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New York Times, Monday, August 22, 2022

Author:
Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Down : Chooses
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Burnikel. This is puzzle # 75 for Ms. Burnikel. Monday freshness: 85%
Constructor notes:
This puzzle had a revision in the left part. We originally had ALAI (32A) crossing MAPO (26D). Tracy and the team felt it was tough for a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
C.C. and her husband Boomer have unEARTHed a fun theme, synonyms or nicknames for UNDERGROUND transit systems. What a shame that EARTH wasn't ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times8/22/22 ( No. 26,585 )
Across
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Bird with keen binocular vision : OWL
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Unit of bacon or cloth : STRIP
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Throw away : TOSS
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Language spoken in Bangkok : THAI
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French ___ (region east of Suriname) : GUIANA
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First part of a play : ACTI
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Black Forest Ham and Cold Cut Combo, for two : SUBWAYSANDWICHES
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Bible book with 150 sacred poems : PSALMS
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Away from the sun, say : INDOORS
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"Favorite" or "prodigal" one : SON
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Sugary : SWEET
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___ port in a storm : ANY
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Region encompassing a city and its suburbs : METROAREA
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Honoree on the third Sunday in June : DAD
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___ Gagarin, first person in space : YURI
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Cube or sphere : SOLID
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Must, informally : GOTTA
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Pre-calc class : TRIG
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Keep the beat with one's feet, say : TOETAP
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Actor Oldman : GARY
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Commotion : HOOHA
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Clean vigorously : SCOUR
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Utter delight : GLEE
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Spot for a soak : TUB
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One-size-fits-all hosiery : TUBESOCKS
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Free ___ bird : ASA
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Hotel customer : GUEST
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Hall-of-Fame QB Dawson : LEN
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Nelson who wrote "Long Walk to Freedom" : MANDELA
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"I've got it!" : EUREKA
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Nonmainstream productions like "Pink Flamingos" and "Eraserhead" : UNDERGROUNDFILMS
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Goulash or gumbo : STEW
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Online brokerage pioneer : ETRADE
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Rolaids competitor : TUMS
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"Child's play!" : EASY
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Bowling alley rentals : SHOES
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Bartender on "The Simpsons" : MOE
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Extra N.B.A. periods, for short : OTS
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Clobber but good : WHUP
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Scientific workplaces : LABS
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Figure (out) : SUSS
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___ Maria (liqueur) : TIA
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Competed in a 10K, say : RAN
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Not mainstream : INDIE
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Received quick cash for, in a way : PAWNED
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Food in a hard or soft shell : TACO
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Ellen ___, first Hispanic woman in space : OCHOA
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Back of a boat : STERN
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Oscar winner Spacek : SISSY
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"Told you so!" : IWASRIGHT
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Athlete on the pommel horse or parallel bars : GYMNAST
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___ gobi (curry dish) : ALOO
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Attachment to a dog collar, informally : IDTAG
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Chooses : SELECTS
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Stay at home during, as a hurricane : WAITOUT
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Story that's not to be believed : MYTH
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Continental currency : EURO
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Quartet minus one : TRIO
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Aussie hoppers : ROOS
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"Shucks!" : DOGGONEIT
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Smear on, as makeup : DAUB
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Soft mineral : TALC
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Arduous journey : TREK
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Thumbs-up votes : AYES
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Orchestral introduction in a musical or opera : PRELUDE
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Tool for boring holes : AUGER
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Sticks out : BULGES
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Medieval worker : SERF
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Cause to chuckle : AMUSE
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Christmas list keeper : SANTA
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Range from Venezuela to Chile : ANDES
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Habitat for humanity? : EARTH
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Like early-morning grass : DEWY
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Finishes up : ENDS
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"America's Got Talent" judge Heidi : KLUM
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Snowballs, in a snowball fight : AMMO
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Gold, in Guadalajara : ORO
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Dubai's country, for short : UAE
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Opposite of NNW : SSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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