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New York Times, Thursday, August 8, 2024

Author:
Christopher Youngs
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
4-Down : Like old chestnuts
TotalDebutLatest
512/1/20218/8/2024
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Christopher Youngs

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Youngs. Thursday freshness: 36%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/8/24 ( No. 27,302 )
Across
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Catherine ___, last wife of King Henry VIII : PARR
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Basic level of a popular ridesharing app : UBERX
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Part of a routine : JOKE
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Orchestra tuner : OBOE
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"You can't make me!" : NEVER
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Dry : ARID
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Mixed drink with an alliterative name : SCOTCHANDSODA
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Fuse by heat : WELD
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Bad weather forecast, informally : TSTORMS
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Preceder of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese history : HANDYNASTY
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Slightest idea : CLUE
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"The Lucy-___ Comedy Hour" (classic TV release) : DESI
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Tons : SCADS
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Kind of school : MED
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Sudden inspirations? : GASPS
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He asked Bud "Who's on first?" : LOU
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Cry of terrier? : ARF
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Response to an anticlimactic reveal : OHTHAT
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"It's not as simple as it sounds" : EASIERSAIDTHANDONE
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Forever, poetically : ETERNE
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A carved one hangs in the chamber of the Massachusetts House of Representatives : COD
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Itty-bitty : WEE
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Galileo, by birth : PISAN
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Name spelled out in "The Alphabet Song" : STU
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Immune system agent : TCELL
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Golden rule preposition : UNTO
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Arctic food fish : CHAR
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Ornate lighting fixture : CHANDELIER
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Sours : GOESBAD
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Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022 : ASIA
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Part of a clock depicted four times in this puzzle? : MINUTEHAND
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Darkness : MURK
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It happens : EVENT
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Jazz singer Jones : ETTA
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Weapon that shares an etymology with "spade" and "spatula" : EPEE
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Company with a purple heart in its logo : AETNA
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Ricotta ingredient : WHEY
Down
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Thread component : POST
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Fundamentals : ABCS
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Fundamental issues : ROOTCAUSES
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Like old chestnuts : RETOLD
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"Let go, you brute!" : UNHANDME
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Porgy's partner : BESS
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___ Morales, former president of Bolivia : EVO
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Bad way to get caught : REDHANDED
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Revealing images : XRAYS
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First nonhuman species encountered in the "Star Wars" franchise : JAWA
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Valuable deposits : ORES
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Bagpiper's garb : KILT
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Circular current : EDDY
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French vineyards : CRUS
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Ill-advised time for an ocean swim : NIGHT
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Actual : DEFACTO
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"Don't give up on your dreams. ___ longer" (quip) : SLEEP
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Raccoon relative : COATI
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___ Butterworth's : MRS
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Within reach : ATHAND
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Hybrid fixture with a tub and nozzle : SHOWERBATH
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Group of experts : PANEL
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What many tins are made of, despite their name : STEEL
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Equal : ARE
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Like most primes : ODD
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___ Aldridge, early Black American playwright : IRA
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The blahs : ENNUI
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The vowels not seen in "bad debt," ironically : IOU
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Try hard : STRIVE
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Proverbs pronoun : THEE
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Vegan cheese ingredient, often : CASHEW
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Site of a Herculean labor : NEMEA
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Terra ___ : COTTA
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Turned out : CAME
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Robber's order : HANDSUP
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Where drinks are toasted with "Sláinte!" : EIRE
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The Dead Sea is one, technically : LAKE
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Tim of "Project Runway" : GUNN
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Dealer's request : ANTE
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Its 80-year anniversary was observed in June of 2024 : DDAY
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Zero preceder : NET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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