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New York Times, Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Author:
Bill Thompson
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
9-Down : Be afraid to
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Bill Thompson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Thompson. Wednesday freshness: 83%
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© 2024, The New York Times4/10/24 ( No. 27,182 )
Across
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Response to "Have a nice day!" : YOUTOO
7
Cribs : PADS
11
Spell that's "broken" by 23-Across : HEX
14
Hit song from "Flashdance" : MANIAC
15
Outside, as a pitch : AWAY
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Place for a tiny hammer : EAR
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Popular Italian entree, informally : CHICKENPARM
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Al Jolson's actual first name : ASA
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"La Cage ___ Folles" : AUX
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Traditional crustless fruit pie : APPLEBETTY
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First U.S. secretary of war : HENRYKNOX
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"This looks bad for me!" : IMTOAST
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Fatty acid compound : OLEATE
32
Beginner gamers, in lingo : NOOBS
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Kiln for hops : OAST
36
When doubled, beanie topper : POM
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Spell that's "broken" by 59-Across : CURSE
38
Play date participant : TOT
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Spell that's "broken" by 17-Across : CHARM
41
Device first deployed in the U.S. by Chemical Bank (1969) : ATM
42
Actress Palmer with a reduplicative name : KEKE
43
Feeder of the iliac arteries : AORTA
44
Shepherd formerly of "The View" : SHERRI
47
Fees that may be based on cost-per-click : ADRATES
49
Container in a kid's backpack : PENCILBOX
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Crayola color that debuted in 1972 : HOTMAGENTA
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Make public : AIR
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Mess up : ERR
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Intensive study program : CRASHCOURSE
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Sheltered side : LEE
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Shock, in a way : TASE
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Word derived from the Arabic for "lot" : KISMET
65
Spell that's "broken" by 49-Across : POX
66
Not delete : STET
67
Killed it at open mic night, say : SLAYED
Down
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Org. often referred to by its first letter : YMCA
2
Island that's home to a state capital : OAHU
3
What macOS is based on : UNIX
4
Game piece? : TIC
5
Cabinet material : OAK
6
Loads : OCEANS
7
Father, in regional lingo : PAPPY
8
___ in the park : AWALK
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Be afraid to : DARENOT
10
Semiotician's interest : SYMBOL
11
Recipe verb : HEAT
12
Where runway 9 is always oriented at an airport : EAST
13
… Whiskey, ___, Yankee … : XRAY
18
Iconic fund-raising "thank you" gift : NPRTOTE
22
PC program file extension : EXE
23
Canterbury cooktops : HOBS
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Gently acclimate, with "in" : EASE
25
Atahualpa's subjects : INCAS
26
Communicate silently, in a way : MOUTH
27
Crooner Mel : TORME
29
In a bicoastal relationship, say : APART
30
Linzer ___ (pastry) : TORTE
31
Heroines in novels by Flaubert and Austen : EMMAS
34
Fine and dandy : AOK
35
Ninja's forte : STEALTH
39
Dear, in Italian : CARO
40
The Cardiff Giant, for one : HOAX
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1965 film starring George Segal that was set in a P.O.W. camp : KINGRAT
45
Tach measure : RPM
46
Flinches or smiles, e.g. : REACTS
48
Winners over the Yanks in the 2001 World Series : DBACKS
50
Stop : CEASE
51
Like crown jewels : INSET
52
Give a boost : HELP
53
Popular name for a tuxedo cat : OREO
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Prehistoric predator, informally : TREX
55
"Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the ___" (song from "White Christmas") : ARMY
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"Mm-hmm" : ISEE
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No longer working: Abbr. : RETD
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How John D. Rockefeller made his money : OIL
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Letters on a Forever stamp : USA

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