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New York Times, Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Author:
Andy Kravis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Elects
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Andy Kravis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Kravis. Wednesday freshness: 53%
Jeff Chen notes:
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© 2022, The New York Times5/18/22 ( No. 26,489 )
Across
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Sleeper, e.g. : SOFA
5
Suddenly spoke (up) : PIPED
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Winner's gesture : VSIGN
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Apple product since 1998 : IMAC
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Grassy plain : LLANO
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"Here we go again …" : OHBOY
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Confess one's true feelings … or Step 1 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? : LAYITALLOUTTHERE
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Eventually : ONEDAY
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Dirty money : LUCRE
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Holiday celebrating the first day of spring : TET
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Lowdown : INFO
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Stop texting after a first date, say : GHOST
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Recover after a heartbreak … or Step 2 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? : PICKUPTHEPIECES
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Gift of ___ : GAB
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Plethora : SLEW
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"Again!" : ENCORE
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N.B.A. star Westbrook, to fans : RUSS
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Long, loose hood : COWL
42
Word before loose or tight : HANG
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Div. for the Tampa Bay Rays : ALEAST
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Tiny bit : IOTA
49
Screening org. : TSA
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Look for an ideal partner ... or Step 3 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? : FINDTHERIGHTFIT
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Eat dirt? : ERODE
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Cold-weather cryptid : YETI
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One volt divided by one ampere : OHM
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Performer's comment to the audience : ASIDE
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Tree that's a source of salicylic acid, a precursor to aspirin : WILLOW
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Get some perspective … or what you do once you've solved a jigsaw puzzle? : SEETHEBIGPICTURE
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Animal that wears red pajamas in a popular children's book : LLAMA
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Porter alternative : LAGER
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Residents of Splitsville? : EXES
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Choose to participate : OPTIN
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Run into a hitch? : ELOPE
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"The ___ is silence": Hamlet : REST
Down
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Something that may be raised on a farm : SILO
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Nation bordering the Arabian Sea : OMAN
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Dunaway of "Mommie Dearest" : FAYE
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By no means basic : ACIDIC
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Like a frisky puppy : PLAYFUL
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Feeling crummy : ILL
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Gloomy atmosphere : PALL
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"Quit it!" : ENOUGH
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Medicinal rinse : DOUCHE
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Elects : VOTESIN
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"This is a library!" : SHH
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"Yeah, right" : IBET
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Vice president in the 1990s : GORE
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Opposite of "da" : NYET
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Some scuba gear : TANKS
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Evil clown in a horror film, e.g. : TROPE
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Intl. group with members on three continents : OPEC
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___-savvy : TECH
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St. ___ Girl (beer brand) : PAULI
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Playwright whose work inspired the Peer Gynt Sculpture Park in 56-Down : IBSEN
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Number of hole cards in Texas hold 'em : TWO
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Relative of a raccoon : COATI
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Dada pioneer Max : ERNST
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Dreamcast console maker : SEGA
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Steffi who achieved a Golden Slam in 1988 : GRAF
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"The Sweetest Taboo" singer, 1985 : SADE
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Console whose name sounds like a pronoun : WII
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Sluggish : LOGY
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N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Michael : STRAHAN
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Word that might be said while pointing : THOSE
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TV series named second-best of all time by Rolling Stone, but which never won an Emmy : THEWIRE
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Story used for storage : ATTIC
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What skullcap mushrooms aren't : EDIBLE
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Call back : REDIAL
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Instagram effect : FILTER
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See 29-Down : OSLO
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"A little ___?" : HELP
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Charcuterie selection : MEAT
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Brand originally called Froffles : EGGO
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Sumptuous and expensive : LUXE
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Minerals ending in -ite, often : ORES
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Mae who said "To err is human, but it feels divine" : WEST
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"All right, I've heard plenty" : TMI
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Vim : PEP

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

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