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Detours Ahead

New York Times, Sunday, September 10, 2023

Author:
Adam Wagner
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 84 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Wagner. Sunday freshness: 57%
Will Shortz notes:
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, a monetization platform for content creators. This is his 16th crossword for The Times (and fifth Sunday). Adam is part ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times9/10/23 ( No. 26,969 )
Across
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Chat chuckle : LOL
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Less than one's best, in sports lingo : BGAME
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___ Stadium, venue with a cushioned acrylic surface that is the largest of its type in the world : ASHE
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Wholesale : MASS
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Inits. associated with accessibility : ADA
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Submitted after the deadline : INLATE
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Some ring finishes, for short : TKOS
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___ research, source of "dirt" on a political rival : OPPO
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Dickens clerk DETOUR: Theatrical success : BROADWAYHIT
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Formidable-but-awesome behavior : BADASSERY
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DETOUR #1 : ROADWAY
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It comes out on top : LAVA
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Family name in folk music : GUTHRIE
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Parts of some choral arrangements? : RISERS
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Boosler who was the first woman to have an hour-long comedy special on cable TV : ELAYNE
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Big name in health care : AETNA
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What a sleepy head might do : NOD
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Stagger : REEL
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Dentist's command : OPEN
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"That sucks" : UGH
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Composer Strauss, the brother of Johann : JOSEF
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"Glass Onion" director Johnson : RIAN
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Homeland Security concerns DETOUR: Computer port inserts : USBDRIVES
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Cry stressed on its second syllable : AHA
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Purpose : POINT
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Bygone auto inits. : REO
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DETOUR #2 : DRIVE
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Present-day auto inits. : BMW
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Pharaoh who founded Egypt's 19th dynasty : RAMSESI
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"Get out!" : BEGONE
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Things settled over drinks : BARBETS
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Shakespearean verb : DOTH
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A head : PER
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Mums' mums : NANS
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___ cloth (sandpaper alternative) : EMERY
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They're laid in Australia DETOUR: They feel your pain : EMPATHS
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Gas whose name comes from the Greek word for "foreigner" : XENON
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Common first word for an infant : DADA
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Taxpayer's ID : SSN
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DETOUR #3 : PATH
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Lose one's balance? : GOBROKE
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Hebrew greeting : SHALOM
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"It's a thumbs down from me" : IVOTENO
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"O patria ___" (Verdi aria) : MIA
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Metropolis with a Little Havana neighborhood : MIAMI
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Major ref. : OED
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Mineral used in glass production : SILEX
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Texted shrug : IDK
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Photographer's setting DETOUR: Come in handy : FILLANEED
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Grps. that liaise with superintendents : PTAS
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Fermented drink from Russia : KVASS
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Embargo : BAN
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DETOUR #4 : LANE
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Bird embodied by the Egyptian god Thoth : IBIS
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Cells are covered in it, in brief : BIO
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Studio Ghibli genre : ANIME
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Trickster : SLYFOX
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What some emails, checks and balls do : BOUNCE
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Wholesale : INTOTAL
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Jane who says "I need not sell my soul to buy bliss" : EYRE
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Golden : AUREATE
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Classic game of bluffing : LIARSDICE
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Feature of some sweatpants DETOUR: Well-known musical group with a place name : ESTREETBAND
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Then : ONCE
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Puts together : ADDS
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DETOUR #5 : STREET
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Brown, for one : IVY
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N.A.A.C.P. and A.C.L.U., for two : NGOS
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Component of a beekeeper's suit : MESH
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Stuffs with bacon fat, say : LARDS
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Caustic cleaner : LYE
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Titration station : LAB
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Something typically found in a barnyard : ODOR
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Lead-in to delivery : LABOR
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Hunt-and-peck types? : BIRDSOFPREY
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Chewed (on) : GNAWED
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Meeting spot for a union : ALTAR
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Company that owns Bloomingdale's : MACYS
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Neighbor of Djibouti: Abbr. : ETH
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In check : ATBAY
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Reggae forerunner : SKA
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Jumble : HODGEPODGE
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Early victim of identity theft? : ESAU
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Israel's Dayan : MOSHE
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Photographer's setting : APERTURE
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Suddenly appears, with "up" : SPRINGS
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"And, uh, that's what happened" : SOYEAH
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"Come On ___" (1982 hit) : EILEEN
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Michael who was knighted in 2000 : CAINE
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Related thing : TALE
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Substitute : STANDIN
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Face ___ : VALUE
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Noggin : NOB
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Containing graphic content, say : RATEDM
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Diamond imperfection? : ERROR
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Vaccinated, to Brits : JABBED
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"Wowza!" : OHMAMA
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Seethed : SAWRED
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Parts of drinking or reading glasses : RIMS
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Access points : INS
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Express some intense emotion : SOB
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Goal that sends a game into overtime : EVENER
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Bit of cereal : OAT
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CVS competitor : RITEAID
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Make more powerful, with "up" : SOUP
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Series segments, informally : EPS
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Five-time winner of the Copa do Mundo : BRASIL
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"Love It or List It" airer : HGTV
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Inability to recall the names of everyday things : ANOMIA
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Restriction on some wedding invites : NOKIDS
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Running kicks? : SNEAKS
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William Phelps ___, inventor of the stop sign and the crosswalk : ENO
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Henrik Ibsen play : GHOSTS
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Motion-sensing Microsoft gaming devices : XBOXKINECTS
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Literary character who transforms into an insect : SAMSA
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Backyard toy that attaches to a hose : SLIPNSLIDE
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Some hair products : GELS
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Busy time at a cafeteria : ONE
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Small towns : HAMLETS
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"Calvin and Hobbes" character based on "every jerk I've ever known," per Bill Watterson : MOE
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___ Maria : TIA
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Bite-size Tex-Mex snack : MINITACO
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Enlighten : EDIFY
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Elle or Dakota of Hollywood : FANNING
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Slippery sort : EEL
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Resolution units : PIXELS
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Flashcard words : VOCAB
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Leave high and dry : BAILON
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Snoozefest : BORE
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Not easily accessed : BURIED
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Conventions : MORES
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"Ooh, that's bad" : YEESH
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Iraqi city near the Tigris and Euphrates : BASRA
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Peripheral : OUTER
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Amazon's domain : ETAIL
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Lambert or Levine of pop : ADAM
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Sin that sounds like two letters : ENVY
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Many '90s music purchases : CDS
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Code of the world's busiest airport : ATL
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Stain, maybe : DYE

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

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