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New York Times, Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Author:
Todd Gross
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
RATING: ★ A big ditch in a big desert. Big deal.
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Todd Gross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BJQWX} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Gross. Wednesday freshness: 93%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/13/24 ( No. 27,399 )
Across
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RATING: ★ A big ditch in a big desert. Big deal. : ARIZONA
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See 66-Across : FLAGS
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Word with practice or professional : MEDICAL
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Disney villain with black-and-white hair : CRUELLA
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Divine messenger : PROPHET
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Old T-shirt, maybe : DUSTRAG
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Mishmash : OLIO
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"___ well!" : ALLIS
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Part of a U.C.L.A. URL : EDU
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When to see la lune in Lyon : NUIT
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Genoese god : DIO
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RATING: ★ Sin, sun and sand … so? Not worth the gamble. : NEVADA
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Pennsylvania-based snack company : UTZ
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Skin flick : PORNO
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Suffix with Sydney : SIDER
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Liam of "Schindler's List" : NEESON
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School stat : GPA
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Laura in the Songwriters Hall of Fame : NYRO
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RATING: ★★★ Graceland and the Great Smoky Mountains. I volunteer to visit again! : TENNESSEE
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"The Thin Man" terrier : ASTA
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Succor : AID
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Low points : NADIRS
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Cloud name prefix : CIRRO
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Following : AFTER
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Bowl call : RAH
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RATING: ★★★★★★★★ Fresh salmon and spectacular scenery. Go north, young man! : ALASKA
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Crew need : OAR
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Pear or quince : POME
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Frame of a film : CEL
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Fine dining no-no : SLURP
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Actors McKellen and McShane : IANS
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How many TV hosts are dressed : INASUIT
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Intimates : IMPLIES
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On the lam : ATLARGE
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What strings of random letters make : NOSENSE
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With 8-Across, the sources of the 31-Down in this puzzle's reviews : STATE
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RATING: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Peaches, peanuts and pecan pie. You'll always be on my mind! : GEORGIA
Down
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Speaker on a stage, maybe : AMP
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Change one's ways? : REROUTE
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More than just respect : IDOLIZE
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"Shut your mouth!" : ZIPIT
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Cuatro y cuatro : OCHO
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Dundee denial : NAE
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Member of the constellation Aquila : ALTAIR
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Makes a big deal (over) : FUSSES
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___ alone : LET
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"You're finished that quickly?!" : ALREADY
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In a better frame of mind : GLADDER
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Sight in the Sonoran Desert : SAGUARO
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450, in ancient Rome : CDL
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Utter destruction : RUIN
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Strongly desired : LONGEDFOR
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Many a role in "Sister Act" : NUN
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Part of DKNY : DONNA
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Like the outfield walls of Wrigley Field : VINED
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Creator of the sleuth C. Auguste Dupin : POE
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Photo ___ : OPS
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Rating symbols, as seen in this puzzle : STARS
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Ed of "Up" : ASNER
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Actress Vardalos : NIA
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Where to catch some waves? : EAR
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Common trees in Australia : ACACIAS
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Ballet ending? : SILENTT
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Catchphrase for Captain Underpants : TRALALA
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Working on a board, perhaps : IRONING
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Pharaoh named for the sun god : RAMSESI
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Her partner : SHE
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"Fine with me" : OKSURE
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Studio activity : TAPING
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Sacha Baron Cohen character who was featured in a Madonna music video : ALIG
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Less bright : PALER
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People of the Great Basin : UTE
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___ facto : IPSO
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Went to the bench : SAT
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Rapper Kool ___ Dee : MOE
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Windswept expanse : SEA

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

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