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New York Times, Monday, September 9, 2024

Author:
Tim D'Alfonso
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
40-Down : Make illegal
TotalDebut
19/9/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.54122%
Tim D'Alfonso

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. D'Alfonso. Monday freshness: 63%
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© 2024, The New York Times9/9/24 ( No. 27,334 )
Across
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Sarcastic "Yeah, right!" : IBET
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King with a golden touch : MIDAS
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"___ Worry, Be Happy" : DONT
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Emperor Claudius's successor : NERO
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Words to live by : CREDO
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Facts and figures : INFO
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Smack with a hand : SLAP
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Beach project that rarely survives high tide : SANDCASTLE
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Actress Fisher of "Eighth Grade" : ELSIE
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Lock up, as a playoff spot : CLINCH
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Numbskull : CHUCKLEHEAD
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Moody rock subgenre : EMO
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The Maple Leafs, on scoreboards : TOR
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Understood : GOT
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Lumberjack : LOGGER
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Blueprint detail, in brief : SPEC
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Sgts. and cpls. : NCOS
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Midday times : NOONS
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State of total happiness : HOGHEAVEN
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From which Britain "Brexited," for short : THEEU
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Opera solo : ARIA
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"College GameDay" airer : ESPN
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Fireplace floor : HEARTH
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Govt. code crackers : NSA
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Rocker Reed : LOU
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Even so : YET
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Sandwich specialty of Maine : LOBSTERROLL
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Bordeaux red wine : CLARET
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Sauna covering : TOWEL
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Make a subtle insult, or a hint to four highlighted groups of letters in this puzzle : THROWSHADE
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Bic products : PENS
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Word that can precede vegetable or beer : ROOT
69
Roof overhangs : EAVES
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Dirección from Monterrey to Miami : ESTE
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Coniferous trees with red berrylike fruit : YEWS
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Bride's wedding purchase : DRESS
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"Now!," in a hospital : STAT
Down
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Fleas and flies : INSECTS
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Hotel worker with baggage : BELLHOP
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Crossword solver's correction mark : ERASURE
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Subject matter : TOPIC
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Award show hosts, for short : MCS
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401(k) alternative : IRA
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Dame Judi : DENCH
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Confuse : ADDLE
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Outgoing : SOCIAL
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Spinal segment : DISC
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Currently traveling : ONTHEGO
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Super Bowl org. : NFL
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Front part of a shoe : TOE
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Hoops phrase uttered after a basket plus a foul : ANDONE
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Hosp. heart readout : EKG
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Like the odds of an unlikely event : LONG
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___ Sketch (classic toy) : ETCHA
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Gents : MEN
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Surgery sites, for short : ORS
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Departed : GONE
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"Moonstruck" Oscar winner : CHER
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Opposite of 'neath : OER
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Canonized person : SAINT
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Make illegal : OUTLAW
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Floral arrangement holder : VASE
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Your of yore : THY
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Start of a donkey's bray : HEE
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Humbly admit a mistake : EATCROW
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Like the rightmost lane on a highway : SLOWEST
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Italian cornmeal dish : POLENTA
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{ }, in math : NULLSET
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Goofed (around) : HORSED
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One might be liberal in college : ART
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Joy of daytime television : BEHAR
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Fend (off) : STAVE
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Boxing ring boundaries : ROPES
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A whole bunch : LOTS
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Attempt : TRY
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Soil-breaking tool : HOE
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___ Moines, Iowa : DES
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Pluralizing letter : ESS

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

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