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New York Times, Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Author:
Hal Moore
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
40-Down : Food item, quaintly
TotalDebutLatest
101/26/20177/10/2024
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
211.674151%
Hal Moore

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FJQXZ} Grid has diagonal symmetry. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Moore. Wednesday freshness: 90%
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© 2024, The New York Times7/10/24 ( No. 27,273 )
Across
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Warts and all : ASIS
5
Drug that's "dropped" : LSD
8
Baking abbr. : TSP
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Long, easy stride : LOPE
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Formally reject : VETO
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Many stuffed cat toys : MICE
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Like much Cajun chicken : BLACKENED
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Literature Nobelist born in French Algeria : CAMUS
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Sprinkle in : ADD
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Like a quarter moon tide : NEAP
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Most reserved : SHIEST
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Thought-provoking : DEEP
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Tuscan red wines : CHIANTIS
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Take in, as a breath : DRAW
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Hoosegow : SLAMMER
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Some whiskeys : RYES
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React like a startled horse : REARUP
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Scottish "John" : IAN
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What memories are recounted in : PASTTENSE
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"Cum On Feel the Noize" band, 1973 : SLADE
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Rx writers : MDS
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Food, informally : EATS
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Caught some congers : EELED
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Wound stinger : SALT
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In the manner of : ALA
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Hard patterns to break ... or a punny description of the climbs up the circled letters : VICIOUSCYCLES
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"Tony n' ___ Wedding" (Off Broadway hit) : TINAS
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Mourned a death, in Judaism : SATSHIVA
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Three-week bike race, such as the one featured in this puzzle : GRANDTOUR
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Fire remnant : EMBER
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Dug up : MINED
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Fraction of a joule : ERG
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Brings in : EARNS
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Hot ___ (winter quaff) : TODDY
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How to become a whole new hue : DYE
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Little twerp : SNOT
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Duchess of ___ (Goya subject) : ALBA
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"You've convinced me!" : SOLD
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Device identifier, in computing : IPADDRESS
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Moment, informally : SEC
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Singer/activist Horne : LENA
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Aerobic exercise option : STEPCLASS
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Pentagon org. : DOD
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Segment of this puzzle's race : TIMETRIAL
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"Pardon me," in Pisa : SCUSI
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Nuisances : PESTS
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Prez's proxy : VEEP
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Where many Penobscot and Passamaquoddy live : MAINE
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Didn't just think : KNEW
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Typical ending point for this puzzle's race : CHAMPSELYSEES
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Actor Liu : SIMU
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90 degrees, say : EAST
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Member of the genus Lepus : HARE
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Group of two : DYAD
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Mailed : SENTTO
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Rotation meas. : RPM
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One eschewing rose-tinted glasses : REALIST
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Summer refresher : ADE
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Composer Rorem : NED
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Box filled with bags : TEACADDY
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Cloris ___, Emmy-winning actress on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" : LEACHMAN
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Went against the Word : SINNED
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Facade : ACT
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Food item, quaintly : VIAND
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Loan shark's "business" : USURY
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Base boss, informally : SARGE
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Book in a biblioteca : LIBRO
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Occasion : EVENT
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___-CoV-2 (virus that causes Covid-19) : SARS
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Group of three : TRIO
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Clock-setting standard: Abbr. : GMT
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British ref. : OED

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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