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New York Times, Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Author:
Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Father ___, personification of New York City in old cartoons
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This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 77, Blocks: 46 Missing: {Q} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Katz. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Gee. Tuesday freshness: 88%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/12/24 ( No. 27,398 )
Across
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Iridescent gem : OPAL
5
Li'l fella : KIDDO
10
___ hands (razzle-dazzle display) : JAZZ
14
Annoy : RILE
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Rack up, as expenses : INCUR
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"Superfood" berry : ACAI
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Make out, in Manchester : SNOG
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Chowder morsels : CLAMS
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Word with chocolate or tortilla : CHIP
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Father ___, personification of New York City in old cartoons : KNICKERBOCKER
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Oscar winner Michelle : YEOH
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Abbr. on a business card : TEL
25
Smooth sailing, so to speak : EASE
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Vocal skeptics : NAYSAYERS
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Online investment platform : ETRADE
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Part of an email address : ATSIGN
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"___ she blows!" : THAR
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"RuPaul's Drag Race" walk : STRUT
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Italian smoker : ETNA
42
Fast-food chain that has a long-running feud with Jon Stewart : ARBYS
44
Grain that may be steel-cut : OAT
45
Assignment outsourced to ChatGPT, perhaps : ESSAY
46
First half of an alley-oop : LOB
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Certain lacrosse gear : ARMPADS
50
Intelligence org. : NSA
51
Bear who sings "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly" : WINNIETHEPOOH
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Overflow (with) : TEEM
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Threaded fastener : TNUT
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From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-Across : HORSESMOUTH
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Restaurant chain with an acronymic name : IHOP
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Slinky shape : HELIX
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Feels off : AILS
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Burrowing rodent : VOLE
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Blockers for the QB, familiarly : OLINE
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Pesky insect : GNAT
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Blue parts of boobies : FEET
70
Went clickety-clack : TYPED
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Like French toast or frittatas : EGGY
Down
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Surgery sites, for short : ORS
2
Finger used to swear? : PINKY
3
Like Tom Hanks for the majority of "Cast Away" : ALONE
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Roman soldier : LEGIONARY
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Early sign of life, perhaps : KICK
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Fjords and bays : INLETS
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Region in which many fed. workers live : DCAREA
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One way to stare : DUMBLY
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Approximately : ORSO
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Bozos : JACKASSES
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Hurts, like a tooth : ACHES
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Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo : ZAIRE
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44444, for Newton Falls, OH : ZIP
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Actor ___ Michael Murray of "One Tree Hill" : CHAD
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Completion document: Abbr. : CERT
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Cry accompanying a fist pump : YES
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"You can't have your cake and ___ it too" : EAT
29
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Put on, as a party : THROW
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Internet deep dive, metaphorically : RABBITHOLE
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"Not a big deal" : ITSNOTHING
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Grind, as one's teeth : GNASH
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"Glee" actress Rivera : NAYA
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Heavy book : TOME
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Enthralled : RAPT
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Home of the Salt Lake Temple : UTAH
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More rational : SANER
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Channel on which to watch N.C.A.A. games : ESPNU
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Punch line punctuator : RIMSHOT
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Got clean : DETOXED
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Virtual animal companion : NEOPET
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Power problem : OUTAGE
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Snakelike : EELY
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Pass covertly : SLIP
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"Be ___" (candy heart words) : MINE
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Assisted pregnancy procedure, for short : IVF
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Farmer's tool : HOE
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Twitch glitch : LAG
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Muddy quarters : STY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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