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New York Times, Friday, August 23, 2024

Author:
Taylor Johnson and Rafael Musa
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
15-Down : Warm-up pieces
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Rafael Musa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Johnson. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Musa. Friday freshness: 30%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/23/24 ( No. 27,317 )
Across
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"Pretty Little Liars" author Shepard : SARA
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Trap for the unwary : SNARE
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High-end hotel amenities : SPAS
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Takeoff announcement? : IHAVETORUN
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Rocked, in a way : WORE
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"Future me — don't forget this!" : NOTETOSELF
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Holly genus : ILEX
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Gave a once-over : EYEDUP
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Begrudging assent : YEAHFINE
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Jazz trumpeter Jones : THAD
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Spiny reptile that, despite its name, is actually a lizard : HORNYTOAD
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The Flyers, on a scoreboard : PHI
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Famed recipient of a lesser blessing : ESAU
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"Eww, enough!" : TMI
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Cry of fear : EEK
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Makes, as a putt : SINKS
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Some Reichstag votes : NEINS
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Stage group often dressed in black : CREW
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Struggles : TOILS
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[And just like that ...] : SNAP
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"TiK ToK" creator : KESHA
42
"Any ___?" : IDEAS
44
Makeup ingredient? : DNA
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Soldier of Sauron : ORC
47
Cubism-inspired style : DECO
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Like 30-Down : ICY
49
Make a deal official, say : SHAKEONIT
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The average person will shed at least one every day : LASH
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Spice derived from the inner bark of a tropical tree : CINNAMON
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Like some broken records : WARPED
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Antagonist in a 1604 play … or a 1992 animated movie : IAGO
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Forest, in a metaphor : BIGPICTURE
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Breezed (by) : FLEW
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Try to get the upper hand? : ARMWRESTLE
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Afflictions : ILLS
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Infinitesimal : TEENY
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Wine bottle spec : YEAR
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0, for 180° : SINE
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Bit of salty language? : AHOYTHERE
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Some announcements from the Fed : RATEHIKES
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Cosmetics brand owned by Estée Lauder : AVEDA
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Organ piece : STOP
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KenKen entries: Abbr. : NOS
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"For real?!" : AREYOUKIDDINGME
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Minos or Midas : RULER
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Member of la famille : ENFANT
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Fan base added to the O.E.D. in 2023 : SWIFTIES
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Oral vaccine target : POLIO
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Sphere : ARENA
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Planned Parenthood offering, informally : SEXED
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Warm-up pieces : ETUDES
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"How Firm a Foundation," for one : HYMN
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Where VietJet Air is headquartered : HANOI
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Half a half-bushel : PECK
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Watch, in a way : SIT
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Winter forecast : SLEET
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Debated : INDISPUTE
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Comedian Aparna who wrote "Unreliable Narrator" : NANCHERLA
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Do a certain veterinary job : SPAY
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"It's anyone's guess" : WHOKNOWS
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West Coast political hub, familiarly : SAC
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What an integral can compute : AREA
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Comfort : SOLACE
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Fighting : COMBAT
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Genre celebrated at the annual Worldcon : SCIFI
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Meeting greeting : HIALL
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Well-behaved sort : ANGEL
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Color of a proverbial French beast : NOIRE
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Chichi : ARTSY
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Like the coats of many terriers : WIRY
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Free-roaming residents of Japan's Nara Park : DEER
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Beat decisively, in video game lingo : PWN

Answer summary:
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