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New York Times, Monday, May 6, 2024

Author:
Malaika Handa
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
40-Down : Groups of cups and saucers
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Malaika Handa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Handa. Monday freshness: 8%
Malaika Handa notes:
Hope you enjoy today's puzzle from me, my first New York Times Monday! I always think that making easy puzzles is harder than making ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times5/6/24 ( No. 27,208 )
Across
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Día de ___ Muertos (Mexican holiday) : LOS
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Uses a "+" sign : ADDS
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Airplane traveler's selection : SEAT
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Mischievous little devils : IMPS
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Group of three : TRIO
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___ asada (burrito filling) : CARNE
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Pair of ones, in dice : SNAKEEYES
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What causes Bruce Banner to "hulk out" : ANGER
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___-Leste, country in Southeast Asia : TIMOR
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Where a city's skyscrapers are often found : DOWNTOWN
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Edges : RIMS
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Actress de Armas : ANA
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Electric guitar hookup : AMP
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Sheet with student names : CLASSROSTER
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Knotted accessories : TIES
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Fuzzy fruit : KIWI
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Nine, in Spanish : NUEVE
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Implied, but never said : TACIT
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Half of an umlaut : DOT
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Locations : SITES
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Photograph, e.g. : IMAGE
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Have a little snack : NOSH
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Ripped : TORE
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Sticky breakfast treat : CINNAMONBUN
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Pub. that acquired Wordle in 2022 : NYT
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Silent ___ mouse : ASA
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"Sounds good!" : YEAH
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Table of ___ (book section) : CONTENTS
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Taco topping : SALSA
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Regarding : ABOUT
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"Things could not be going better for me!" ... or a hint to the placement of the circled letters : IMONAROLL
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Flies high : SOARS
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Zero : NONE
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Sonnet writer : POET
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[giggle] : HEHE
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Got up there in years : AGED
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Number that shares a key with "@" : TWO
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Something with bullet points or check boxes : LIST
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Prefix with present or potent : OMNI
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Many a phone call from a mysterious number : SPAM
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Had food : ATE
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Having toweled off : DRY
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Ran out of battery : DIED
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Nothing special : SOSO
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Red-and-white holiday costume : SANTASUIT
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"Therefore ..." : ERGO
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Start ___ (begin again) : ANEW
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Beach bird : TERN
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Hershey candy bar made with toffee : SKOR
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Pirate ship weapons : CANNONS
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Name that's an anagram of RICE : ERIC
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It's good for "absolutely nothing," per a 1970 #1 hit : WAR
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"Letter From Birmingham Jail" writer, for short : MLK
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Refused : SAIDNO
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Spooky part of a house, perhaps : ATTIC
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Florida city with a South Beach neighborhood : MIAMI
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Pie nut : PECAN
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Faint from emotion : SWOON
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Doesn't intervene : SITSBY
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Wyoming's Grand ___ National Park : TETON
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Each : EVERY
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Put back to zero : RESET
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John Hancock : SIGNATURE
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Groups of cups and saucers : TEASETS
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Maroon or indigo : HUE
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"___! I Feel Like a Woman!" (Shania Twain song) : MAN
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Org. with the Hubble telescope : NASA
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Instrument for an angel : HARP
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A.T.M. withdrawal : CASH
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Orchestra woodwind : OBOE
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Biblical figure with an ark : NOAH
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"Bob's Burgers" daughter : TINA
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Air pollution : SMOG
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Pirate's booty : LOOT
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Whole bunch : SLEW
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Palo ___, Calif. : ALTO
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Number that shares a key with "!" : ONE
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Homer Simpson's neighbor : NED

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