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New York Times, Saturday, March 4, 2023

Author:
Ryan McCarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Down : Got down, in a way
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
286/17/20178/24/20242
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Ryan McCarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QW} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. McCarty. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Saturday freshness: 52%
Jeff Chen notes:
It's difficult to stand out as a themeless grid technician. So many people are making them, and so few 72- or 70-word grids are ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times3/4/23 ( No. 26,779 )
Across
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Epsilon follower : ZETA
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Targets of some orthodontic treatments : GAPS
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A good word for giving? : UNCLE
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___ place : ONES
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Abrogate : UNDO
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Tupperware alternative : SARAN
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End of March Madness, familiarly : NCAAFINAL
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Over 95% of its residents live near a riverbank : EGYPT
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Ancestral spirit in Pueblo mythology : KACHINA
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Big reference, but shortened : OED
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As-usual link : PER
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Available for a service : ONHIRE
25
Document for some travelers : CARTITLE
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People of Pikes Peak : UTE
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Leads, e.g. : MAJORROLES
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Doughnuts, e.g. : TORI
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All-in-one meal that often includes rice : BENTOBOX
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Quick-tempered sorts : SPITFIRES
35
Theme shared by "Great Expectations" and "The Great Gatsby" : CLASSISM
36
Big to-do? : TASK
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Go to the next line, perhaps : PRESSENTER
42
Leading position : VAN
43
Big part of New England : BAYSTATE
44
Title lyric after "Ours is a love …" in a 1950s hit : SORARE
46
Adverb in the first line of the Gettysburg Address : AGO
47
Street wear? : RUT
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Many-time Emmy nominee who got her start from a YouTube web series : ISSARAE
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Morgan of "The Real Housewives of New York City" : SONJA
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Seedy business for college applicants : ESSAYMILL
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Never say never, say : IDIOM
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Fight site : RING
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Convenience store brand : ICEE
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Plants popular in xeriscaping : CACTI
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Stuff : SATE
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Cry out for : NEED
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Suddenly crash : ZONKOUT
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Film that gave Disney its longest-reigning Billboard chart-topper : ENCANTO
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One who's all over the board : TEACHER
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Component of a sake bomb, often : ASAHI
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Neighbor of Senegal : GUINEABISSAU
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Actress Chlumsky of "Veep" : ANNA
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French open activity, for short? : PDA
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Single player : SOLOARTIST
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Was, at one time : USEDTOBE
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Bug, in a way : NAG
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Decodable device featured in "The Da Vinci Code" : CRYPTEX
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Spots for tiny flags : LAPELS
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Preposition in Spanish or French : ENTRE
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Uncompromising : FIRM
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Concerning computer display : ERRORMESSAGE
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Jail : CONFINE
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Postgame lament : ILOST
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Likely holders of travel rewards cards : JETSETTERS
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Makeup of some chains : ISLES
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Hot ___ : PASTRAMI
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Kind of deep-freeze preservation : CRYONIC
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"The spur of industry," according to David Hume : AVARICE
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Longtime name in baked goods : SARALEE
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Got down, in a way : KNEELED
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What has stories of East Asia? : PAGODA
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Promising : ROSY
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Not complicated at all : BASIC
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Force to fit : RAMIN
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"___ it?" : ISNT
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Quickly write (down) : JOT
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One-named singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear" : SIA

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

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