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New York Times, Thursday, August 29, 2024

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
37-Down : Founder of a Persian religion
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Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 38 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Seigel. Thursday freshness: 83%
Jim Horne notes:
22-Across: when you sing the first two notes of O Canada, that's a MINOR THIRD. I wonder how Americans identify that interval... I don't ... read more
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A
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C
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M
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E
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S
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U
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I
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D
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O
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G
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P
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N
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O
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C
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A
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B
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S
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A
H
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M
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NORTH
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S
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C
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O
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M
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P
L
E
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B
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M
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T
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Y
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L
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A
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N
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Z
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O
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A
D
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B
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E
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P
O
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Z
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F
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L
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W
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S
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O
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D
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WEST
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M
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C
EAST
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F
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T
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H
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SOUTH
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A
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W
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W
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M
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P
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L
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T
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B
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© 2024, The New York Times8/29/24 ( No. 27,323 )
Across
1
Tippy-top : ACME
5
Fashion designer Anna : SUI
8
Challenger, e.g. : DODGE
13
Display self-satisfaction : PREEN
15
Writer who quipped "The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast" : OSCARWILDE
18
Call of duty? : BUGLE
19
Exhausting : WEARINGOUT
20
Doctor's order : SAYAAH
22
Musical interval like C to E flat : MINORTHIRD
23
Anatomical pouches : SACS
24
Eponymous physicist Georg : OHM
25
Military school newbie : PLEBE
27
Term for a swab : MATEY
28
List : LEAN
30
Constitutional change endorsed by NOW, for short : ERA
31
Suit type for Cab Calloway : ZOOT
33
Go off script : ADLIB
35
Competitive gamer's forte : ESPORT
37
Aunt, in Italian : ZIA
40
What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle : FOLLOWDIRECTIONS
43
Drive-___ : INS
44
Some vodka orders : STOLIS
45
Veggies that are often deep-fried : OKRAS
47
Start of many Scottish surnames : MAC
50
Celebrates in style : FETES
53
Keeps the faith : HOLDSOUTHOPE
55
Exhibition contents : ART
56
Conductor of electrical impulses : AXON
57
Flock member : EWE
59
Doze intermittently : DROWSE
61
Spouse to a trophy husband, perhaps : SUGARMOMMA
64
Part of an iris : PETAL
66
Coalition of skilled workers : TRADEUNION
67
Not just any : EVERY
68
Small stuff to sweat : BEADS
69
Place where you might feel calm while sweating : SPA
70
Skye writing? : ERSE
Down
1
Wanted notice, for short : APB
2
Had a thing for : CRUSHEDON
3
Sprawling shopping centers : MEGAMALLS
4
Hard to grasp, in a way : EELY
5
Question from an impatient negotiator : SOWHEREDOWESTAND
6
Take for a sucker : USE
7
Meaning of "veni" : ICAME
9
Go undefeated against : OWN
10
Makes critical comments about : DIGSAT
11
Win like a loser? : GLOAT
12
Extract, as from data : EDUCE
14
Twice-monthly tide : NEAP
16
Businessman Emanuel : ARI
17
Crafter's marketplace : ETSY
21
Stout, e.g. : ALE
24
First in a series of Norwegian kings : OLAFI
26
Leaves on a pizza : BASIL
27
Words on a state license plate : MOTTO
29
Zip : NIL
31
Actress in the "Avatar" and "Avengers" franchises : ZOESALDANA
32
Fictional creature born from mud : ORC
34
Cap'n's subordinates : BOSNS
36
A-one : PRIMO
37
Founder of a Persian religion : ZOROASTER
38
Financially behind : INARREARS
39
Balance sheet listing : ASSET
41
Sports org. founded by Billie Jean King : WTA
42
Furniture outlet with an average size of 300,000 square feet, or five football fields : IKEASTORE
46
Response to "Gracias" : DENADA
48
Obsolescent data storage option, for short : CDR
50
Like some incorrect clocks : FAST
51
Edge of a metro area : EXURB
52
Senators' garments, once : TOGAE
53
Powerful auto engines : HEMIS
57
Kiwi cousins : EMUS
58
Had the best time, say : WON
60
"___ moved!" (sign in an empty shop's window) : WEVE
62
Warning not to go : RED
63
Basic cleaner : MOP
65
Very basic cleaner : LYE

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