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New York Times, Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Author:
Kevin L. Shellito
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
2-Down : Muslim leader
TotalDebut
19/24/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5610%
Kevin L. Shellito

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 82, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Shellito. Tuesday freshness: 1%
Jim Horne notes:

The Post, The Examiner, The Herald, and The Star are all newspapers.

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© 2024, The New York Times9/24/24 ( No. 27,349 )
Across
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Bread served with baba ghanouj : PITA
5
Consent (to) : ACCEDE
11
Symbol in the sky above Gotham City : BAT
14
Reddit Q&As : AMAS
15
Like the Bosporus, notably : NARROW
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Zendaya's role on "Euphoria" : RUE
17
Washington post? : VALLEYFORGE
19
Sampled a beet, say : ATE
20
Comedy club host : EMCEE
21
Lengthen with unnecessary material, as a speech : PAD
22
Molecule bit : ATOM
23
State trees of Massachusetts : ELMS
26
Hair removal brand : NAIR
28
London lad : CHAP
31
San Francisco examiner? : FORTYNINER
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Was out in front : LED
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Nickname for dad : PAPA
38
What tahini is made from : SESAME
39
Walker who wrote "The Color Purple" : ALICE
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[Not my typo] : SIC
43
Pie variety whose pronunciation inspires debate : PECAN
44
Comes down as a wintry mix : SLEETS
46
Road crew's supply : SALT
48
Single or double : HIT
49
Boston herald? : PAULREVERE
51
Beltway bigwigs : POLS
52
What baking soda and vinegar simulate, in a classic science fair experiment : LAVA
53
Facts and figures : DATA
55
Signals on set : CUES
58
___-warrior (certain activist) : ECO
60
Surveys : SCANS
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One of 20 quadrillion worldwide, per a recent estimate : ANT
65
Kansas City star? : TRAVISKELCE
68
Item in a tailor's kit : PIN
69
Untapped, as potential : LATENT
70
Derrière : REAR
71
Southwest forecast, for short : ETA
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Personnel in vestments : CLERGY
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Evidence of healing : SCAB
Down
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Smooth over, in a way : PAVE
2
Muslim leader : IMAM
3
Bathroom powder : TALC
4
What someone counting sheep wishes to be : ASLEEP
5
Choice for the indifferent : ANY
6
Half-___ (coffee order) : CAF
7
Trim, as a photo : CROP
8
Like a drive in the woods? : ERRANT
9
Hot summer period named for the constellation Sirius : DOGDAYS
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Doe : deer :: ___ : sheep : EWE
11
Nanny's nightmare : BRAT
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Bronco or Beetle, e.g. : AUTO
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Overflow (with) : TEEM
18
Fish that can swim backward : EEL
22
Greet the day : ARISE
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R.I.S.D. grad's degree : MFA
25
Absorbs, with "up" : SOPS
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Bumbling : INEPT
28
Necklace fastener : CLASP
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Very, in slang : HELLA
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"Bye-bye," to Bonaparte : ADIEU
32
Hike : RAISE
33
Kind of chip named for its inventor, Ignacio Anaya : NACHO
34
Part of an online thread : EMAIL
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Uses Airbnb or Vrbo : RENTS
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World Heritage Site in Jordan : PETRA
40
Prison divisions : CELLS
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One way to pay : CARD
45
Multiple : SEVERAL
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Grazing land : LEA
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Clear out : VACATE
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Hoosier hoopers : PACERS
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[Shaking my head] : TSK
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Item of apparel for Zorro or Dracula : CAPE
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Condo, e.g. : UNIT
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Sicilian volcano : ETNA
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Concluded : OVER
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Smart ___ (wiseacre) : ALEC
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Org. for the SEC and ACC : NCAA
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Belgrade native : SERB
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Extra attention, in brief : TLC
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Gerund suffix : ING
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Total dump : STY

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