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Is There an Echo in Here?

New York Times, Sunday, August 25, 2024

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
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John Kugelman

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Rows: 21, Columns: 22 Words: 145, Blocks: 90 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Kugelman. Sunday freshness: 23%
Joel Fagliano notes:
John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer and musician. His puzzles often have a playful sense of humor to them, a style he attributes to his crossword constructing "North ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times8/25/24 ( No. 27,319 )
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Loses one's shirt, say : UNDRESSES
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Primarily studies : MAJORSIN
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City with a cowboy hat-wearing replica of the Eiffel Tower : PARISTEXAS
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Videography option on a smartphone : TIMELAPSE
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"Tsk, tsk"? : DOUBLECLICK
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Buddy-buddy? : SECONDMATE
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Resistance units : OHMS
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What "Ten-four" and "Over" are used in : RADIOSPEAK
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___ liver oil (dietary supplement) : COD
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Honnold who was the first to free-solo climb El Capitan : ALEX
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Exploit : DEED
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Sight at Sydney's yearly Festival of the Winds : KITE
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"You're on!" : ITSABET
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Paper-saving invoice : EBILL
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They keep people in the dark : EYEMASKS
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[Knock, knock]? : RAPDUO
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First-tier, as a celeb : ALIST
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Thudding noise : CLONK
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Diamond authorities : UMPS
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Go (for) : OPT
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Word used three times in the Postal Service creed : NOR
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Sen. or rep., e.g. : POL
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Up to : ASFARAS
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N.W.A's "Straight ___ Compton" : OUTTA
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Owl or whippoorwill, e.g. : NIGHTBIRD
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Big step for a start-up, for short : IPO
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"Now I get it!" : OHH
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Pooh-pooh? : THISBEARSREPEATING
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Wrap up : END
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Sch. with campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai : NYU
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Places to let out anger by smashing objects : RAGEROOMS
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Built (on) : BASED
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Core exercise done lying down : LEGLIFT
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Queer identity, for short : ARO
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Output of some refrigerators : ICE
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Word often followed by a Roman numeral : ACT
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Helping hand : AIDE
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Show up, perhaps : OUTDO
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Else : IFNOT
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Tut-tut? : THEMUMMYRETURNS
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"Ow! Ow!"? : ALLOWS
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Buccaneer's buddies : HEARTIES
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Park worker? : VALET
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"That much is obvious" : CLEARLY
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Ran out of juice : DIED
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The Lincoln Memorial appeared on it until 2008 : CENT
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Tangled masses of hair : MATS
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One of the Mannings : ELI
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George Lucas's original surname for Luke Skywalker : STARKILLER
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Shock proof? : GASP
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"OK, OK"? : BACKUPCOPY
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"Hubba, hubba!"? : PAIROFPANTS
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Outpouring of ideas : BRAINDUMP
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Seasonal workers in suits : MALLSANTAS
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Official beer of the Boston Red Sox, familiarly : SAMADAMS
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On the comeback trail : RESURGENT
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Swept style : UPDO
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Chemical formula for lye : NAOH
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Oil container : DRUM
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Needles : RIBS
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Night school subj. : ESL
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Basilica of ___ Anne de Détroit (historic Michigan landmark) : STE
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"Three may keep a ___, if two of them are dead": Benjamin Franklin : SECRET
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Over-the-counter brand that promises "Guaranteed relief every time" : EXLAX
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Put forth : SAID
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Flaky mineral : MICA
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Wild : AMOK
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"Friends" star, to friends : JEN
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Antediluvian : OLD
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Run into : RAM
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Carnival attraction that propels its riders sky-high : SPACESHOT
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":" in analogies : ISTO
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Call for : NEED
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Half a rhyming genre name : SCI
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Steaming, with "off" : TEED
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Alaskan salmon hunters : KODIAKS
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Hulled wheat : SPELT
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Mirror image? : SELF
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Be next to : ABUT
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MGM's aptly named mascot : LEO
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Nine credited roles in "Barbie" : KENS
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Texter's hedge : IMO
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Bit of ink, familiarly : TAT
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Home of Kurdistan's easternmost regions : IRAN
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Raven claw : TALON
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Vital spark : SPIRIT
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Plugs : ADS
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Brian in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : ENO
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Big name in allergy medication : BENADRYL
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Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
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Talks incessantly : YAPS
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Didn't spoil : KEPT
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Mlle. of Madrid : SRTA
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Basic skateboarding trick : OLLIE
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Jovian moon : EUROPA
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Kind of salad with hard-boiled eggs : COBB
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What cognitive behavioral therapy can treat, in brief : PTSD
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It bears no etymological relation to "conifer," surprisingly : FIR
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Camera opening : APERTURE
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State with a five-sided flag : OHIO
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"That's just … wrong" : UHNO
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Clarified butter : GHEE
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Rear : HIND
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Park worker : RANGER
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Por ___ lado (on the other hand: Sp.) : OTRO
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Fashion designer Anna : SUI
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"By Jove!" : EGADS
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Lead-in to nautical : AERO
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Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 : GMINOR
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Glower : SCOWL
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Part of a baby's nighttime routine : BATH
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Hurt : ACHE
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Filming innovation used in "The Shining" : STEADICAM
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Choice for a twist : LIME
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Häagen-Dazs shelfmate : EDYS
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Ball that just grazes the bat, perhaps : FOULTIP
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Online crafts marketplace : ETSY
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Betwixt : AMID
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Explosive inits. : TNT
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Corsica and Réunion : ILES
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Part of 115-Down: Abbr. : FLA
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PET scan alternative : MRI
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Uintah Basin people : UTE
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Word in the mnemonic E-G-B-D-F : EVERY
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Deliberately try to fail, informally : TANK
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Key near Ctrl : ALT
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"O Tannenbaum" and others : CAROLS
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"Li'l Abner" cartoonist : CAPP
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Haggard fellow? : MERLE
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Abates : EBBS
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"Good Morning America" co-host Spencer : LARA
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Dirty film : SCUM
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Some turkeys and tabbies : TOMS
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Hasty getaway : LAM
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"Success has always been the greatest ___": Nietzsche : LIAR
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Group of buffalo : GANG
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Payment before a deal : ANTE
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Big supporter, in modern slang : STAN
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Quiet "Hey!" : PSST
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Telluride maker : KIA
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Sturm ___ Drang : UND
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Initialism for exhibitionism : PDA
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Seminoles' sch. : FSU
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Tiger's target : PAR

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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