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Michael Lieberman
Michael Lieberman

NY Times, Sun Dec 24, 2023 Puns and Anagrams

16-Down : Online errors in judgment

Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31
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G
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R
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A
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P
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H
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T
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S
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W
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A
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P
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R
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C
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O
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E
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A
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P
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P
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R
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C
L
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G
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P
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P
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E
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D
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T
E
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R
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S
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D
Y
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K
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I
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C
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S
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P
A
S
T
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S
P
O
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K
A
N
E
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C
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O
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M
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P
R
O
N
G
S
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O
V
A
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S
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P
L
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A
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M
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D
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E
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M
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H
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P
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P
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T
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C
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A
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S
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F
O
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R
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C
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D
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T
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© 2023, The New York Times
Across
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It's useful for writing a rap hit, e.g. : GRAPHITE
9
Exchanges wasps : SWAPS
14
They're not the real pics : REPLICAS
15
Are not highly decorative : ORNATE
17
One with a s-son or a d-daughter : APPARENT
18
Keep watch over a portal : PATROL
19
100 + 50 + 1 : CLONE
20
P.G.A. hole : GAP
22
Re: apt. in an ancient city : PETRA
23
Teas from China and environs : EAST
24
Gent's introduction : DETER
26
Easy mark for some of Elvis impersonators : SIMP
27
"No Time to ___" (James Blond film) : DYE
28
Kind of art a thousand incite : KINETIC
30
Who makes content consistent : SIS
31
Bygone Pennsylvania street : PAST
32
Spoke about an eastern Washington city : SPOKANE
34
Some New York baseball teammates : COMETS
37
PR
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38
N remains constant, but ... : OVARIES
40
Start to sing : PLEA
41
Democratic backing : MED
42
You might see 'em in a war film : ENEMIES
44
Cool, from the past : HEP
47
Like the letters A through O : PREP
49
Smart cars : TRAMS
50
"___ and Abel" (story of punishment in Eden) : CANE
51
Passé church features : APSES
53
__riend's __pposit__ : FOE
54
What Jack Welch did from 1981 to 2001 : RANGE
55
Meeting using Macau customs : CAUCUS
57
Lantern I kept hidden : INTERNAL
59
A tried-and-true rant : TIRADE
60
Stage one of human history : STONEAGE
61
Iron-free defense : DENSE
62
Got there simultaneously : TOGETHER
Down
1
F took its time, but ... : GRACED
2
To show parley again : REPLAY
3
Place a pope's things side by side : APPOSE
4
20th best option : PLANT
5
Employ an heir : HIRE
6
Not not notice : ICE
7
Fellow on a beach : TANGENT
8
Estonia, Egypt or Ethiopia : ESTATE
9
__ __ak u__ : SOP
10
___ battle (fight at a toga party) : WRAP
11
Second half of vigilantes' payments : ANTES
12
Painter or potter, e.g. : PARTISAN
13
Waddler : Toddler :: Swarming : ___ : STORMING
16
Online errors in judgment : ELAPSES
21
Rung up : PETS
24
Snidest response to a judicial decision : DISSENT
25
Slipper making little waves : RIPPLES
28
Woman with a kite : KATIE
29
Hearts score : CORES
31
Beginning to form : PER
33
Campsite org. that's A-OK : KOA
34
Make a stage performance free : COMPACT
35
Spent too much at an iPod rave : OVERPAID
36
Measured twice, say : MADESURE
39
___ and turf (components of feudal agriculture) : SERF
40
Point me to the olive stuffing : PIMENTO
43
Taoism adherent in the Red Guard : MAOIST
44
Two-faced woman : HANNAH
45
Outside of the English language : ENGAGE
46
Pre-eel kitchen gadget : PEELER
48
Pie ingredient in Cape Canaveral : PECAN
50
Trace left by an editor : CARET
52
Beer at an S.D.S.U. party : SUDS
54
Mostly serene fellow : RENE
56
Observe something holy : SEE
58
Got back : TOG
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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