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New York Times, Saturday, June 15, 2024

Author:
Ryan Judge
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Learning to ride a bike, perhaps
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Ryan Judge

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQWZ} Spans: 2 Grid has diagonal symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Judge. Saturday freshness: 33%
Ryan Judge notes:
I'm so excited to be back in the NYT! Thanks to everyone who test-solved this puzzle and made it possible. This puzzle, like my ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times6/15/24 ( No. 27,248 )
Across
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16th-century coinage of geographer Gerardus Mercator : ATLAS
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Fur-lined outerwear : ANORAKS
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It's bigger than a peck : SMOOCH
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Minuscule machine : NANOBOT
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Learning to ride a bike, perhaps : CHILDHOODMEMORY
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___ Lou Wood, "Sex Education" actress : AIMEE
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Exceptional : RARE
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Final track on Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" : AMEN
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Do a host's job : SEAT
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Walked with purpose : STRODE
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Hon : BAE
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A.M.A. member? : ASK
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Hymn whose final couplet is known as "Pie Jesu" : DIESIRAE
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University allowance : STIPEND
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Crepes often served with chutney : DOSAS
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Church section : NAVE
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Sought : ASPIRED
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Collar attachment : DOGLEASH
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Genoese sauces : PESTOS
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Classic tune used as an ice cream truck jingle, with "The" : ENTERTAINER
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Show on which Phoebe Bridgers famously smashed a guitar, in brief : SNL
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Marching band syllable : PAH
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Got one's phone dirty? : SEXTED
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___ bean : FAVA
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Anita nicknamed the "Jezebel of Jazz" : ODAY
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Extend, in a way : REUP
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Pop in : VISIT
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Noted tempter : SATAN
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Injury that usually involves two puncture wounds : SNAKEBITE
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"Look at me go!" : IRULE
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Sauce made with Parmesan : ALFREDO
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Cone made of canvas, say : TEPEE
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"Like ___!" : ICARE
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"Is it not?" : AMIMAKINGTHATUP
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Sign that might attract interest in signing : TOLET
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Mine find : LODE
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Interjection in Innsbruck : ACH
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Blew a fuse, say : SHORTED
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Galaxies, e.g. : ANDROIDS
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Like a celebrity friend, often : NAMEDROPPED
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Small cube : ONE
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Where the Via della Conciliazione runs : ROMA
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Oppenheimer's creation ... which "Oppenheimer" certainly wasn't : ABOMB
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What the ancient Chinese referred to as "Rivers and Mountains Embroidered on Silk" : KOREA
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Songwriter Jule : STYNE
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Likely to shrink the most, say : SHIEST
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Panamanian pads : CASAS
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Rows : OARS
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Person who consumes a ritual meal to absorb wrongdoings of the dead : SINEATER
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Not taxing as much : EASIER
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Rafael ___, All-Star third baseman for the Red Sox : DEVERS
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Places for rook piercings : EARS
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Washed out : PALE
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Reserves : SETSASIDE
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Steak often crusted in sesame seeds : AHITUNA
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Head of the Corleone family : DONVITO
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Mine find : DEPOSIT
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Untruthfully? : ONADARE
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Tenor, alto, soprano, etc. : SAXES
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Upcoming schedule : SLATE
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Onetime subject of King Gyanendra : NEPALI
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Inner strength, so to speak : FIBER
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Alma mater of three consecutive U.S. presidents : YALE
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One of the "grandchildren on your knee" in the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" : VERA
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Born, in Québec : NEE
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Chain letters? : KFC

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

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