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New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Author:
E. M. Capassakis
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
5-Down : Be a sponge
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E. M. Capassakis

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXYZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Capassakis. Wednesday freshness: 38%
E. M. Capassakis notes:
As a math person, I am very happy that my first NYT puzzle has a numbers theme. I had originally used "numeronyms" as a revealer, but ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times3/20/24 ( No. 27,161 )
Across
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Twitch, e.g. : SPASM
6
"Highway to Hell" band : ACDC
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"Go ___" (game cry) : FISH
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Marx brother with a curly wig : HARPO
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"Wait, what?!" : WHOA
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End of a noodle? : IDEA
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007 : BOND
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Seder holiday : PESACH
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Reach a max : PEAK
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"Just kidding!" : NOT
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Passing fancy : WHIM
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Small intimate restaurant : BISTRO
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Berate, with "out" : BAWL
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420 : CANNABIS
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Cry repeated in the 1980s dance tune "Hot Hot Hot" : OLE
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Czech form of Charles : KAREL
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Subjects of a "Twist on it" ad campaign : OREOS
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Instrument for Bela Fleck : BANJO
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Mini maker : BMW
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Prolonged attack : SIEGE
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Eponym of a neighborhood in Queens : ASTOR
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This sucks! : LEECH
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Anger : IRE
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666 : THEBEAST
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Arise (from) : STEM
50
Like some music that's challenging to sing : ATONAL
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Golf hazard : TRAP
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Shout after sneaking up on someone : BOO
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Really not feeling it? : NUMB
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Members of a woolly herd : LLAMAS
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411 : INFO
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Pricey : DEAR
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Chimney vent : FLUE
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Spanish for "roasted" : ASADA
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Commits a faux pas : ERRS
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Toy on many a vintage Christmas card : SLED
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Determined to do : SETON
Down
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Arizona in Hawaii, e.g. : SHIP
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One in a mullion? : PANE
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Ceramics, cinema, etc. : ARTS
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Manspread, e.g. : SPRAWL
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Be a sponge : MOOCH
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Hole-punching tool : AWL
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Become dry, as lips : CHAP
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Pharmacist's amount : DOSE
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Winter melon : CASABA
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"I'm busy that night," often : FIB
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"Where?" : IDONTSEEIT
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Title with a tilde : SENOR
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Was left with no other choice : HADTO
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Niña : CHICA
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Full stop : KIBOSH
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Kind of cake with a swirl : MARBLE
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Norwegian name that gained global prominence in 2010 : SIRI
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___ Fett, "Star Wars" bounty hunter : BOBA
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Sighed aside : ALAS
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Overstepped : WENTTOOFAR
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Site of a Herculean feat : NEMEA
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Diamondbacks' div. : NLWEST
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Like Kia and Samsung : KOREAN
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Folklore monster : OGRE
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Look : SEEM
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English version of 61-Down : JOHN
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Copy command on a PC : CTRLC
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Steep banks : BLUFFS
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Unimpressive, attendance-wise : SPARSE
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Put up with : ABIDE
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Skin care product : TONER
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Smith or Jones, on occasion : ALIAS
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Contemplate : MULL
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Down : BLUE
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Future doc's exam : MCAT
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Brand of shoes and handbags : ALDO
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Irish version of 40-Down : SEAN
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Option words : ORS
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Played first after the deal : LED

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