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Doing Front Flips

New York Times, Sunday, July 30, 2023

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Enjoy, as an article, even though it makes your blood boil
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John Kugelman

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 71 Missing: {Z} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kugelman. Sunday freshness: 33%
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© 2023, The New York Times7/30/23 ( No. 26,927 )
Across
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Org. that sells "Speaking up for those who can't" T-shirts : ASPCA
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Bread or pasta, informally : CARB
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Rae of "Vengeance" : ISSA
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Gives off : EMITS
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Social movement that Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed "the most American thing in America" : CHAUTAUQUA
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Boyfriend : BEAU
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Christopher ___, director of "Oppenheimer" (2023) : NOLAN
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"Hugh Hefner was quite the media mogul. They called him ..." : MISTERBUNNYMAGS
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Leaf-wrapped Turkish dish : DOLMA
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Chargeable cars, for short : EVS
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Jerkface : MEANIE
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"Hands off!" : LETGO
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Catch : BAG
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Key item : FOB
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Lauder in the cosmetics aisle : ESTEE
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Grabs a snack, say : REFUELS
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"I know they've had them on all day, but let the kids eat their candy. After all, a Ring Pop is a ..." : WEARABLETHINGTOTASTE
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"Mwa-ha-ha-ha" is one : EVILLAUGH
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"General" with a spicy recipe : TSO
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De Armas who name-checked the New York Times crossword on "S.N.L." : ANA
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Slithering swimmer : EEL
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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One of a record 2,297 for Hank Aaron : RBI
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Bit of Old Norse : RUNE
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Columbus sch. : OSU
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"Do you really trust these Bitcoiners? Beware ..." : GEEKSBEARINGGRIFTS
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Suppressed, as a story : SATON
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Dreaded collectors : TAXMEN
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Academic with funding, say : GRANTEE
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Formation involving fibrin : CLOT
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Jumbled mess : HASH
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"___-daisy!" : UPSY
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Cherished : DEAR
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Best : OPTIMAL
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Family nickname : AUNTIE
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Publicly makes fun of, slangily, with "on" : DUNKS
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"That poor lion has a mighty toothache. Boy, ..." : WHENITPAINSITROARS
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Boyo : LAD
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Soothsayer : SEER
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Counterpart of 76-Down : TAT
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Big Apple fashion inits. : DKNY
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Sport-___ (vehicle) : UTE
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Home to Masada National Park: Abbr. : ISR
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Lead-in to Pen : EPI
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Sliced into thin strips, as carrots : JULIENNED
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"Enjoy your stay on our horse farm. Hope it's not too noisy. You can expect ..." : THREEMARESQUEALSADAY
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One of five every seven : WEEKDAY
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Roman theater : ODEUM
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Half a giggle : TEE
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"Y" on a form : YES
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"What ___" ("Bummer!") : ADRAG
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Rain checks? : WIPERS
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Kvass grain : RYE
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Story that goes over one's head? : ATTIC
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"Can you believe I sneaked into Buckingham Palace in a trunk and saw the king? I was a ..." : THRONESSTOWAWAY
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What was exited during Brexit : THEEU
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King who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" : LEAR
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Annual New Year's celebration in Pasadena : ROSEPARADE
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___ Haute, Ind. : TERRE
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Titular Austen heroine : EMMA
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Small tips, maybe : ONES
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Forest nymph : DRYAD
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Fictional supplier of Jet-Propelled Pogo Sticks and Dehydrated Boulders : ACME
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Makeshift knife : SHIV
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Grading option : PASSFAIL
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Director's shout : CUT
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Loved, loved, loved, with "up" : ATE
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Die, e.g. : CUBE
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Shade of blue : AQUA
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Verb for a biblical cup : RUNNETH
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Cast out : BANISH
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"Nobody ever got fired for buying ___" (old business saying) : IBM
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With these, one can surely walk on water : SEALEGS
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Learned : SAGE
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___-Hungarian Empire : AUSTRO
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What might prompt nostalgia : ENDOFANERA
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Pasture sound : MOO
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"Uh-huh, sure" : ILLBET
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Leaf-wrapped Mexican dish : TAMALE
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Catches : SNAGS
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Set, as a security system : ARM
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Himalayan sight ... or maybe not : YETI
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Start to see red : GETANGRY
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The Magic, on scoreboards : ORL
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Kind of whale with two blowholes : BALEEN
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Whole : ENTIRE
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Country with no official language : USA
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Bitty : WEE
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Night before : EVE
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Restrain, as breath : BATE
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Wait in the shadows : LURK
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Expels : EGESTS
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Of two minds : TORN
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Kind of cat with short, curly fur : REX
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Comic book sound effect : BAM
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Fleece-lined boots : UGGS
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Habitually : OFTEN
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Rare treat, maybe : STEAK
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Employers : USERS
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Was accepted : GOTIN
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Faith that preaches religious unity : BAHAI
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Nunavut people : INUIT
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Himalayan river : INDUS
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Curmudgeon's countenance : SCOWL
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___ Centauri : ALPHA
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Hauled : TOTED
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Enjoy, as an article, even though it makes your blood boil : HATEREAD
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Mont Blanc, par exemple : ALPE
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Big name in chicken : PERDUE
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Didn't pick up what someone was putting down : MISSEDACUE
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Loose, as laces : UNTIED
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U.S. intelligence org. : NSA
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Counterpart of 84-Across : TIT
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Least sweet, maybe : DRYEST
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Square's length squared : AREA
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Choctaw word for "people," as seen in a U.S. state name : OKLA
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Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire" : ANIL
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Happening : UNDERWAY
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Oolong or Darjeeling : TEA
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Ice cream entrepreneur Joseph : EDY
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Annoy : IRK
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Play thing? : PROGRAM
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Eagerly accepts : JUMPSON
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Dundee denial : NAE
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Reach a dental milestone : TEETHE
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Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter" : HESTER
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Periwinkle, by another name : MYRTLE
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Stitched : SEWN
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"I want," in Oaxaca : QUIERO
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Comedian Cenac : WYATT
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[Excuse me] : AHEM
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Latin 101 infinitive : ESSE
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GPS suggestions: Abbr. : RTES
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Soak (up) : SOP
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When tripled, "Blah, blah, blah" : YADA
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Word with eagle or green : EYED
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Occupational suffix : IER
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Italian unit of time : ORA
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Big roll : WAD
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Pirate's exclamation : ARR

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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