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New York Times, Friday, May 3, 2024

Author:
Eli Cotham
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
30-Down : Desire, personified
TotalDebutLatest
25/3/20247/13/2024
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0000011
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1.511584%
Eli Cotham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cotham. Friday freshness: 23%
Eli Cotham notes:
Hi everyone, I'm proud to present my NY Times debut puzzle. I'm a Realtor in the Portland, OR metro and have been building puzzles ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times5/3/24 ( No. 27,205 )
Across
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Average : MEAN
5
Nickname for a Texas metropolis : BIGD
9
"Buy U A Drank" singer : TPAIN
14
Further : ALSO
15
Org. with the podcast "At Liberty" : ACLU
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___ issue : WEDGE
17
Alternative to the online newspaper, colloquially : DEADTREEEDITION
20
Phrase that inspired the title of Prince Harry's memoir : ANHEIRANDASPARE
21
Half of a rum-based cocktail's name : MAI
22
More than just ask : BEG
23
Play things : ACTS
24
Evening, in ads : NITE
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Athlete's affliction, informally : THEYIPS
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Puts another layer on : RECOATS
32
Adornment for the unpierced : EARCLIP
33
Lined up, after "in" : AROW
34
Filter acronym : HEPA
35
Shared a bed with one's baby : COSLEPT
39
Some carry-ons : VALISES
42
Pip's love in "Great Expectations" : ESTELLA
43
Con : Spanish :: ___ : French : AVEC
44
Level : TIER
45
Start of an apology : MEA
46
Half of an ill-fated 2001 merger : AOL
49
Shell fish? : GASSTATIONSUSHI
54
Huffy exclamation : THISISANOUTRAGE
55
Moves slowly : OOZES
56
Stand : RISE
57
Service agreement : AMEN
58
Sport used to train aerial gunners during W.W. II : SKEET
59
Saisons chaudes : ETES
60
Golf difficulties, perhaps : LIES
Down
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Word used when addressing Kamala Harris : MADAM
2
___ Delle Donne, two-time W.N.B.A. M.V.P. : ELENA
3
Beverage brand whose name translates to "morning sun" : ASAHI
4
Juncture : NODE
5
Syd who co-founded Pink Floyd : BARRETT
6
Cool-down stretches? : ICEAGES
7
Secluded spot : GLEN
8
Delivery estimate : DUEDATE
9
Game with a hands-down winner? : TWISTER
10
Medium for animals : PETPSYCHIC
11
Sarah McLachlan's highest-charting U.S. single : ADIA
12
Famed lab assistant : IGOR
13
Frequent sighting on the island of Kauai : NENE
18
Second-longest bone in the human body : TIBIA
19
Russian country house : DACHA
24
"Hmm ..." : NOWLETSSEE
26
Seine sights : ILES
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Main, e.g. : PIPE
28
Places to get wraps : SPAS
29
Something ending in "K," perhaps : RACE
30
Desire, personified : EROS
31
Charge : COST
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Favoring the rich and powerful : ELITIST
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Fervent requests : PLEAS
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One way to prepare steak : TARTARE
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"Beat it!" : VAMOOSE
40
Ways to go : AVENUES
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Bare minimum : LEAST
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"Likewise" : ASAMI
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Quaint expression of surprise : OHGEE
48
Some bank holdings : LIENS
49
Old Pontiacs : GTOS
50
"Now I get it" : AHOK
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L, e.g. : SIZE
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Still competitive : INIT
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Risk territory between Ukraine and Siberia : URAL

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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