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Double Duty

New York Times, Sunday, April 7, 2024

Author:
Tracy Gray
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
6-Down : What "the Hill" is a metonym for
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Tracy Gray

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 68 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 36 for Ms. Gray. Sunday freshness: 72%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Tracy Gray lives in Hunt Valley, Md. She and her husband recently retired after 35 years of owning and operating a lawn and landscaping business outside Baltimore. This puzzle started ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Double-letter squares act as normal rebuses going down but need to be pronounced going across. EE stands for ease, YY for wise, etc.

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© 2024, The New York Times4/7/24 ( No. 27,179 )
Across
1
"We're doing this!" : ITSON
6
Rear ends : CABOOSES
14
Mensa prereq : IQTEST
20
Lightweight curtain fabric : VOILE
21
Folded brunch fare : OMELETTE
22
Tito who wrote "Oye Como Va" : PUENTE
23
Song performed three times in "The Wiz" : EASEONDOWNTHEROAD
25
Give a kick, say : SEASON
26
What "American Airlines" means in poker lingo : ACES
27
Marty Feldman's role in "Young Frankenstein" : IGOR
28
Cioppino ingredient : CLAM
30
Crumbly coffeehouse confection : SCONE
31
Container for movie popcorn : TUB
32
___ Nation (annual music festival) : AFRO
33
One place to find a pair of parrots : ARK
35
Backless stool : TABOURET
37
DFW stat : ETA
38
Riddle-me-___ : REE
39
Group with the 2009 hit "I Gotta Feeling" : BLACKEYEDPEAS
41
Boldness : NERVE
43
Apple variety whose name sounds like part of a flower : STAYMAN
45
Steph Curry and LeBron James, e.g. : OHIOANS
49
"Yes, cap'n!" : AYESIR
51
Move quickly (through) : RIP
53
Pinnacle : APOGEE
54
Mérida mister : SENOR
56
Layering garment : VEST
59
Number of Gospels in the New Testament : FOUR
61
Author Koontz : DEAN
62
Big ___ : BEN
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Fitness enthusiast's mantra : USEITORLOSEIT
66
Old Italian currency : LIRE
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The one who got away? : ESCAPEE
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Japanese vegetable : UDO
70
Suffering memory loss : AMNESIC
73
Nicholas II was the last one : TSAR
74
Start of some cautionary advice : AWORDTOTHEWISE
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PreCheck org. : TSA
80
POTUS's military title : CINC
81
Bird whose first letter is silent : WREN
82
Baby ___ : YODA
83
Low-lying wetland : MARSH
85
Real looker : HOTTIE
87
List-ending abbr. : ETC
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Mean : INTEND
91
Rubs the rite way? : ANOINTS
93
Surfboard/kayak hybrid : WAVESKI
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Casey of classic radio : KASEM
100
Take advantage of an opportunity : SEIZETHEMOMENT
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Where the buck might stop? : DOE
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Alex and ___ (jewelry brand) : ANI
105
2022 #1 hit for Taylor Swift : ANTIHERO
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Snoopy, to Charlie Brown : PET
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Actress Campbell of the "Scream" films : NEVE
110
N.Y.C. subway inits. : MTA
111
Former African country, and its currency : ZAIRE
112
Jewish rite for an 8-day-old : BRIS
114
Weather the storm : COPE
115
Sow and hoe for dough, say : FARM
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F-14 fighter jet : TOMCAT
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You love to see it : ASIGHTFORSOREEYES
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Fashion designer Pucci : EMILIO
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Broke a national park rule : LITTERED
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Emoticon's mouth, for short : PAREN
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Apple processing plant : CIDERY
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Church parts vulnerable to lightning : STEEPLES
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Hip spot for a drink? : FLASK
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"No food for me, thanks" : IVEEATEN
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"Adorbs!" : TOOCUTE
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Angle-measuring instrument : SINEBAR
4
Ransom Eli ___ (pioneering automaker) : OLDS
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Opposite of paleo- : NEO
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What "the Hill" is a metonym for : CONGRESS
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Recess retort : AMTOO
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Paint brand : BEHR
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Fútbol cheer : OLE
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"Come ___ the Sea" (Thomas Moore poem) : OER
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Daytona vehicle : STOCKCAR
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List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Calm : SEDATE
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Computer addresses, for short : IPS
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Cheesy appetizer with chips : QUESODIP
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Variety of tiny dog : TEACUPPOODLE
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Belgian Surrealist painter James : ENSOR
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Peach pit : STONE
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Doctrinal belief : TENET
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"The Good ___" (Emmy-winning series) : WIFE
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Bread spread : MAYO
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"Still awake?" : AREYOUUP
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Olympian Raisman : ALY
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Zodiac animal : RAM
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"The View" co-host Joy : BEHAR
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Emptier : BARER
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Butter cutter : KNIFE
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Amazon Prime vehicle : VAN
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Early name in digital recording : TIVO
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Unlikely donors to the AARP : AGEISTS
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Kinda close : NEARISH
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Largest of New York's Finger Lakes : SENECA
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Pennsylvania city that's home to Gannon University : ERIE
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Luau finger food : POI
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Word with jam or joint : SESSION
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Best Animated Feature winner of 2021 : ENCANTO
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Curved line between musical notes : SLUR
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Hot cocktail : TODDY
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It owns the trademark for "The Greatest Snow on Earth" : UTAH
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"You ___!" : BETCHA
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Streak on a cheek : TEAR
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___ speak : SOTO
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Where to see the midnight sun : ARCTICCIRCLE
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Barbenheimer in the summer of 2023, e.g. : MEME
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Aaron Judge, e.g., in brief : NYYANKEE
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Teeny-tiny : WEE
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When a football may be snapped : ONTWO
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Walt Whitman, notably : ODIST
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Fail miserably : TANK
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Preamble start : WETHE
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Nutritional fig. : RDA
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Like love on Valentine's Day, it's said : INTHEAIR
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Bad spot to leave food unattended : CAMPSITE
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Laundry purchase in an orange container : TIDEPODS
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Belgrade resident : SERB
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Service center? : VEE
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Tympanostomy performer, for short : ENT
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Iraqi city on the Tigris : SAMARRA
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"Mains" : ENTREES
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Former TLC reality show set in a Florida tattoo parlor : MIAMIINK
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Standards of behavior : MORALS
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O.T.C. part : OVER
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Like the emblem on Mexico's flag : AZTEC
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Two-time Australian Open winner Osaka : NAOMI
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Unlikely to make the first move : TIMID
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Like some credit cards : NOFEE
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"Really, though?" : ISIT
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PC shortcut key : CTRL
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A little horse : FOAL
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Nursery item : TOY
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It merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon : GTE
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With it, in old slang : HEP
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Letters on some skin care products : SPF

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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