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New York Times, Saturday, January 20, 2024

Author:
Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : "America's Got Talent" precursor
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11.569158%
Caitlin Reid
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291/7/202110/23/202420
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231.6219758%
Matthew Stock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Ms. Reid. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Stock. Saturday freshness: 4%
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© 2024, The New York Times1/20/24 ( No. 27,101 )
Across
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Gardener's item that breaks down a lot : COMPOSTBIN
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Any member of the order Chiroptera : BAT
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Plant-based protein brand : INCOGMEATO
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Mélange : HASH
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"America's Got Talent" precursor : STARSEARCH
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Top : ACME
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Actress Blanchett : CATE
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Subject for a museum curator : ARTHISTORY
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Photo finish? : OPS
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"Goooooooooool!," e.g. : CRY
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Not now! : THEN
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Points the finger at : IDS
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"Good goin'!" : ATTAWAY
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Plans a getaway for, perhaps : ABETS
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Beverage with an oxymoronic name : FIREWATER
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Stentorian : LOUD
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Something that may be hard to drink? : CIDER
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___ bag : TOTE
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Lacking bells and whistles : BAREBONES
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Like the smell of burned rubber : ACRID
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Got ready : RIPENED
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"It's a secret" : SHH
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Signature items : PENS
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Sweet ___ : PEA
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Tried to take a seat? : RAN
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Dead-tree edition : PRINTISSUE
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It's on the house : EAVE
51
Paul who was People's 2021 Sexiest Man Alive : RUDD
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Bad drawing? : SHORTSTRAW
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Brewery stock : ALES
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"Frankly …" : TOBEHONEST
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"You got it" : YES
57
Extra bits and pieces : SPAREPARTS
Down
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Fortune 100 company whose name is the last two syllables of the city near where it was founded : CISCO
2
Readily available : ONTAP
3
Exams for some science majors : MCATS
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One might be cleansed with a strip : PORE
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Rap pioneers, slangily : OGS
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Colors outside the lines? : SMEARS
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Visibly emotional : TEARY
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Line along the Embarcadero, in brief : BART
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Yearning : ITCH
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It's not often seen on a diamond : NOHITTER
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Nonkosher Wendy's offering : BACONATOR
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Initialism for a pleasant tingling on the scalp or back of the neck : ASMR
13
"___ say …" : THEY
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View with disdain : HATEWATCH
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Jazz trumpeter Woody : SHAW
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Things that were once commonly stored in towers : CDS
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"Well, maybe …" : ITDEPENDS
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Served as a wingman : AIDED
26
Number of Reyes Magos, in Spanish tradition : TRES
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Legendary creature : YETI
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Montana neighbor: Abbr. : ALB
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Onetime source of toothbrush bristles : BOAR
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Greek who originated the expression "Leave no stone unturned" : EURIPIDES
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Like some hair : FINE
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Like the hair of 1-2% of the world's population : RED
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Is made up : CONSISTS
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Bowed : BENT
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"That's it!" : AHA
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Be steamed : SEETHE
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More golden, say : PURER
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More golden, say : RARER
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Nautical direction : AVAST
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Cousins of sirens : NEWTS
46
Put your hands together, perhaps : PRAY
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"I ___!" (shout of exultation) : RULE
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See what's in store? : SHOP
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Buckwheat noodle : SOBA
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___ Marathon (annual mountain bike race that's said to be "a volcanic challenge") : ETNA
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Saturate : SOP

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

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