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New York Times, Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Author:
Nate Cardin
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Genetic messenger
TotalDebutLatest
57/26/20182/27/2024
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Nate Cardin

This puzzle:

Rows: 14, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Cardin. Tuesday freshness: 7%
Jim Horne notes:

A RegEx search like ^(.)O\1O......* can help you find words that fit the pattern.

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© 2023, The New York Times10/10/23 ( No. 26,999 )
Across
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Cheeky talk : SASS
5
Yearbook superlative : MOST
9
Sick of, with "with" : FEDUP
14
Luau performance : HULA
15
Trade show : EXPO
16
Chicken ___ (Filipino dish) : ADOBO
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The H or O in H2O : ATOM
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Stereotypical techie or Trekkie : GEEK
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Many Michelangelos : NUDES
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*Gyrating performers at a nightclub : GOGODANCERS
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Valuable rock deposit : ORE
24
Museum pieces : ART
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Ready for dental work, say : NUMB
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___ pal (female friend) : GAL
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*2019 Taika Waititi film about a boy with an animal nickname : JOJORABBIT
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Film's story line : PLOT
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Captain in multiple Jules Verne novels : NEMO
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Funny Silverman : SARAH
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God, in Islam : ALLAH
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Tolkien tree creatures : ENTS
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Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs : SDSU
45
*Walk the Dog and Around the World, e.g. : YOYOTRICKS
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Observe : SEE
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___ chicken (spicy Jamaican fare) : JERK
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"… sorta" : ISH
52
Smallest prime number : TWO
54
*Hit 1925 musical that inspired the sequel "Yes, Yes, Yvette" : NONONANETTE
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Washing machine cycle : RINSE
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"Finished" on a walkie-talkie : OVER
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"___ and the Real Girl" (2007 Ryan Gosling film) : LARS
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Lacking skill : INEPT
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"It's a ___!" : DATE
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Summer coolers : ICES
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Flat-topped hills : MESAS
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"Frozen" character who says "You can't marry a man you just met" : ELSA
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Affectionate sign-off … or a pattern hinting at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues : XOXO
Down
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Layered haircut : SHAG
2
Kind of insurance : AUTO
3
Tedious trudge : SLOG
4
Apia's country : SAMOA
5
Measure of explosive force that sounds like a weight : MEGATON
6
Plow-pulling animals : OXEN
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Blueprint detail : SPEC
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Joint hit : TOKE
9
Foreign films translated and captioned by enthusiasts : FANSUBS
10
School email address ender : EDU
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*Extinct creatures of Mauritius : DODOBIRDS
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Lyft competitor : UBER
13
Something a model strikes : POSE
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Nickname for N.B.A. great Erving : DRJ
22
Genetic messenger : RNA
26
Degrees held by many C.E.O.s : MBAS
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A 3.0 one is a B : GPA
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Any member of NATO, to another : ALLY
29
*Olympian who competed as both a hurdler (2008 and 2012) and a bobsledder (2014) : LOLOJONES
31
Boo loudly : JEER
32
Upscale hotel chain : OMNI
33
Campus military org. : ROTC
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Zap with a stun gun : TASE
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Actor Diggs : TAYE
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Shade of color : HUE
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Stinging wasps : HORNETS
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Vail or Aspen : SKIAREA
46
Certain boxing win, for short : TKO
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Nine-digit ID : SSN
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Corkscrew shape : HELIX
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Quick haircut : TRIM
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Rhyming partner of "dine" : WINE
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Lymph ___ : NODE
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Presidential office shape : OVAL
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They might be cut down after basketball victories : NETS
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Hand-held Tex-Mex food : TACO
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Fierce, short-armed dino : TREX
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"Put a tiger in your tank" gas brand : ESSO
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Pampering place : SPA

Answer summary:
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