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New York Times, Monday, July 15, 2024

Author:
Tarun Krishnamurthy
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
45-Down : Devious
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17/15/2024
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Tarun Krishnamurthy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Krishnamurthy. Monday freshness: 38%
Tarun Krishnamurthy notes:
Hey, Crossworld! I'm a 16-year-old rising senior in high school based in Seattle, WA. I have been constructing for roughly a year, and ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times7/15/24 ( No. 27,278 )
Across
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Environmentalist Thunberg : GRETA
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Concluding musical passage : CODA
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Bringing up the rear : LAST
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Diameter halves : RADII
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Enthusiastic : AVID
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___ in a blue moon : ONCE
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"Don't you worry about me!" : ICANMANAGE
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Resting on : ATOP
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Rep.'s opponent : DEM
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Surgery souvenir : SCAR
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Listing on a mall directory : STORE
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Fixture that may hold gumballs : CANDYMACHINE
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Drink with tapioca pearls : BOBATEA
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Who might say "Take me to your leader" : ALIEN
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Hubbubs : ADOS
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Cat, in Spanish : GATO
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Flow back, as the tide : EBB
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Supposed sighting in the Scottish Highlands : LOCHNESSMONSTER
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Historical period : ERA
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Sign of things to come : OMEN
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Palindromic boy's name : OTTO
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Desert or tundra : BIOME
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Melancholy feeling : SADNESS
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Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor with bananas and walnuts : CHUNKYMONKEY
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They're often in front of the percussion section in an orchestra : HORNS
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Bit of bridal attire : VEIL
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Question that anagrams to another question : HOW
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Pond organism : ALGA
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Colorful marine creature ... or a phonetic hint to the circled letters in 17-, 23-, 35- and 48-Across : SEAANEMONE
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Track or swimming competition : MEET
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Converse : TALK
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Scrabble pieces : TILES
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Flammable pile : PYRE
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Online marketplace for crafts : ETSY
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Live and breathe : EXIST
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Crossword diagram : GRID
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Marathon, e.g. : RACE
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Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?" : EDAM
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Altoids container : TIN
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Zeroes in on : AIMSAT
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Country with a maple leaf on its flag : CANADA
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Egg-producing organ : OVARY
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Use a shovel : DIG
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Citrus drink suffix : ADE
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Abhor : LOATHE
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Marie of Versailles : ANTOINETTE
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Disdain : SCORN
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Conical home : TEPEE
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Common case for a dermatologist : ACNE
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Descendant : SCION
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Bills and coins : CASH
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Sir's counterpart : MAAM
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Voice between soprano and tenor : ALTO
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Hay bundle : BALE
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Stink : ODOR
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Barbecue option for a vegetarian : BOCABURGER
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Cable channel that airs "Family Feud" reruns : GSN
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Wagers : BETS
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Super Mario ___ : BROS
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Cozy spots : NOOKS
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The "E" of EGOT : EMMY
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Appear to be : SEEM
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PlayStation maker : SONY
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Present at birth : INNATE
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Devious : SNEAKY
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Similar (to) : AKIN
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Backspace over : DELETE
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Tourney winner : CHAMP
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Like Swiss cheese : HOLEY
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NASCAR circuits, geometrically : OVALS
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Hindu festival of colors : HOLI
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Half of the digits in binary code : ONES
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Toward sunset : WEST
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French holy woman: Abbr. : STE
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Consume : EAT
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Mingle : MIX

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