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New York Times, Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Author:
Michael Schlossberg
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
16-Down : Antebellum
TotalDebutLatest
132/3/20206/23/2024
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141.597535%
Michael Schlossberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 41 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Schlossberg. Wednesday freshness: 25%
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© 2024, The New York Times5/8/24 ( No. 27,210 )
Across
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Waterproof overshoes : ARCTICS
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Drop-___ (surprise visitors) : INS
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FedEx rival : UPS
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Superconductor? : MAESTRO
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Service provided by Kaplan and the Princeton Review : SATPREP
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Coward : MILKSOP
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Catherine the Great, for one : TSARINA
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Some poison control center cases, in brief : ODS
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City on Florida's Space Coast : COCOABEACH
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"The Marriage of Figaro," e.g. : OPERA
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"___ pigs fly!" : WHEN
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Bassist Meyer : EDGAR
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Mazda sports car : MIATA
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Nickname for a clumsy person : BUTTERFINGERS
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Cry from under a sheet, perhaps : BOO
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Capital of Georgia? : GEE
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Mine discovery : ORE
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Coffee holder : URN
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Some stir-fry vegetables : SUGARSNAPPEAS
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"Heaven forbid!" : GODNO
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Component of a "Mickey Mouse degree," say : EASYA
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"___ and the Detectives" (1929 novel) : EMIL
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"See ya!" : LATER
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Rapper with the hit 1990 album "To the Extreme" : VANILLAICE
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Gut-punch response : OOF
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"That's a terrible hiding spot" : ISEEYOU
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What you might cry upon recognizing this puzzle's ingredient list? : OHFUDGE
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"Ding, ding, ding!" : CORRECT
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International news agency since 1851 : REUTERS
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Explosive stuff : TNT
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"Shameless" channel, for short : SHO
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Archrivals : NEMESES
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Doomsday prepper's stockpile : AMMO
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Surprise attack : RAID
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Cartoon frames : CELS
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"For shame!" : TSK
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Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
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Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle" : CROCE
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Abnormally deep sleep : SOPOR
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What ":" means in an analogy : ISTO
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Employer of rocket scientists : NASA
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Sharp pain : STAB
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Dickens's ___ Heep : URIAH
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Divisions of British pounds : PENCE
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Hall-of-Fame pitcher Warren : SPAHN
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Antebellum : PREWAR
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Sleeveless undergarment, for short : CAMI
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___ flour, ingredient in some gluten-free baking recipes : OAT
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Having a baby bump, slangily : PREGGO
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Recede : EBB
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Couple : DUO
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Pontiac muscle cars : GTOS
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Privy to : INON
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Taj Mahal city : AGRA
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Conical shelter : TEEPEE
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Text message status : READ
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Fiddlehead producer : FERN
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Takes to court : SUES
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Beam : RAY
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Code-breaking grp. : NSA
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More likely to win a holiday sweater contest : UGLIER
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Songs for one : SOLI
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Something a scratch golfer expects to shoot : PAR
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Kick out : EVICT
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Virginia's George ___ University : MASON
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Like argon : INERT
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Oak-to-be : ACORN
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Little laugh : TEHEE
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Some harsh cleaners : LYES
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Nessie's habitat, supposedly : LOCH
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Prefix that means "self" : AUTO
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Poetic homages : ODES
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The oni of Japanese folklore, e.g. : OGRE
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Come clean, with "up" : FESS
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"Fee, fi, fo, ___" : FUM
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Tribe that celebrates the annual Bear Dance : UTE

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

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