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New York Times, Thursday, October 3, 2024

Author:
Rena Cohen
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
43-Across : ___ facto
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Rena Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 39 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Cohen. Grid flow: 26.4 Thursday freshness: 93%
Jim Horne notes:

Each LIE causes a bump in the POLYGRAPH needle. Follow the bumpy path to match the clue.

Rena Cohen was part of the New York Times Diverse Crossword Constructor program.

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© 2024, The New York Times10/3/24 ( No. 27,358 )
Across
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Strikes, perhaps : SLAPS
6
Animal cry that sounds like a Greek letter : MEW
9
Girls, ___ (nonprofit since 1864) : INC
12
Find on the radio : TUNETO
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Move, in real estate lingo : RELO
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Woman on un árbol genealógico : TIA
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Value : ESTEEM
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More slippery : EELIER
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TV channel showing lots of pitches : HSN
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Disclaimer on a sale poster : WHILESUPPLIESLAST
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Contradict : BELIE
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Save money on one's commute home, perhaps : SPLITACAB
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Actor who played a character with the same first name on "Two and a Half Men" : CHARLIESHEEN
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You can see right through it : PANE
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Up to ___ : PAR
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Like nearly everybody on a Reply All thread : CCED
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Genre influenced by Jamaica's independence : SKA
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Puts on a Christmas list, say : ASKSFOR
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Some young studs : BOYTOYS
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Lisbon's land: Abbr. : POR
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First name in student loans : SALLIE
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Louvre Pyramid architect : PEI
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___ facto : IPSO
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Skeptics : NONBELIEVERS
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Half of a sprinter's pair : TRACKSHOE
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One of the four classical elements, along with ignis, aqua and terra : AER
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53-Across feature, as seen three times in this puzzle : SPIKE
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Test required for all C.I.A. applicants … or a hint to this puzzle's theme : POLYGRAPH
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Major British tabloid, with "The" : SUN
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When sudden death can occur, for short : INOT
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"Understood" : IGOTIT
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Caribbean clock setting: Abbr. : AST
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New Mexico county or its seat : TAOS
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Early bird's bedtime, maybe : NINEPM
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Baseball players who only bat, for short : DHS
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Snide chuckle : HEH
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Boardroom support : EASEL
Down
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Cocido or callaloo : STEW
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Luxuriant : LUSH
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Like some dog collars : ANTIBARK
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Tool used in making applesauce and mashed potatoes : PEELER
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Metal marble : STEELIE
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Human-shaped board game piece : MEEPLE
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Singer/songwriter Goulding : ELLIE
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Truly awful, with "the" : WORST
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City that's absolutely "gorges" : ITHACA
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Leaf maker : NISSAN
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"There's no way!" : CANTBE
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Mantra chants : OMS
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Went door to door for : REPPED
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Performer at 2024's Super Bowl halftime show : USHER
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Wash against, as waves on the shore : LAPAT
25
It fits under a tongue : INSOLE
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Busy Apr. professional : CPA
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Contracts : HAS
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Derides : SCORNS
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Budget planner, for short : CFO
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Half sister of Kim, Khloé and Kourtney : KYLIE
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TV character who said "Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them" : SPOCK
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City name in Genesis : BABEL
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Runs : OPERATES
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"___ outta here!" : YER
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Female friend, casually : SIS
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Elitists : SNOOTS
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"What a shame!" : ITSSAD
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Major media campaign, say : PRPUSH
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N.F.L. franchise that went its first 20 seasons without a single winning record : SAINTS
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"Darn it!" : OHPOOH
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Home to "star-cross'd lovers" : VERONA
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Urban artist? : KEITH
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Longhorn's college rival : AGGIE
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Philosophical darkness : YIN
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Decorate, as a baker might : PIPE
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Web code : HTML
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When doubled, dance move accompanying the Whip : NAE

Answer summary:
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