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New York Times, Monday, August 12, 2024

Author:
Shaun Phillips
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
45-Down : Arkham ___, institution for many Batman foes
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Shaun Phillips

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Phillips. Monday freshness: 79%
Shaun Phillips notes:
Hello again, friends! You can imagine me shouting 32A in jubilation when the acceptance email came through for this puzzle so soon ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times8/12/24 ( No. 27,306 )
Across
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Major purchase when furnishing a dining room : TABLE
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Reprimanding sounds : TSKS
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___ de gallo (salsa variety) : PICO
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White wetland wader : EGRET
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Company name aptly found in "The bookcase came together like a charm!" : IKEA
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Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen" : EVAN
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*One leaving money under a pillow : TOOTHFAIRY
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Southern cornbread : PONE
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Noisy bedmate : SNORER
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Sean who played Rudy in "Rudy" : ASTIN
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*Hobbes, vis-à-vis Calvin : IMAGINARYFRIEND
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Submission to a record label in the 1990s : DEMOCD
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"Humble" home : ABODE
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Narcissist's flaw : EGO
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Toe woe : BUNION
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"Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? : AREYOUFORREAL
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One on maternity leave : NEWMOM
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California's Monterey ___ Aquarium : BAY
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Indian yogurt drink : LASSI
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Frozen ocean water : SEAICE
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*Cryptid in the Scottish Highlands : LOCHNESSMONSTER
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Prefix with -naut : ASTRO
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Period of one's prime : HEYDAY
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Arnaz who loved Lucy : DESI
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*"Ho, ho, ho!" hollerer : SANTACLAUS
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British boarding school : ETON
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"Keep it down!" : HUSH
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Rwandan minority : TUTSI
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0% : NONE
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Dollar bills : ONES
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Finger-painting smudge : SMEAR
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Vietnamese New Year : TET
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"A long time ___ …" : AGO
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Sis's sibling : BRO
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"What are you waiting for?!" : LETSGO
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Pertaining to a cultural group : ETHNIC
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Princess's headwear : TIARA
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Person who might need a lift? : SKIER
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Actress Washington of "Scandal" : KERRY
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Speak aloud : SAY
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Discontinued competitor of Coke Zero : PEPSIONE
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Words on an Election Day sticker : IVOTED
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Bluey or Snoopy : CANINE
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Upright, as hair : ONEND
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A fan (of) : FOND
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___ Day, occasion for planting trees : ARBOR
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Ending with sulf- or fluor- : IDE
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Lead-in to Man or mansion : MEGA
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Love, in Spanish : AMOR
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One might have farm animals, fried food and a Ferris wheel : FAIR
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Backside : BUM
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Sci-fi ship : UFO
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When repeated, sound effect for Cookie Monster : NOM
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Induct into a Hall of Fame, perhaps : ENSHRINE
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Like the questions asked in 20 Questions : YESNO
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Baby's boo-boo : OWIE
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Ever so slightly : ABIT
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Tie, as shoes : LACE
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"___ out!" (ump's shout) : YER
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Finish behind : LOSETO
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Follows, as a hunch : ACTSON
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Vending machine drink : SODA
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Puts into law : ENACTS
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Arkham ___, institution for many Batman foes : ASYLUM
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Filled with cargo : LADEN
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Olympic snowboarder White : SHAUN
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Have a feeling : SENSE
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The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? : MYTHS
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"Billions" airer, for short : SHO
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Chowed down : ATE
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Summer Olympics powerhouse : USA
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Knight's title : SIR

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