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New York Times, Monday, September 5, 2022

Author:
Adam Simpson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Down : First responder on a battlefield
TotalDebut
19/5/2022
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Adam Simpson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQV} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Simpson. Monday freshness: 66%
Adam Simpson notes:
I was surprised to learn this puzzle would run on Labor Day. I CROSSCHECKed my grid to see what I had missed, and aha, there was 1A ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
As a huge fan of grid art, I'm embarrassed that I missed the two pluses in the middle of the grid — perfect image for a DOUBLE CROSS ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Adam Simpson is a video game designer from San Francisco. The protagonists in the hot new novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times9/5/22 ( No. 26,599 )
Across
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___ Day (early September observance) : LABOR
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Sound of a big kiss : SMACK
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___ Today : USA
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Escape capture by : ELUDE
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"Caveman diet," familiarly : PALEO
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Catch in the act : NAB
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Where flutes are played, in an orchestra : WINDSECTION
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Color variant : HUE
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Vanish into thin air : DISSIPATE
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Peaceful, pastoral scene : IDYLL
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Fuss : ADO
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Vaping apparatus, informally : ECIG
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Qualifying hurdle for practicing law : BAREXAMINATION
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Doily fabric : LACE
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Triangular traffic sign : YIELD
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Goose egg : ZERO
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Enjoyed a smorgasbord, say : ATE
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1950s presidential inits. : DDE
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Bit of equipment in tennis and basketball : NET
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Breakfast restaurant chain : IHOP
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Pours down : RAINS
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Basmati, e.g. : RICE
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Prehiring formality, often : REFERENCECHECK
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___ of the matter (pivotal point) : CRUX
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Liquor in a mai tai : RUM
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___ Keller, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree : HELEN
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Hawaiian raw fish dishes : POKEBOWLS
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Outback bird that can go two months without food : EMU
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Betray … or a hint to what can precede each half of 17-, 25- and 43-Across : DOUBLECROSS
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One of 24 in the human skeleton : RIB
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Nobel-winning chemist Curie : MARIE
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Egyptian dam : ASWAN
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U.F.O. pilots, some believe : ETS
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Largest Greek island : CRETE
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Nuisances : PESTS
Down
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Apt rhyme for "rude" and "crude" : LEWD
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Et ___ (and others: Lat.) : ALII
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Hot dog holders : BUNS
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"I'd wager that …" : ODDSARE
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Dwell : RESIDE
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Org. with a Shelter Support Fund : SPCA
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LeBlanc of "Friends" : MATT
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"That's ___!" ("Not true!") : ALIE
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Company head, for short : CEO
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Camera brand that merged with Minolta in 2003 : KONICA
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Not sanitary : UNHYGIENIC
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AMC's "Better Call ___" : SAUL
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Brother of Cain and Seth : ABEL
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Adhesive resin : EPOXY
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Scatterbrained sort : DITZ
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Finish : END
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Wash oneself : BATHE
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Certain card that can be either high or low in a deck : ACEOFCLUBS
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Gallagher of "The Umbrella Academy" : AIDAN
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First responder on a battlefield : MEDIC
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___ Chaiken, co-creator of "The L Word" : ILENE
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Hoover competitor : ORECK
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Jot down : NOTE
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Home for a wild animal : LAIR
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Father: Fr. : PERE
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Dinosaur in "Toy Story" : REX
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Patch of loose rock that aptly rhymes with "debris" : SCREE
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Aching sense of guilt : REMORSE
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Trio with a hip-hop cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" : RUNDMC
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Wheel cover that may be chrome-plated : HUBCAP
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Where "you are" on a mall directory : HERE
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Give off : EMIT
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Unadulterated : PURE
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Death notice, in brief : OBIT
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Abstract artist Paul : KLEE
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Really impresses : WOWS
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Hurdle for aspiring attorneys, for short : LSAT
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Tax IDs : SSNS
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Scull propeller : OAR

Answer summary:
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