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Alex Eaton-Salners
Alex Eaton-Salners

NY Times, Sun Dec 10, 2023 Diagramless

13-Across : Word before varsity or Mints

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 57, Blocks: 124
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© 2023, The New York Times
Across
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Unit in a swimming pool : LAP
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French greeting : SALUT
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One of 100 in Washington : SENATOR
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*Attire for an astronaut : SPACESUIT
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Equestrian's mount : HORSE
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Surgeon, informally : ORDOC
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Word before varsity or Mints : JUNIOR
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Had no physical ailments : FELTOK
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Bad-mouths : MALIGNS
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Morgan of "Driving Miss Daisy" and "The Shawshank Redemption" : FREEMAN
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School gym session, informally : PECLASS
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Sneezing, coughing or a rash : SYMPTOM
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"Eso Beso" singer Paul : ANKA
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Longest river entirely within Russia : LENA
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Good-natured teasing : RIBBING
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Joseph ___, English essayist and poet : ADDISON
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Desert in southern Africa : KALAHARI
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Common prop in slapstick : CREAMPIE
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Zigzagged down a hill : SLALOMED
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Card game do-overs : NEWDEALS
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Extent : SCOPE
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Division of a play : ACT
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Like beaches : SANDY
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Wallops, as a boxer : KOS
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Melted fudge, e.g. : GOO
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Geneviève or Jeanne: Abbr. : STE
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Expands : GROWS
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Ward off : REPEL
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Give it another go : RETRY
Down
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Some cavalry soldiers : LANCERS
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Wings, to an entomologist : ALAE
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Procrastinates on : PUTSOFF
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Summer, fall, winter and spring : SEASONS
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Vintage autos with folding tops : TOURERS
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Bits of rosemary or parsley : SPRIGS
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Scott who directed "Blade Runner" : RIDLEY
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Justice Sotomayor : SONIA
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Ojibwa pole carving : TOTEM
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"A ___ is something like a kiss through a veil": Victor Hugo : COMPLIMENT
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*Star of 2003's "School of Rock" : JACKBLACK
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*Noted handbag designer : KATESPADE
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Low-level workers : MENIALS
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Like some lotions and fish : NONOILY
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Places with benches and trails : PARKS
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Things equestrians may grip : MANES
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Flapjack franchisees, familiarly : IHOPS
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Finger, so to speak : NAME
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Exam for a college sr. : GRE
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Queen's "We ___ the Champions" : ARE
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Mountain ___ (soft drinks) : DEWS
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Fathers, to tots : DADAS
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"Sounds about right" : IDAGREE
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Toronto landmark that is North America's tallest free-standing structure : CNTOWER
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Take as one's own : COOPT
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Cur's warning : GRR
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Clandestinely canny : SLY
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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