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Life Milestones

New York Times, Sunday, September 8, 2024

Author:
Meghan Morris
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
83-Down : Picnic invitation abbr.
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Meghan Morris

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Morris. Sunday freshness: 31%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Meghan Morris is an appellate public defender living in Denver (found in the 110-Across!). A mother of twin second-graders, this puzzle's theme of milestones is often on her mind. One ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times9/8/24 ( No. 27,333 )
Across
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Smacks : WHAPS
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"Obey your thirst" or "Got milk?" : ADSLOGAN
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Tiki bar fruit : PAPAYA
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Painter Rousseau : HENRI
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Admit guilt, perhaps : COPAPLEA
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Porcelain coating : ENAMEL
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Extra : ADDON
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Tugboat greetings : TOOTS
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Drive in Beverly Hills : RODEO
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Modern-day alternative to a cash till : IPAD
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Memo heading : INRE
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Awful, in slang : SUCKY
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Quarry : STONEPIT
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Age 5 : FIRSTINCLASS
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___ al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) : EID
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Actor Paul : DANO
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One of 13 in a standard game of "Jeopardy!" : CATEGORY
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Animal whose name is pronounced with a "y" sound by many Spanish speakers : LLAMA
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___ Rabbit : BRER
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Many an airport shuttle : VAN
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Age 16 : DRIVINGCRAZY
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Rare bill : TWO
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Unvarnished : PURE
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Govt. lawyers : DAS
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Battery options : AAAS
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Chris of "Jurassic World" : PRATT
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Succulent source of syrup : AGAVE
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Subj. of some training : CPR
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Alternative to the pill, in brief : IUD
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Political analyst Walter : AMY
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"It's whatever" : MEH
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Award-winning Janelle : MONAE
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Laughing gas or quicklime : OXIDE
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"The Kite Runner" protagonist : AMIR
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Goal : AIM
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Feature of the Pizza Hut logo : ROOF
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Prefix from the Latin for "needle" : ACU
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Age 21 : BARADMISSION
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Built-___ (some shelving) : INS
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Dwelling with a circular frame : YURT
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Vacation isle in the Ionian Sea : CORFU
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Parts of vintage movie collections : VHSTAPES
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"However …," in texts : OTOH
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Hide-out spot : DEN
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Age 65 : FINISHTHEJOB
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Any of the six in football's "New Year's Six" : BOWLGAME
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Bug : ANNOY
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Possible threat to one in debt : REPO
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Director Kazan : ELIA
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Pirate's haul : BOOTY
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___ Picchu : MACHU
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Age 100 : CENTENNIALSTATE
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Place to store seasonal décor : ATTIC
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Give the lay of the land : ORIENT
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Warmly acknowledges : SMILESAT
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"Good grief!" : YEESH
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Like black-tie affairs : DRESSY
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Broad view : PANORAMA
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Social media request : ADDME
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Worrywart's words : WHATIF
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Pertaining to the pursuit of pleasure : HEDONIC
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Country that counts the French president as a co-prince : ANDORRA
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Write-in, often : PROTESTVOTE
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Church recitation, at times : SINS
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Letters aptly found in "Obamacare" : ACA
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___ Pérignon : DOM
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Glittering : SPARKLY
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Singer Jackson who wasn't a part of the Jackson 5 : LATOYA
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Pundit's writing : OPED
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Stick : GLUE
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Travel lead-in to "méxico" : AERO
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"Hip Hop Is Dead" rapper : NAS
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Edible shell : PEAPOD
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Diplomat Kofi : ANNAN
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Way to bulk up one's chest : PADDEDBRA
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Opposite of un adversaire : AMI
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Desire : YEN
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Neighbor of Niger: Abbr. : ALG
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"Assumption of the Virgin" painter : TITIAN
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Join a petition : SIGN
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Game whose name must be said to win : UNO
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"Proud Mary" band, for short : CCR
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They follow quarters : SEMIS
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Leechlike : PARASITIC
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Name rhymed with "says" in Taylor Swift's "Betty" : INEZ
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Major or May, politically : TORY
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It may come loose : TEA
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Nice Nikon, for short : SLR
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Went downhill : SLID
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Janine's boss on "Abbott Elementary" : AVA
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"Whip It" band : DEVO
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Gawk : GAPE
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Word with ship or shorts : CARGO
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Decorate, in a way : TRIM
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Symbol for a winding road : WAVYARROW
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Way to go : PATH
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"Good grief!" : UGH
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John who explored the Northwest Passage : RAE
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Tour grp. : PGA
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Mouselike : TIMID
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Tree along Central Park's Literary Walk : ELM
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Head of staff? : CLEF
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Close relative of Hindi : URDU
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Give some shade? : DYE
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Years of service : TERM
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Something on an ear … or, in a different sense, a foot : CORN
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About whom Lennon wrote "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" : ONO
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Thai's neighbor : LAO
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Out of patience : EXASPERATED
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Competitors who know their limits? : MATHLETES
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Together : ASONE
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Neighbor of Lebanon: Abbr. : ISR
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Tick off : MIFF
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Picnic invitation abbr. : BYOB
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Thermostat setting : AUTO
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Val Kilmer's "Top Gun" role : ICEMAN
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Homophone of "wee" : OUI
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Wee : ITTY
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Casual refusal : NAH
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Flowing movement between yoga poses : VINYASA
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QVC alternative : HSN
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Channel owned by Paramount, for short : SHO
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Like red card recipients : EJECTED
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Deceptive argument : SOPHISM
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Delicately pretty : DAINTY
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Gab : NATTER
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French kisser? : BOUCHE
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Secluded valleys : GLENS
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School with the mascot Big Al, for short : BAMA
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Oscar-nominated Lena : OLIN
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World capital with the most appearances in the New York Times crossword : OSLO
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Non-Egyptian people who used hieroglyphics : MAYA
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"___: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" (1997 nonfiction best seller) : COD
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Mess up : ERR
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German for "never" : NIE
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AOL was an early one, in brief : ISP
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Doctoral graduation cap : TAM
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Driver's target, in brief : ETA

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

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