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New York Times, Thursday, July 18, 2024

Author:
Kareem Ayas
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
42-Down : Losing steam
TotalDebutLatest
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Kareem Ayas

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Ayas. Thursday freshness: 54%
Jim Horne notes:

The circled letters are wormholes that magically, I mean sciencefictionally (and maybe even scientifically), jump to another location in the universe, I mean crossword.

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S
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T
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A
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R
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C
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O
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M
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N
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O
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V
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A
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P
P
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B
R
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G
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U
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C
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O
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S
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L
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C
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K
J
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A
W
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S
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P
Y
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S
P
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C
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R
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O
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A
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T
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R
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O
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N
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T
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H
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O
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W
R
U
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U
V
A
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R
I
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F
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T
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S
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I
D
O
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Y
N
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P
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S
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L
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P
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A
M
U
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E
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S
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G
O
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S
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M
B
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C
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A
G
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G
A
P
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H
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B
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N
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G
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N
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Y
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A
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K
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B
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L
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© 2024, The New York Times7/18/24 ( No. 27,281 )
Across
1
Indy 500 directive : STARTYOURENGINES
5
Epiphany that precedes a major change : COMETOJESUSMOMENT
10
Neon sign outside a motel : NOVACANCY
14
Bit of roofing : TILE
15
Like some mobile-device purchases : INAPP
16
"My dudes!" : BROS
17
Actor Omar : EPPS
18
Sticks firmly : GLUES
19
Name on an AAdvantage credit card : CITI
20
Bit of flight info : ETA
22
Cheer of encouragement : OLE
24
Siren's setting : SEA
25
Tetanus, by another name : LOCKJAW
28
Group of assets? : SPYRING
31
Orthodontic device : SPACER
32
Excessive : TOOTOO
33
One on a mission : ASTRONAUT
37
"What's up?," in text shorthand : HOWRU
40
Charlottesville sch. : UVA
41
Major faults : RIFTS
45
Words of commitment : IDO
46
Part of a neural network : SYNAPSE
49
Portion : LOT
50
New Jersey borough known for its shopping malls : PARAMUS
52
A long, long way back : EONSAGO
54
The green light in "The Great Gatsby," for one : SYMBOL
56
Generational divide : AGEGAP
57
Depositing checks with one's phone, say : HOMEBANKING
60
Quartz-filled rock : GEODE
62
Small change in party parity? : ANI
63
Like many bars during happy hour : NOISY
66
Harold who composed "Over the Rainbow" : ARLEN
67
"Gross!" : ICK
68
Muppet with a distinctive snickering laugh : ERNIE
69
Port in western France : BREST
70
Caustic cleaner : LYE
71
Carl who wrote "Cosmos" : SAGAN
Down
1
Fortifies : STEELS
2
First-rate : TIPTOP
3
Domesticated relative of the vicuña : ALPACA
4
"Hi" follower : RES
5
An "e-" one was first developed in 2003, for short : CIG
6
Barely simmering, say : ONLOW
7
Badly rough up : MAUL
8
Olympic weapons : EPEES
9
Festoons with bathroom tissue, informally : TPS
10
Oldest major TV network in the U.S. : NBC
11
Question that casts doubt : ORISIT
12
Say "nay" : VOTENO
13
Popular Italian cheese : ASIAGO
26
Classic Chrysler : KCAR
27
"___ is long, life is short" (Greek aphorism) : ART
29
Org. that might organize a book fair : PTA
30
Indian flatbread : ROTI
34
Routes down a ski mountain : RUNS
35
Products of oogenesis : OVA
36
Scruff : NAPE
37
Where one's hands are placed at the end of the macarena : HIPS
38
Anita of jazz : ODAY
39
Portal represented by each pair of circled letters in this puzzle : WORMHOLE
42
Losing steam : FLAGGING
43
Word repeated in an "Animal House" chant : TOGA
44
"Enough!" : STOP
47
Wintry season : YULE
48
Enjoy a bath : SOAK
51
Houses : ABODES
53
Title with a tilde : SENORA
58
Back out unexpectedly : BAIL
59
Figure in the Louvre's "Winged Victory of Samothrace" : NIKE
60
"Gift" that can be annoying to others : GAB
61
Transgress : ERR
64
One-named pop singer with hits such as "Elastic Heart" and "The Greatest" : SIA
65
Hunger or thirst : YEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle.

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