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Double Digits

New York Times, Sunday, July 7, 2024

Author:
David Karp
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
77-Down : Head turner at a racetrack
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David Karp

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 84 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Karp. Sunday freshness: 1%
Joel Fagliano notes:
David Karp, of Victoria, British Columbia, works for the B.C. Ministry of Finance. This puzzle was built around 107-Across, which makes its debut as an answer in the Times crossword. ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

While solving in the app, the grid will show normal-sized squares. You'll have to double some letters with your fat fingers. When solved, the grid will show the stretched digits similar to what's shown here.

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© 2024, The New York Times7/7/24 ( No. 27,270 )
Across
1
Common ingredient in eye shadow : TALC
5
Anticipate a near success, so to speak : TASTEIT
12
Sci-fi comics sound : ZAP
15
Animal in the Bacardi logo : BAT
18
Wayfair alternative : IKEA
19
Egg-laying mammal : ECHIDNA
20
Art ___ : DECO
21
What a boring meeting never seems to do : END
22
Admit one was wrong : EATHUMBLEPIE
25
Attitude : LIP
26
Chemical compound in plastics and rubber : STYRENE
27
Clear to see, maybe? : INHD
28
Abstract painter ___ Thomas : ALMA
29
Title in a Puccini title : MADAMA
31
Like a room with a lit fireplace, often : TOASTY
34
Second calling? : ALIAS
35
Research trials using withheld information : BLINDEXPERIMENTS
40
Genesis brother : ABEL
41
Go (for) : RETAIL
42
"Calvin and Hobbes" girl : SUSIE
43
Opulent : PLUSH
45
Presentation prop : EASEL
48
Royal whose wedding had a whopping 1,900 guests : KATEMIDDLETON
57
City that's home to the Green Dome : MEDINA
58
Party : CAROUSE
59
Writing wrongs? : TYPOS
61
Spartan queen of myth : LEDA
62
Delivery room figures, for short : OBS
65
Month between avril and juin : MAI
66
Cries of pain : OWS
68
Enthusiastic Spanish assent : SISI
69
Gush : SPURT
71
Pioneering chemist Lavoisier : ANTOINE
74
Like some hipster T-shirts : IRONIC
76
Friendly debate opponent : SPARRINGPARTNER
80
Gossip spreader : YENTA
81
Your wish is his command : GENIE
82
"Likewise" : SODOI
85
Run out of clothes? : STREAK
88
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
92
Lab mice of 1990s cartoons : PINKYANDTHEBRAIN
98
F on a final : FALSE
99
Slowly wanes, as support : ERODES
100
To no avail : VAINLY
101
Infuriates : IRES
102
Four- or six-pointer, say : STAG
103
Display at a school show : TALENTS
106
O.E.D. ender : ZED
107
Excuse for texting errors, jocularly … or a hint to this puzzle's theme : FATFINGERSYNDROME
113
Its egg resembles an avocado : EMU
114
Cheerful tune : LILT
115
"Core" things : BELIEFS
116
Opposite of absorb : EMIT
117
Shill for, informally : REP
118
Root word? : OLE
119
Ingredient in a Bloody Caesar cocktail : CLAMATO
120
"No returns" : ASIS
Down
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Makeshift limbo bar at a wedding : TIE
2
Letters before a 34-Across : AKA
3
Abandons, as an argument : LETSDIE
4
Marsh plant whose flower resembles a corn dog : CATTAIL
5
World capital at the foot of the Elburz Mountains : TEHRAN
6
Take ___ from : ACUE
7
Turn one's back on : SHUN
8
"The longest distance between two places," per "The Glass Menagerie" : TIME
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The N.H.L.'s Oilers, on scoreboards : EDM
10
Bach's "Mass ___ Minor" : INB
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Guitar sheet music, for short : TAB
12
Gentle breeze : ZEPHYR
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Vinegar, e.g. : ACID
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Aptly named mascot of the Baltimore Ravens : POE
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Popular brunch cocktail : BELLINI
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Bring to life : ANIMATE
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QB's feat : TDPASS
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Italian for "tooth" : DENTE
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Inspiration for many a gospel song : HYMN
24
Speech therapy subject : LISP
28
Flight selections, say : ALES
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Bush Jr. is the only U.S. president to hold one : MBA
30
Minister's robe : ALB
31
Pot leaves? : TEA
32
Lead-in to Clean : OXI
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Rose of Guns N' Roses : AXL
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Charm : AMULET
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Generate, with "up" : DRUM
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Member of the South Asian diaspora : DESI
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Set of guiding principles : ETHIC
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Words from someone who's following you : ISEE
43
"The tongue of the mind," per Cervantes : PEN
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"omg u r 2 funny!" : LMAO
45
Duke's address ender : EDU
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On top of that : ALSO
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Bunch : SLEW
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Serious thing to play for : KEEPS
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Make sense : ADDUP
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Ice on one's head? : TIARA
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Lindelof who co-created "Lost" and "The Leftovers" : DAMON
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Emotionally tax : DRAIN
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Completing : DOING
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Big name in chicken : TYSON
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Offer one's two cents : OPINE
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Polite denial : NOSIR
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Org. that Lionel Messi joined in 2023 : MLS
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[I know it's wrong] : SIC
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One might be raised on a farm : BARN
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Pouty mood : SNIT
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Assistant who handles more than 25 billion requests per month : SIRI
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"Here, have a sample" : TRYONE
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Hermana de la madre : TIA
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Urged (on) : EGGED
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GPS suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
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Head turner at a racetrack : REIN
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When placed under high pressure and heat, it forms coal : PEAT
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So-called "key of life" : ANKH
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"Please — I've heard that excuse before" : SPAREME
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Ready for a massage, perhaps : OILEDUP
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Trash : DISS
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Qantas hub, on luggage tags : SYD
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___ kwon do : TAE
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Triage pros, in brief : RNS
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Its capital is Asmara : ERITREA
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Rates of return? : RANSOMS
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"Cool" amt. : MIL
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"Whichever" : ANY
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Big name in vaccines : PFIZER
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Water heater : KETTLE
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Robert who owns the New England Patriots : KRAFT
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Toon first seen on "The Huckleberry Hound Show" : YOGI
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Nevertheless : EVENSO
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Something a newlywed might wear — or dance to — at a wedding : BAND
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Boom attachment : SAIL
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Custom car consideration : TRIM
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Offshore : ASEA
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App with "Rides" and "Bikes" tabs : LYFT
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Rapper ___ Rida : FLO
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Peacock's parent : NBC
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It might make one's hair stand on end : GEL
110
She, in Portuguese : ELA
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Early 11th-century year : MII
112
U.F.O. crew : ETS

Answer summary:
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