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New York Times, Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
12-Down : Micronesian nation composed of 200+ islands
TotalDebutLatest
359/23/20079/29/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
126511019
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.616548%
Daniel Raymon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Raymon. Tuesday freshness: 51%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/6/24 ( No. 27,300 )
Across
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Does OK : MANAGES
8
Org. in "Outbreak" and "Contagion" : CDC
11
Instagram, for one : APP
14
Grads of Barnard College, e.g. : ALUMNAE
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"You can do it!" : RAH
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First chairman of China : MAO
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"Any option is fine by me" : ASYOUPLEASE
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100% : ALL
20
Drop anchor : MOOR
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"Or so the motto goes" : ASTHEYSAY
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Verb that sounds like its opposite : RAZE
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Stiffens, as one's back : SEIZESUP
27
With 33-Down and 51-Across, "What a surprise!" : ASILIVE
30
Sonneteer's contraction : TIS
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Instagram post, for short : PIC
32
"___ Hold 'Em" (2024 Beyoncé single) : TEXAS
35
Brusque : TERSE
39
Yapper : TRAP
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Subscriber's option : RENEW
43
Wry Mort : SAHL
44
Hole in one's head : SINUS
46
Obsolescent PC storage medium : CDROM
48
Is no longer : WAS
49
According to : PER
51
See 27-Across : BREATHE
53
Plant biologist, by another name : BOTANIST
58
Actress Kate or Rooney : MARA
59
"Currently ..." : ASWESPEAK
61
Kazan who directed "A Streetcar Named Desire" : ELIA
64
Color TV pioneer : RCA
65
"By a stroke of luck ..." : ASITHAPPENS
68
Campaigned : RAN
69
Beachgoer's goal, maybe : TAN
70
Huffington who founded The Huffington Post : ARIANNA
71
Bit of work : ERG
72
Woolly mama : EWE
73
24/7 : NONSTOP
Down
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Palindromic term of address : MAAM
2
"What's more ..." : ALSO
3
Many a resident of Spanish Harlem : NUYORICAN
4
Unprincipled : AMORAL
5
Serengeti grazer : GNU
6
"The Fall of the House of Usher" monogram : EAP
7
Emmy-winning Ward : SELA
8
Container for milk cartons : CRATE
9
"Drat!" : DASHIT
10
Brand of orange crackers : CHEEZIT
11
Stockpile : AMASS
12
Micronesian nation composed of 200+ islands : PALAU
13
Individual coral organism : POLYP
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Suffix with host or priest : ESS
22
Column of boxes on a questionnaire : YESES
24
Bit of acne : ZIT
25
At any time : EVER
27
Co-ops and condos: Abbr. : APTS
28
Apple assistant : SIRI
29
Business bigwig : EXEC
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See 27-Across : AND
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Certain Balkan native : SERB
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Innate skill : RAWTALENT
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Exile of 1979 : SHAH
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"What ___ can I say?" : ELSE
40
Cocoon dwellers : PUPAE
42
Early bird's prize : WORM
45
Opposite of numb : SENSATE
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___ culpa : MEA
50
Coarse-toothed cutter : RIPSAW
52
South American corn patties : AREPAS
53
Ballet rail : BARRE
54
Witty Wilde : OSCAR
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Southern way of speaking : TWANG
56
River through Paris : SEINE
57
Bit of ink : TAT
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___ Academy, online education nonprofit : KHAN
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___ particular order : INNO
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Right away : ASAP
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Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally : ARO
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A.T.M. need : PIN

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

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