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