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New York Times, Monday, August 19, 2024

Author:
Kenneth Cortes
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Tongue-tingling taco topping
TotalDebutLatest
210/30/20238/19/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Kenneth Cortes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Cortes. Monday freshness: 64%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/19/24 ( No. 27,313 )
Across
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Ringlet : CURL
5
Texas Roadhouse specialty : STEAK
10
Mideast country with a Supreme Leader : IRAN
14
___ Stadium, former home for the Mets : SHEA
15
Entourage : POSSE
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Farm tower : SILO
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Prime cut of beef … or 5-Across, literally? : TOPSIRLOIN
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Narcissists have big ones : EGOS
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Tongue-tingling taco topping : HOTSALSA
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Cutesy giggle : TEHEE
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Pine (for) : LONG
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Like a record seven Nolan Ryan games : NOHIT
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Bundle of hay : BALE
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Gift of ___ (eloquence) : GAB
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Approximately three-quarters of all known chemical elements : METALS
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This Greek letter: Ω : OMEGA
35
Set of four on a Brit's car : TYRES
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Nothing : NIL
38
Bozo : OAF
39
Pop singer Gwen : STEFANI
41
ABC a.m. program, in brief : GMA
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Explosive block in Minecraft : TNT
43
"Such a tragedy" : SOSAD
44
Nail technician's workplace : SALON
46
Go on and on : YABBER
48
Oil-drilling apparatus : RIG
50
Common email sign-off : BEST
51
Soothes : EASES
53
Sounds at a fireworks show : OOHS
55
Big name in big-box stores : KOHLS
57
Sparks that ignite a match? : PASSIONS
61
Anagram and synonym of "vile" : EVIL
62
Balance sheet total … or 68-Across, literally? : BOTTOMLINE
64
Window segment : PANE
65
Popular sans-serif typeface : ARIAL
66
Ohm or ampere : UNIT
67
"Here's a shorter summary," on internet forums : TLDR
68
D.C.'s subway system : METRO
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"Bye for now!" : TATA
Down
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Winter hrs. in Chicago : CST
2
"This can't be good!" : UHOH
3
Seized vehicle, informally : REPO
4
Final part of a journey : LASTLEG
5
Jumped suddenly : SPRANG
6
Places to stop and pay on a turnpike : TOLLGATES
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Those: Sp. : ESOS
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Thai or Taiwanese : ASIAN
9
Jennings of "Jeopardy!" : KEN
10
"Yeah, that seems plausible to me" : ISEEIT
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One of four for a square … or 32-Down, literally? : RIGHTANGLE
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Soothing succulent : ALOE
13
Through which we sniff, snort and sneeze : NOSE
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Prefix meaning "equal" : ISO
21
Culminating work for a graduate student : THESIS
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Sign for the superstitious : OMEN
25
Tush : BOOTY
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Kitchen appliance brand : AMANA
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Abandoned … or 25-Down, literally? : LEFTBEHIND
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Without question : BYFAR
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Cars for stars : LIMOS
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Biased point of view : SLANT
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Judge the value of : ASSESS
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Whom "video killed," in a 1979 hit : RADIOSTAR
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Ripped : TORE
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Swedish vodka brand : ABSOLUT
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Hoops player : BALLER
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Break off from the band : GOSOLO
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Fern's reproductive cell : SPORE
54
That guy : HIM
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Held on to : KEPT
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Poorly drawn circle, perhaps : OVAL
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Going ___ (squabbling) : ATIT
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Singer Simone in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : NINA
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Foul mood : SNIT
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Walloping sound : BAM
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Approximation given for a food delivery, for short : ETA

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