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New York Times, Monday, October 30, 2023

Author:
Kenneth Cortes
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Not difficult at all, in slang
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Kenneth Cortes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cortes. Grid flow: 40.8 Monday freshness: 59%
Jim Horne notes:

In the print version, the circles in the IDEA blocks are meant to look like light bulbs.

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© 2023, The New York Times10/30/23 ( No. 27,019 )
Across
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Soul singer Redding : OTIS
5
Chocolaty coffee drink : MOCHA
10
Multitools have many of these : USES
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What magma becomes when it's erupted : LAVA
15
Earth Day month : APRIL
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Durable wood from the tropics : TEAK
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Figure skating jump : AXEL
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Not difficult at all, in slang : STUPIDEASY
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Kind of kit with bandages, antiseptic, etc. : FIRSTAID
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Enraged : IRATE
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Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Word before link or reaction : CHAIN
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Seeing Eye dog, e.g. : GUIDEANIMAL
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Beast sighted in the Rockies : ELK
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Broadway musical based on a comic strip orphan : ANNIE
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Cuts, as grass : MOWS
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Me, in Paris : MOI
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Light on a night stand : LAMP
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Planting a whoopee cushion, e.g. : PRANK
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Bull, in Spanish : TORO
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What the number of spots on a ladybug represents, in a common misconception : AGE
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Tedious task : SLOG
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Investments that aren't stocks : BONDS
43
___City (computer game) : SIM
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Game in which one might shout "Ready or not, here I come!" : HIDEANDSEEK
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Theater awards : OBIES
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Tidy : NEAT
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Jackson 5 hairstyles : AFROS
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"Suns" of some breakfasts : EGGYOLKS
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Stroke of genius ... or the theme of this puzzle : BRIGHTIDEA
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Using ketchup on a steak at a fancy steakhouse, e.g. : NONO
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Boyfriend : BEAU
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Nonreactive, as the noble gases : INERT
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Like this clue's number : EVEN
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Cash dispensers, in brief : ATMS
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Cleric's house : MANSE
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Goes to, as a movie : SEES
Down
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"Frozen" snowman : OLAF
2
Cab : TAXI
3
Bon ___, indie folk band : IVER
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Accompaniment for a tortilla chip : SALSADIP
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Garam ___ (Indian spice blend) : MASALA
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Key between Control and Command, on a Mac : OPTION
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Gunky residue : CRUD
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Cool-sounding body part? : HIP
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"___ Baba and the 40 Thieves" : ALI
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Fetal development sites : UTERI
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Colorful marine invertebrate : SEAANEMONE
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90°, on a compass : EAST
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Scottish isle and stargazing locale, aptly : SKYE
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Features of rotary phones : DIALS
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Weeping willow or quaking aspen : TREE
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"No time to dillydally!" : CMON
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Bird of prey : HAWK
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Dressy parties : GALAS
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Freshwater eel of Japanese cuisine : UNAGI
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Phrase on gravestones : INMEMORIAM
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Icon, e.g. : IMAGE
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One-named singer of the #1 hit "Royals" (2013) : LORDE
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Newspaper stand : KIOSK
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Ballet bend : PLIE
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Counterpart to cones, in an eye : RODS
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Crispy plantain chips : TOSTONES
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___ kebab : SHISH
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Time to cut a cake, for short : BDAY
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Enrages : ANGERS
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Render null and void : NEGATE
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Not genuine : BOGUS
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Group with the hits "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" and "Money, Money, Money" : ABBA
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Worry : FRET
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Home for Adam and Eve : EDEN
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Common sign-off in a letter : LOVE
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Midleg : KNEE
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Daughters' counterparts : SONS
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Actor Robbins or Robinson : TIM
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Once ___ blue moon : INA

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