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New York Times, Monday, September 2, 2024

Author:
Sala Wanetick and Emily Biegas
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Wanetick. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Biegas. Monday freshness: 46%
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Sala: I could not be more thrilled to be making my NYT debut alongside Emily. We have been on this crossword journey together from the ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times9/2/24 ( No. 27,327 )
Across
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Spinning item for a circus performer : PLATE
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Pollution portmanteau : SMOG
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Does in, in mob slang : OFFS
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Actress Hinds of "9-1-1" : AISHA
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Choco ___ (frozen treat with a rhyming name) : TACO
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Penne ___ vodka : ALLA
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Song character who comes "down the bunny trail" : PETERCOTTONTAIL
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Revered star : IDOL
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Umpire's count after a ball and a strike : ONEONE
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Museum in N.Y.C.'s Central Park, with "the" : MET
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"Makes sense" : ISEE
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Narrows at the end : TAPERS
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Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically : BROKENRECORD
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Engineered embankment : LEVEE
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Kwik-E-Mart operator on "The Simpsons" : APU
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National law enforcement officers, with "the" : FEDS
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Dedicated poem : ODE
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Stance : POSTURE
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Slime : GOO
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Gummy candy shape : WORM
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U.S. 101 or 66: Abbr. : RTE
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"Bleeding Love" singer Lewis : LEONA
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One having an ice time at the Olympics? : FIGURESKATER
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Pop singer Grande : ARIANA
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The "m" of e = mc2 : MASS
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Sandoval of "Vanderpump Rules" : TOM
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Rocky : UNEVEN
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Senate affirmatives : YEAS
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Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across : HOPSKIPANDAJUMP
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City where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded : OSLO
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Put in the mail : SEND
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Kitchen gadget for apples : CORER
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River to Hades : STYX
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They may be graphic : TEES
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Black wood : EBONY
Down
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Spanish "daddy" : PAPI
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Told a fib : LIED
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Regarding : ASTO
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Others similar : THELIKE
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Outsize feature of a bat's head : EAR
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Pot smoker : STONER
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Chess game's ending : MATE
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Eight: Prefix : OCTO
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Hit the road, as a band : GOONTOUR
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Nondairy milk option : OAT
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Symbol in Tinder's logo : FLAME
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Frequent-___ miles : FLIER
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Seasons to taste, say : SALTS
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Director Joel or Ethan : COEN
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Approach : NEAR
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Ooze : SEEP
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Common email attachment : PDF
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What one might do after making a birthday wish : BLOW
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Second chance : REDO
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Finished : OVER
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Picky ___ : EATER
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PC "brain" : CPU
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Showbiz awards quartet : EGOT
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Finished : DONE
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Fly high : SOAR
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Musician in a cathedral : ORGANIST
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Letters between R and V : STU
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Lodge group since 1868 : ELKS
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Advanced deg. for creative types : MFA
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Gravy train gig : EASYJOB
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Alaska native : INUK
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Corrects, as a text : EMENDS
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What a beach shower helps wash off : SAND
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One of the Three Musketeers : ATHOS
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Pigeon's perch : ROOST
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Suggest indirectly : IMPLY
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Fencing sword : EPEE
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Barn topper : VANE
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Croatian currency beginning in 2023 : EURO
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"___ to that!" ("Totally agree!") : AMEN
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Agile for one's age : SPRY
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Word after White or Red : SOX
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Card above king : ACE

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

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