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New York Times, Saturday, September 7, 2024

Author:
David P. Williams
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
24-Down : Like material you can sink your teeth into
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David P. Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HQVWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Williams. Saturday freshness: 85%
Jim Horne notes:

XWord Info is 17 years old today.

All 5 puzzles by this constructor use the same grid pattern.

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© 2024, The New York Times9/7/24 ( No. 27,332 )
Across
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Labor tactic : LAMAZE
7
Ding-dong : DOOFUS
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Etymologists' interests : ORIGINS
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Out-of-the-blue : ABRUPT
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Family inheritance? : GENEPOOL
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Give temporarily : LOANTO
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Signs up for : JOINS
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Apologue : FABLE
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Cool off, in a way : FAN
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Scores : ALOT
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How someone might be in love : MADLY
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Tesla, for one : MAKE
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"I mean, come on!" : MAN
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Pain ___ (French toast, in French) : PERDU
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Like soffritto ingredients : DICED
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Deep fears? : SEASERPENTS
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Methods for sharing pirated material : BITTORRENTS
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Details : NITTYGRITTY
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One of the Goonies in "The Goonies" : MIKEY
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It might be fluid : OUNCE
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Mediocre, in modern slang : MID
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Whizzes : ACES
39
Word in two African country names : CONGO
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Somewhat, musically : POCO
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Poivre go-with : SEL
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Videographer's words before recording, perhaps : ANDGO
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Pass it on! : BATON
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Reach, as new heights : SOARTO
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Sporting venue also known as a dohyo : SUMORING
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Fast-food chain with palm trees on its packaging : INNOUT
49
First word in the opening crawl for "Star Wars: Episode I" : TURMOIL
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Weak : FEEBLE
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Where you might say "That's the spirit!" : SEANCE
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Impasse : LOGJAM
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Iris feature : AREOLA
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Flunky : MINION
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One running the showing, perhaps : AGENT
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Whizzes : ZIPS
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Experimental music documentary of 2024 : ENO
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Move slowly : DALLY
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Relative of a heckelphone : OBOE
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"Se Non ___, Quando?" (Primo Levi novel whose title translates to "If not now, when?") : ORA
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Trivia worth learning : FUNFACTS
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Moments of comprehension, in an idiom : UPTAKES
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High : STONED
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"Everything's coming along great!" : SOFARSOGOOD
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Levels of corporate hierarchy, so to speak : LADDERRUNGS
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Censoring, in a way : BLURRINGOUT
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Like material you can sink your teeth into : MEATY
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Like mojitos : MINTY
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Small-minded : PETTY
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Sausage grinder in Italy? : DENTE
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Listings on a blogroll : SITES
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Competitor of Chewy : PETCO
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Stretch near a shoulder, say : BIKELANE
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"Zing!" : NICEONE
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Mountain grouping : MASSIF
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Courtroom request : MOTION
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Seriously memorable : ICONIC
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Computer accessory : DONGLE
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Big bill, casually : CNOTE
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City famous for its ham and cheese : PARMA
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Surgeon/writer Gawande : ATUL
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Drill : BORE
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Deprive (of) : ROB
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Some fraternity letters : MUS

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

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