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New York Times, Saturday, August 10, 2024

Author:
Spencer Leach
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
11-Down : Metaphor for scrutiny
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Spencer Leach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Leach. Saturday freshness: 7%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/10/24 ( No. 27,304 )
Across
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Political adviser Dunn : ANITA
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Disapproving sound : TSK
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They don't usually produce change : ATMS
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Brand of brightly colored hair dye with a rhyming name : MANICPANIC
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Celebratory gloat : IWIN
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Sport that has generated noise complaints across the country in recent years : PICKLEBALL
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Rapper ___ Nasty : RICO
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Thin strip : SLAT
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Finish a study session at the library, perhaps : LOGOUT
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Sellout sign : SRO
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Not fooled by : ONTO
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Circus venue : BIGTOP
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"That's not good!" : YIKES
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Regular joes? : COFFEES
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Becomes inseparable : BONDS
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Ferocious, as winds : GALEFORCE
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Field of the supernatural : AURA
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"Aw, that's a shame" : SOSAD
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Exclamation of exasperation : CMON
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Out : OPENLYGAY
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Sprung : LEAPT
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Gambling venues with a portmanteau name : RACINOS
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Any of the Apennines : MONTE
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Open, waist-length jacket : BOLERO
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___ suit : ZOOT
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Inits. on a food assistance card : EBT
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Photographers' considerations : ANGLES
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Animals from which shofars can be made : RAMS
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Landed (on) : ALIT
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Ultraconfident affirmation : YOUBETICAN
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Name that's Latin for "nobody" : NEMO
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She's so full of herself! : MATRYOSHKA
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Sign : OMEN
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Gossip, in modern lingo : TEA
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Getting a high grade? : STEEP
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AC units? : AMPS
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Get perfectly : NAIL
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First civilization to cultivate potatoes : INCA
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Noted 21st-century movement? : TIKTOKDANCE
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Knee part, for short : ACL
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Don't mention it! : TABOO
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Pitfall : SNAG
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Grand opening? : KILO
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Run : AIR
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People hold complicated positions on it : TWISTERMAT
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Metaphor for scrutiny : MICROSCOPE
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Poke around : SNOOP
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Some animal products : PELTS
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Relatively nice prison, humorously : CLUBFED
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Quarrel : TIFF
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Switch's ancestor, for short : NES
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To whom one might say "Not everything revolves around you!" : GEOCENTRIST
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Another's issue, in modern lingo : YOUPROBLEM
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Live : INREALTIME
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Barrio makeup : CASAS
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Cosmetics giant : OLAY
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Steamed bun of Chinese cuisine : BAO
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"Faster!" : GOGO
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Suffix that turns a verb into an adjective : ENT
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Contracts for shrinks, e.g. : SYNONYM
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Turkey's currency : LIRA
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___ roll (toilet paper, in Britspeak) : LOO
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Walk leisurely : MOSEY
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Gas relief brand : BEANO
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Animal whose pattern allows it to camouflage into grassland : ZEBRA
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Best ever, informally : GOAT
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Chordophone popular in medieval times : LUTE
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Be in pain : ACHE
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Arrive in time for : MAKE
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Lose one's cool : SNAP
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The "long" version of it is 12% heavier : TON
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How-___ : TOS

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