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It Goes Both Ways

New York Times, Sunday, July 14, 2024

Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 88 Missing: {QWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 154 for Mr. Chen. Sunday freshness: 2%
Joel Fagliano notes:

Jeff Chen is a professional crossword constructor from Seattle, WA. He is also the creator of Squeezy, a daily online word game.

This is his 42nd Sunday crossword for the Times.

Jeff Chen notes:
I have a tough time when my mind doesn't have enough to chew on. It's such a blessing when a rough idea pops into my head, compelling me to dig in. (To clarify, a blessing for me, not for ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times7/14/24 ( No. 27,277 )
Across
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J.Lo or J-Law : ALISTER
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Brief : INFORM
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Target of a seasonal shot : FLU
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Harmful algal blooms : REDTIDES
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Liqueur sharing its name with an island : CURACAO
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Actor Somerhalder : IAN
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Rock group clashes over album art? : CDCASEDIVIDESACDC
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Common allergen : NUT
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Possessive in the Lord's Prayer : THY
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Picked up on : NOTICED
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Cartoonist Chast : ROZ
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Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally : ARO
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"Veni, vidi, ___" : VICI
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Kind of sauce at a sushi bar : EEL
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"So cute!" : ADORABLE
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Humble postgame summary from an Indiana basketball player? : PACERSSELFLESSRECAP
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Celebration whose name literally means "taro leaf" : LUAU
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Salve targets : SORES
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You might go for a spin in one : TUTU
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Doohickey : ITEM
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"Secret Celebrity Renovation" airer : CBS
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Word with high or secret : SOCIETY
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Top score in a dunk contest : TEN
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Director Burton : TIM
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Doohickey : THINGY
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Its sound is mimicked with coconut shells in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" : STEED
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Buffalo hockey player : SABRE
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Slangy request to a German to play it cool? : KLAUSACTCASUALK
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Big brand in the frozen aisle : OREIDA
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Greta of "Grand Hotel" : GARBO
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Brisket cooker : SMOKER
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What happened when the bust went sideways? : NARCINAPANICRAN
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Comment that breaks the fourth wall : ASIDE
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"You're ___ luck, my friend" : OUTTA
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Place with swinging doors, stereotypically : SALOON
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"The Great Gatsby" antagonist : TOM
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"That's gotta hurt!" : OOF
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Fashionable N.Y.C. fund-raiser : METGALA
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Origami, e.g. : ART
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Early invader of Britain : DANE
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Event inspiring many TikTok proposals : PROM
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Creator of the 1980 video game Adventure : ATARI
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Calf-length dress : MIDI
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Headline regarding a children's author controversy? : SEUSSIGNITINGISSUES
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Player in a baseball stadium : ORGANIST
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Sucker : SAP
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Post-workout feeling : ACHE
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Femur-to-tibia connector, for short : ACL
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Barbecue coating : RUB
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Rile up : AGITATE
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Progressive competitor : AIG
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Java : JOE
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Voice-activated order for cabbage or soda bread? : IRISHSIDEDISHSIRI
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Actress Ortiz : ANA
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Hard to pin down : ELUSIVE
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Mammal seen in Monterey Bay : SEAOTTER
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Traveling caller, perhaps : REF
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Pair in a telescope : LENSES
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Subjects of many evening photographs : SUNSETS
Down
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Character's development path : ARC
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Certain flat-screen, for short : LEDTV
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Aid in recovering a lost pet : IDCHIP
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"Don't freak out!" : STAYCALM
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"Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius : TIS
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Idyllic spot for two : EDEN
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Try again from the top : REDO
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They might hang around the house during the holidays : ICICLES
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In the buff : NUDE
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Activist Hampton of the Black Panthers : FRED
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Intl. alliance that includes Canada and Costa Rica : OAS
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Pioneer in color TV : RCA
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Keyboard shortcuts : MACROS
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Version shown at the movie theater : FINALCUT
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Nobel honoree : LAUREATE
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Biblical preposition : UNTO
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Google search results : SITES
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Nose wrinklers : ODORS
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Contests : VIES
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Foe of the Bolsheviks : CZAR
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R.N.'s assignment, maybe : ICU
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Knighted Guinness : ALEC
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Stop it : DESIST
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Use DraftKings or FanDuel : BET
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A person : EACH
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Inventor who wrote "Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All" : RUBIK
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___ Blancos, nickname for soccer's Real Madrid : LOS
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To's counterpart : FRO
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Many a dad joke : PUN
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"OK, the gloves are off!" : ITSON
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Diadem lookalike : TIARA
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After burner? : EMBER
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Show that spawned "MacGruber," for short : SNL
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Abbr. after a series : ETC
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Drinks accompanying finger sandwiches : TEAS
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Overly agreeable sort : YESMAN
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Monotony : TEDIUM
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Mad (about) : GAGA
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Chinese dollar : YUAN
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Pairs : DUOS
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Having mucho dinero : RICO
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Indian honorific : SRI
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Basics : ABCS
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___ Felton, title detective of "The Puzzle Lady Mysteries" : CORA
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Japanese dog breed : AKITA
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Unfairly enticed : LEDON
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Krispy ___ : KREME
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Money paid for a hand : ANTE
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A.B.A. member: Abbr. : ATT
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Early polytheists : PAGANS
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In the style of : ALA
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Conventions : NORMS
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First name in soul : OTIS
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Covert ___ : OPS
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Nabisco treat with ice cream and cookies : OREOCONE
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Unlike a shamrock : FOURLEAF
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Fighting : ATIT
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Muscle worked by a pull-down machine, for short : LAT
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Shapiro of NPR : ARI
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Forms from a mold : DIECASTS
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Flavor enhancer, for short : MSG
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Guts : INSIDES
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Singer ___ Lipa : DUA
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Garment worn with a choli : SARI
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Harden (to) : INURE
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Groundbreaking vet legislation of 1944 : GIBILL
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Airport area : GATE
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Devices that often get swiped : IPADS
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Certain Muslim : SHIITE
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"Great" or "snowy" bird : EGRET
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Just barely open : AJAR
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"The way things are going ..." : ASIS
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Cry "Uncle!" : GIVE
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Skinny pieces of clothing : TIES
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Son of Isaac and Rebecca : ESAU
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Bird with four W.N.B.A. titles : SUE
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QVC alternative : HSN
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Snookums : HON
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Org. with a return policy? : IRS

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

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