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New York Times, Saturday, July 13, 2024

Author:
Eli Cotham
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
11-Down : Not taking half-measures
TotalDebutLatest
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Eli Cotham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Cotham. Saturday freshness: 75%
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© 2024, The New York Times7/13/24 ( No. 27,276 )
Across
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In ___ (completely) : TOTO
5
Where "music and passion were always the fashion," in song : COPA
9
Frustrating players in Go Fish : LIARS
14
Some Depression-era public art : WPAMURALS
16
Fanfare : ECLAT
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"We've been had!" : ITSASETUP
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Author whose given name was Alan Alexander : MILNE
19
Fertilizer compounds : NITRATES
20
N.Y.C. neighborhood in which the first pizzeria in the United States was opened (1905) : NOLITA
21
Olympian Sebastian : COE
22
Mire : FEN
23
Broadway honor : TONYNOD
24
Debut feature for DreamWorks Animation : ANTZ
26
Fling : HURL
27
First Muslim actor to win an Academy Award : MAHERSHALAALI
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"Fat chance!" : LIKEHELLIWILL
35
Alley oops? : SEVENTENSPLIT
37
Slips : ERRS
38
About : ASTO
39
Serving dishes? : GOSSIPY
43
Org. whose members work to get tips? : NBA
46
Strictly adhere (to) : HEW
47
Indie rock's Tame ___ : IMPALA
48
"Oh, why not!" : YEAHSURE
50
Traffic hang-up : SNARL
51
Twisted Sister's genre : HAIRMETAL
52
Hint : TINGE
53
Notoriety : ILLREPUTE
54
Parts of jazz combos : SAXES
55
Take-out order? : DELE
56
Gave a bit of Halloween "decoration," for short : TPED
Down
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Engine type : TWINCAM
2
Word often in parentheses on a form : OPTIONAL
3
Sample offer : TASTETHIS
4
Michael K. Williams's role on "The Wire" : OMAR
5
Iraklion is its capital : CRETE
6
Like some cereal : OATEN
7
Good thing : PLUS
8
Shakespearean killer : ASP
9
Certain consumer protections : LEMONLAWS
10
In a very unfriendly way : ICILY
11
Not taking half-measures : ALLIN
12
Sought for help, say : RANTO
13
Place : STEAD
15
Jet pack, for short? : USAF
20
Desire for a picnic : NORAIN
23
Veil material : TULLE
25
Nickname for hoops great Isiah Thomas : ZEKE
26
Doesn't go any farther : HALTS
28
Wake-up calls : REVEILLES
29
Tibetan ethnic group : SHERPA
30
Prince Harry's real first name : HENRY
31
Musical Dua : LIPA
32
"Sorry, that's enough out of me" : ILLSHUTUP
34
Learned, perhaps : LITERATE
36
Dried (off) : TOWELED
39
Kernels : GISTS
40
___ vincit amor : OMNIA
41
Company with a "Bra-llelujah!" line : SPANX
42
Someone who knows the drill, informally? : SARGE
43
Sam of "Jurassic Park" : NEILL
44
Support in a dance studio : BARRE
45
Expression of lamentation : AHME
48
Home of the Peabody Museum of Natural History : YALE
49
30-day mo. : SEPT
51
Swept under the rug, say : HID

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