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New York Times, Monday, September 4, 2023

Author:
Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Down : Info, slangily
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
162/6/201210/6/20238
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121.658852%
Tom Pepper
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8011/13/201210/4/202424
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6272275103
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281.5636338%
Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HJQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Pepper. This is puzzle # 77 for Ms. Burnikel. Monday freshness: 75%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/4/23 ( No. 26,963 )
Across
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Western treaty grp. : OAS
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Some frozen waffles : EGGOS
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Seized wheels, informally : REPO
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Separate by category : SORT
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Snide comments : SNARK
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"This round's ___" : ONME
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One who encounters the last parts of the answers to the starred clues on the way up : MOUNTAINCLIMBER
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"No time to chat!" : IMLATE
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___-country music : ALT
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Electric violin hookup : AMP
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Seizes : TAKES
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*Place of warship? : NAVALBASE
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Muscles above the abs : PECS
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Pull a fast one on : DUPE
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Southernmost of the Great Lakes : ERIE
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"when u getting here?" : ETA
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Saturated, as fries and onion rings : OILY
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Easter egg coloring : DYE
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*Gradual, seemingly harmless course of action that ultimately results in bad consequences : SLIPPERYSLOPE
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Hypotheticals : IFS
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Achy : SORE
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Suffix with Japan or Taiwan : ESE
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Like Scotch whisky : AGED
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"I ___ know about that ..." : DONT
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Chaotic situation : MESS
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*Suffers humiliation : LOSESFACE
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Urban renewal targets : SLUMS
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Wager : BET
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Mind reader's ability, for short : ESP
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Groups of first-stringers : ATEAMS
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*U.N. conference seeking to eliminate hunger : WORLDFOODSUMMIT
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Result of a slip of the finger on a keyboard : TYPO
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Jane who won an Oscar for "Coming Home" : FONDA
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Young 'uns : TOTS
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Biology lab gel : AGAR
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Baseball hit just over the infield : BLOOP
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Org. with an April 15 deadline : IRS
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Sheepish "I'm to blame" : ITWASME
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Forever wandering : ROOTLESS
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Crumbly pastry topping : STREUSEL
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Inseparable buds, in brief : BFFS
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John for Elton John : LOO
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Musician Yoko : ONO
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Most unusual : ODDEST
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So last year : PASSE
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Cash dispenser, for short : ATM
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Holder of sneakers, athletic attire, etc. : GYMBAG
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Per item : APIECE
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Biodegraded : ROTTED
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Loud door closings : SLAMS
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Content of some private chats, for short : DMS
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Higher-___ (superiors) : UPS
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Folk stories : LORE
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Oppressively burdensome : ONEROUS
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Burkina ___ (African country) : FASO
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Info, slangily : DOPE
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Secret agent : SPY
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Archipelago component : ISLE
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Go by jet, e.g. : FLY
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Brainchild : IDEA
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"Egad!" : YIPE
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Game for an infant : PEEKABOO
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"Yada, yada, yada" : ETCETERA
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States with confidence : ASSERTS
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Captivate : ENAMOR
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Any one of four punk rock "brothers" : RAMONE
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Medical device that infuses fluids into the body, in brief : IVPUMP
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Seeing romantic partners : DATING
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Tropical trees : PALMS
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Back muscle, in brief : LAT
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Nonchalant : BLASE
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"That's more than I needed to know!" : TMI
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Types : ILKS
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Role for Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" : NEO
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Remind, remind, remind! : NAG
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___-Magnon : CRO

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

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