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New York Times, Thursday, September 21, 2023

Author:
Dan Caprera
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Down : Wide ray
TotalDebutLatest
57/31/20194/11/2024
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Dan Caprera

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 44 Missing: {BJQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Caprera. Thursday freshness: 12%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/21/23 ( No. 26,980 )
Across
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Director who said "Horror films don't create fear. They release it" : WESCRAVEN
6
Center cut? : MOHAWK
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Length just over one centimeter : HALFINCH
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Entertainment one might view from a box : OPERA
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Half of a rhyming game name : ALAI
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Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
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Desert near Sinai : NEGEV
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Indecent : LEWD
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"It's a ___" : SIGN
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Natural find with a cavity : GEODE
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Whole alternative : SKIM
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Major Japanese company HQ'd in a 43-story tower shaped like a rocket : NEC
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Capital of Washington? : ONES
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Rubber overshoe : GALOSH
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Shows indecision, in a way : HEMS
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___ Verde, national park in Colorado : MESA
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Org. concerned with cyberwarfare : NSA
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Melber of MSNBC : ARI
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Infamous presidential denial : IAMNOTACROOK
40
Seasonal phenomenon depicted six times in this puzzle : WINTERMIGRATION
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Gave advice : COUNSELED
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Desire for a lonely hart? : DOE
46
Childish Gambino's record label : RCA
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He actually died about 1,500 years before the fiddle was invented : NERO
48
Quizzes : ASKS
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"The $10,000 Pyramid" host : DICKCLARK
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Person who might call a child a bairn : SCOT
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"This again?!" : UGH
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Tea brand : TAZO
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How some money is held : INESCROW
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Be overly sweet : CLOY
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Classic N.Y.C. cinema name : ROXY
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Food that can be eaten to help with anemia : LIVER
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Sprinted : TORE
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Place for a brace : KNEE
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Día de los Reyes month : ENERO
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Drink that should not be served shaken : SODA
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Tonsil treater, in brief : ENT
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Freshen : RENEW
Down
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Third-most common Chinese surname in America : WONG
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Competitive poker? : EPEE
3
State flower of Utah : SEGO
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Guiding statements : CREDOS
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Jet black, as hair : RAVEN
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___ de mer : MAL
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They may precede cries of "GOOOOOAAAAL!" : OLES
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Peddle : HAWK
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Isn't out of : HAS
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Our bodies need 20+ different kinds to function : AMINOACIDS
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Some seating sections : LOGES
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Lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird" : FINCH
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Cool cat's "Copy that" : IDIG
22
Wide ray : MANTA
25
Male members of the House of Saud : EMIRS
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Some people on deck : SEAMEN
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Its lowest score is 120, in brief : LSAT
29
Show indecision, in a way : HAW
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Name of seven Danish kings : ERIC
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D-F-A is one, in music : MINORCHORD
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What you do just for grins? : SMILE
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Ticks off : ANGERS
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Many a surgeon, informally : ORDOC
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Corner piece : ROOK
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Conceal, with "away" : TUCK
42
Pass : ENACT
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The Legend of Zelda console, in brief : NES
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When many businesses open : ATNINE
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Passageways : DUCTS
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Structure built in a catenary arch shape : IGLOO
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On a ___ : LARK
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Edmonton N.H.L. player : OILER
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Ending with euro : ZONE
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Animals on Nebraska's state quarter : OXEN
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Like some numbers and scores : EVEN
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Withered, climate-wise : SERE
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Toot one's own horn : CROW
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"___, verily" : YEA
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Up to this point : YET

Answer summary:
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