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Feeling Possessive

New York Times, Sunday, March 24, 2024

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
33-Down : Novelist Cather
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John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 69 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Kugelman. Sunday freshness: 42%
Joel Fagliano notes:
John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer and musician. This is his third crossword for The Times — all Sundays. Crossword construction and music "tickle all the same ... read more
John Kugelman notes:
This puzzle was inspired by Rebecca Goldstein's Simile Irresistible. The ambiguity of hidden punctuation and spacing in crosswords is so delightful. I had the entry CLEAR AS CRYSTAL stuck ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times3/24/24 ( No. 27,165 )
Across
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"No ___, Bob" : PROB
5
Commuting options : BUSES
10
Thunderstruck : AGASP
15
Lead-in to cure or cab : PEDI
19
Peace symbol : DOVE
20
Absolutely necessary : AMUST
21
Snack brand with a hyphen in its name : JELLO
22
Simoleons : ONES
23
Oil futures? : FUELSSPECULATION
26
The Australia-shaped "Pride of Australia," for one : OPAL
27
Pool side : STRIPES
28
Crest : APEX
29
Sack : PILLAGE
31
Parent's exhortation : EAT
32
Real bind : SPOT
33
People who might answer "What's up?" with "The sky" : WISEASSES
35
Castle moat? : HOLDSWATER
39
___ Scott-Heron, writer of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" : GIL
40
Entitled guys? : SIRS
41
Kind of rating system in chess : ELO
42
Audio option : MONO
43
Slangy greeting : HOLLA
45
Sales prospects : LEADS
48
Smoky tendrils : WISPS
50
Shoves, to a poker player : GOESALLIN
53
Ed of "Up" : ASNER
54
Daredevil Knievel : EVEL
55
Sugar and cocoa content? : FUDGESFACTS
57
___ the Orange (Syracuse mascot) : OTTO
58
Scoop, so to speak : DETAILS
60
Braces might fix them : GAPS
61
Auto company headquartered in Yokohama : ISUZU
63
Veg-O-Matic maker : RONCO
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Over there : YON
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Humble home : HUT
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Wavy dos : PERMS
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International date line? : TEAMO
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Bordeaux besties : AMIS
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They prevent accidental scribbles : PENCAPS
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___ room : MENS
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"Lights! Camera! Action!"? : TAKESORDERS
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Biblical twin : ESAU
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Midas' downfall : GREED
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Reprimand to a rubbernecker : DONTSTARE
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Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible : TSARS
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Pale purple : MAUVE
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N.B.A. analyst Burke : DORIS
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Police alerts, for short : APBS
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What goes around the head at Diamond Head : LEI
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Preposterous : RICH
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The "en" in "enby" : NON
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"And … cut!"? : SETSATEASE
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Personal theory that isn't in the source material : HEADCANON
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Fed. statute that took down the Gambino crime family : RICO
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Mama's boy : SON
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Not working, say : ONLEAVE
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He literally jumped the shark on "Happy Days" : FONZ
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85 to 115, typically : IQRANGE
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Skier Lindsey : VONN
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Stock prices? : EXCHANGESNUMBERS
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Monthly utility bill: Abbr. : ELEC
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Rapper with seven posthumous albums : TUPAC
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Persona : IMAGE
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Quantum ___ : LEAP
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Utility figure : RATE
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"Killers of the Flower Moon" tribe : OSAGE
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Wears on : TAXES
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River swirl : EDDY
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Some email attachments : PDFS
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Beat handily : ROUT
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"I'm done talking" : OVER
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Called into question : BELIED
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Binary : BASETWO
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Homebodies? : UMPS
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Go after : SUE
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Actual title of "The Piña Colada Song" : ESCAPE
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Drunken state : STUPOR
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Comet alternative : AJAX
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Come down with : GET
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See 30-Down : ALI
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Pours poorly : SLOPS
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Pays (up) : PONIES
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Noodles and floaties? : POOLSRESOURCES
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Chess move with a French name : ENPASSANT
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Render more youthful, as with C.G.I. : DEAGE
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Sweden has more than 200,000 of them (of which only 1,000 are inhabited) : ISLES
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Sudden contractions : SPASMS
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God's first word on the first day : LET
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With 12-Down, world champion boxer who retired an undefeated 24-0 : LAILA
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Put up with : STOOD
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Novelist Cather : WILLA
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Not authorized : ILLICIT
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Cut : HEWED
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Late-night host John : OLIVER
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Finish behind : LOSETO
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Breed of cattle : ANGUS
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Swinger's attire : GOLFSHIRT
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Hinged fastener : HASP
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"The Empire of the ___" (H.G. Wells short story) : ANTS
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Lions or Tigers, on a scoreboard : DET
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Theater sign : SRO
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Leaf fossils? : PLANTSEVIDENCE
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Brand whose sales spiked after an appearance on "Stranger Things" : EGGO
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Portrayer of Bob Newby on "Stranger Things" : SEANASTIN
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Parade sight : FLOAT
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Carriers of master keys, informally : SUPES
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___ blue : ICE
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Garden variety? : ZEN
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At 78, she became the oldest artist to have a #1 dance hit : YOKOONO
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Inits. on a "Choice" label : USDA
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Indian spice mixture : MASALA
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Necessities for retiring? : SPARES
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Org. with the tagline "No More Victims" : MADD
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Something furry on a fir : MOSS
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Practices mise en place : PREPS
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"___ Q" (rockabilly classic) : SUSIE
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James Bond studio : MGM
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Memorable time : ERA
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Machine learning model that mimics the human brain : NEURALNET
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Company whose misconduct helped spawn the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) : ENRON
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Muse with a lyre : ERATO
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Record label that famously turned down the Beatles : DECCA
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Supercell, e.g., for short : TSTORM
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Europeans who speak a non-Indo-European language : BASQUES
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Can't not : HAVETO
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Encouragement at karaoke night : SINGIT
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Skin condition : ECZEMA
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Turn on : ENABLE
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What drones and anxious parents do : HOVER
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___ Gay : ENOLA
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Hub : NEXUS
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Bacardi, por ejemplo : RON
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Part of a clock : FACE
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Playwright William : INGE
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Call for : NEED
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Mortarboard tosser : GRAD
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Catch a glimpse of : ESPY
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Many an I.R.S. employee : CPA
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Witch : HAG
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Coltrane's instrument : SAX

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

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