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New York Times, Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Author:
Dominic Grillo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Throw forcefully, in modern parlance
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Dominic Grillo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Grillo. Grid flow: 33.4 Tuesday freshness: 40%
Jim Horne notes:

YEET, like ADORKABLE, was added to M-W a couple of years ago. Do you find yeet to be adorkable? Or does it just make you feel old?

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© 2023, The New York Times10/17/23 ( No. 27,006 )
Across
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Highland garment outlawed by the Disclothing Act of 1746 : KILT
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Disorderly pile : HEAP
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Paris subway : METRO
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It's just a thought : IDEA
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Non-pro? : ANTI
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Deathly pale : ASHEN
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S, in Morse code : DOTDOTDOT
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Sharply hurt : STUNG
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Friend of Tarzan : APE
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Puzzle in a children's activity book : MAZE
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Opposite of paleo- : NEO
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Priestly vestment : ALB
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Nickname that sounds like two letters of the alphabet : ARI
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Chipped away at : ERODED
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Emphatic challenge : DOUBLEDOGDARE
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That's a wrap! : SARI
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Japanese audio brand : AIWA
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Covers, as a country road : TARS
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Bell ringer's prank : DINGDONGDITCH
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"Kiss From a Rose" singer : SEAL
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Middle: Prefix : MESO
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Vivacity : ELAN
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Casual office occasions : DRESSDOWNDAYS
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Irish name variant derived from John : SHAYNE
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New Haven-to-Hartford dir. : NNE
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Free spot, in brief : PSA
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Compadre : PAL
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Lead-in to meter : DECI
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Cleared one's plate, say : ATE
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Feminine aspect of the masculine personality, in Jungian psychology : ANIMA
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Modern manufacturing device ... or you, when answering 17-, 31-, 39- and 46-Across? : 3DPRINTER
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New-fashioned : NOVEL
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Home of the Inca Trail : PERU
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Coldplay's "___ la Vida" : VIVA
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Drawn-out military attack : SIEGE
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Itchy hands, for the arrival of money, supposedly : OMEN
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Throw forcefully, in modern parlance : YEET
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Poke fun : KID
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Promising words : IDO
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Tennis call : LET
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"And there you have it!" : TADA
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Wade through a book just to trash it, maybe : HATEREAD
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Terminate : END
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Thematic element in 2023's "Oppenheimer" : ATOM
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Pocket picked at lunch? : PITA
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Car whose emblem is a trident : MASERATI
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Contractor's guess: Abbr. : EST
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Crack after a bolt : THUNDERCLAP
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Soprano Fleming : RENEE
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"My word is my bond," informally : ONGOD
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October birthstone : OPAL
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Last of 26, in Canada : ZED
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Intros to many YouTube videos : ADS
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Laundry units : LOADS
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Absolutely inundated with work, so to speak : BURIEDALIVE
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"Play it by ear" and "all ears," e.g. : IDIOMS
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Spoke grandly : ORATED
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Like computer code : BINARY
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Had : OWNED
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Struggles to swallow : GAGSON
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Daniel who led a 1786-87 rebellion : SHAYS
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Arizona city that hosts the Fiesta Bowl : GLENDALE
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One behind, in baseball : DOWNARUN
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Intelligence org. : NSA
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"You get it?" : SEE
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___ pot (receptacle for clearing nasal passages) : NETI
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Traverses : SPANS
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Saigon's counterpart, once : HANOI
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11-time sci-fi role for Anthony Daniels : C3PO
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The same, in Latin : IDEM
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Sin represented by John Doe in the movie "Se7en" : ENVY
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Ryan of rom-coms : MEG
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Opposite of post- : PRE
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Impossible result in a World Cup final : TIE
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Night before : EVE
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Fink : RAT

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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