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New York Times, Thursday, September 14, 2023

Author:
Vasu Seralathan
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : L'Oréal competitor
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JYZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Seralathan. Thursday freshness: 14%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/14/23 ( No. 26,973 )
Across
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Blackthorn : SLOE
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Motion to strike? : STAB
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Noted figure in genetic research : HELIX
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Affectionate gesture that might get some blowback? : AIRKISS
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Govt. workplace overseer : OSHA
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Provide things for : EQUIP
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Where students may be plotting : MATHCLASS
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Saint ___ (West Indies nation) : LUCIA
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Customer service state? : ONHOLD
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Enter on tiptoe : SNEAKIN
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Focal point of ancient Athens : AGORA
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Take exception to : RESENT
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Power tool used for mosaics : TILESAW
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Early voting site : IOWA
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They're often "baked in" to podcasts : ADS
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Tenants' collective protest : RENTSTRIKE
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Fossil fuel alternative : SOLAR
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Congratulations : BRAVOS
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Sidewalk shader : AWNING
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Reef builder : CORAL
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Creator of the nine circles of Hell : DANTE
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Film character who takes "the red pill" : NEO
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Get a little punchy? : SPAR
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Comes (from) : DERIVES
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Site of the Wailing Wall : ISRAEL
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Actress Thompson : TESSA
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Hidden : CLOAKED
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"The Wizard of Oz" prop : OILCAN
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Bat mitzvah figure : RABBI
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Common directive in 17-Across … or what to do with five squares in this puzzle : SOLVEFORX
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Anyone who's "in" this is out : EXILE
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County in New York, Ohio or Pennsylvania : ERIE
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Phrase that's a real game-changer? : IWIN
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Impede : DETER
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Expert service provider? : ACER
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Disney queen : ELSA
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Nation that switched from right- to left-hand traffic in 2009 : SAMOA
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Preceder of the Chen dynasty : LIANG
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Prefix meaning "correct" : ORTHO
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Strongly urge : EXHORT
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Successfully pitched : SOLD
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Body image focus group? : TSA
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Sounds of realization : AHS
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Low-pitched woodwind : BASSSAX
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Actress Mirren : HELEN
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Problem that may have several factors : EQUATION
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Good thing to be in : LUCK
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Numeral on some sundials : IIII
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60 minutes, for one : TIMESPAN
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L'Oréal competitor : CLAIROL
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Unfamiliar : NEW
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Toon with the catchphrase "You eediot!" : REN
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Body shop fig. : EST
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"Aux innocents ___ mains pleines" ("Fortune favors fools") : LES
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Giant in chemicals manufacturing : OLIN
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Decline : WANE
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2012 film centered around a hostage crisis : ARGO
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Kindergarten series : ABCS
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Decline : DROP
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Singer Bareilles : SARA
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Honeybun : SWEETIE
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Unknown quantity in a 10-Down : VARIABLE
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Off-roader, in brief : ATV
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Great salt lake : DEADSEA
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Add up to : ARE
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Zero : NIL
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Dr. based out of Compton, Calif. : DRE
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Snap with a stick, maybe : SELFIE
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Alpine athlete : SKIER
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Bad-tempered expression : SCOWL
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Wraparound garments : SARIS
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Rabbit ears, e.g. : ANTENNA
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Standing on the street : CRED
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Sport with a stick : LACROSSE
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Published remembrance, for short : OBIT
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Divided by, in fractions : OVER
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Middle-earth menace : ORC
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What an impostor tries to sell : LIE

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