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New York Times, Monday, October 7, 2024

Author:
Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Something a loyal customer may redeem for a free drink
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Jeff Sinnock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Penner. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Sinnock. Monday freshness: 66%
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© 2024, The New York Times10/7/24 ( No. 27,362 )
Across
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Blueprint detail : SPEC
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Carne ___ (grilled beef dish) : ASADA
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Put up with : ABIDE
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Italian currency before the euro : LIRA
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___ Jackson, N.F.L. M.V.P. in 2019 and 2023 : LAMAR
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Century 21 rival : REMAX
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Big name in car rentals : AVIS
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For which 7-7-7 might be a jackpot : SLOTMACHINE
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Chocolate/coffee mix : MOCHA
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"A Boy Named ___," Johnny Cash's highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 : SUE
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Golf gaffes : SHANKS
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Something a loyal customer may redeem for a free drink : STAMPCARD
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Contact list no. : TEL
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Grandson of Adam and Eve : ENOS
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What adequate ventilation provides : AIRFLOW
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Fancy party : SOIREE
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Boxer who lit the cauldron at the 1996 Olympics : ALI
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___-Wan Kenobi : OBI
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Repeatedly ... or what can precede both halves of the answers to 19-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across? : TIMEANDTIMEAGAIN
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Tour de France peak : ALP
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Strike caller : UMP
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Forgery and perjury, for two : CRIMES
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's domain : NYSTATE
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The Gaels of the N.C.A.A. : IONA
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Not let go to waste : USE
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Taboo : OFFLIMITS
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Political position : STANCE
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1,002, in Roman numerals : MII
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"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin ___" : EATER
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Historical drama, e.g. : PERIODPIECE
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Sugar servings: Abbr. : TSPS
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Ain't how it should be? : ARENT
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Gillette razors : ATRAS
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Work endless hours : TOIL
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Hosiery mishaps : SNAGS
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"Bye Bye Bye" band : NSYNC
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Fictional archaeologist with a fear of snakes, informally : INDY
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Closes loudly, as a door : SLAMS
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Try a different tack : PIVOT
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Woman's name that anagrams to I CARE : ERICA
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Supersoft sweater material : CASHMERE
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Gore and Green : ALS
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Tex-Mex dips : SALSAS
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Love, in Lyon : AMOUR
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Like the slang "totally tubular" and "da bomb" : DATED
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Sleeve filler : ARM
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Zodiac symbol for Sagittarius : ARCHER
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On ___ of (representing) : BEHALF
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"Let's do it!" : IMIN
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Like a damp cellar : DANK
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Former lovers : EXES
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Sparkling wine region : ASTI
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Sleep disorder : APNEA
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Filmmaker Ethan or Joel : COEN
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Good attribute for a darts player : AIM
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Rich soil : LOAM
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New York theater award : OBIE
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Comes out on top : WINS
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Superhero creator Lee : STAN
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Like unwashed hair, perhaps : OILY
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Little rascals : IMPS
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Fixture at many a cash bar : ATM
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ChapStick target : LIP
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Expected, as a baby : DUE
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Environmental subj. : ECOL
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Golfer Palmer with an "army," informally : ARNIE
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Actor Paul of 2023's "The Holdovers" : GIAMATTI
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Some piano maintenance : TUNING
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Fancy scarves : ASCOTS
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Miffed, with "off" : TEED
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"Sure, but no guarantees" : IFICAN
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Leaves out : OMITS
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Intensely passionate : FIERY
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"Them's fightin' words!" : ITSON
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Lukewarm : TEPID
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"r u 4 real?" : SRSLY
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Vacation rejuvenation destinations : SPAS
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Beach bird : TERN
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Carpet store calculation : AREA
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Sweeping camera movement : PAN
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Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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