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New York Times, Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
9-Down : "No more for me, thanks"
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 70 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Tuesday freshness: 16%
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© 2024, The New York Times9/3/24 ( No. 27,328 )
Across
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Fanged menaces : ASPS
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Word with League or Spring : ARAB
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"What's the big ___?" : IDEA
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Clown role in Chinese opera : CHOU
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Crayon choice : COLOR
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Dallas hoopers, informally : MAVS
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Brand of kitchen storage containers : TUPPERWARE
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Pub pints : ALES
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Mathematical suffix with quin- or sex- : TUPLE
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$1,000,000, casually : MIL
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Alley division : LANE
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Can. province between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick : PEI
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The second "S" of U.S.S.R. : SOCIALIST
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Hug : EMBRACE
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Gender identity prefix : CIS
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Overly : TOO
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Strong desire : URGE
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Fracas : MELEE
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Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across? : TWOPARTYSYSTEMS
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Egyptian symbols of life : ANKHS
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Parisian pal : AMIE
44
Helpful suggestion : TIP
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"___ who you know" (networking principle) : ITS
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Force of nature? : GRAVITY
50
When the skeletons in one's closet might be brought out : HALLOWEEN
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Smidgen : BIT
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Cain's victim : ABEL
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Feeling crummy : ILL
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Call off, as a takeoff : ABORT
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Second part of a notable Latin boast : VIDI
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Alexander Hamilton, politically : FEDERALIST
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Upper hand : EDGE
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Small component of an immune response : TCELL
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Pale yellow cheese : EDAM
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Groks : SEES
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Run-D.M.C. or De La Soul : TRIO
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Actress Hatcher : TERI
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Play division : ACT
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Close : SHUT
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Story that jumps off the page? : POPUPBOOK
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"Last" thing in a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece : SUPPER
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Farm measure : ACRE
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Argument : ROW
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Site of a famous 1836 battle : ALAMO
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Kind of acid used to make Silly Putty : BORIC
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"No more for me, thanks" : IMALLSET
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___ Lama : DALAI
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Some bets in roulette : EVENS
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Flexibility, for a dancer : ASSET
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Archeological find : RELIC
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Director Kazan : ELIA
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Big name in mattresses : SERTA
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Goals : AIMS
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___ James, 2008 film role for Beyoncé : ETTA
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Like a well-manicured lawn : MOWN
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Junkyard dog : CUR
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Student-run class? : GYM
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Digitally endorse : ESIGN
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Use one's winnings for the next bet, in casino lingo : LETITRIDE
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Give off : EMIT
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Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g. : ESPY
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Baseball franchise with a bell in its logo : PHILLIES
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"___ your other question ..." : ASTO
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Ending for law or saw : YER
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"You Belong With Me" singer : SWIFT
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"Take a Chance on Me" group : ABBA
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Rainbow hue : VIOLET
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Privileged group : HAVES
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Put up with : ABIDE
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Shelf : LEDGE
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Yard sign word : ELECT
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Grandparent, e.g. : ELDER
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Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Ruler at the Winter Palace : TSAR
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Name found in "Yale library," appropriately : ELI
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"Spare me the deets!" : TMI

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

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