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New York Times, Saturday, November 12, 2022

Author:
Billy Bratton
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Lose one's posse
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Billy Bratton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Bratton. Saturday freshness: 9%
Billy Bratton notes:
How to make a crossword in three easy steps: 1) Create a triple stack grid à la Robyn Weintraub. 2a) Try doing a clever ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Jim here, sitting in for Jeff Chen, who is playing a small role in a superhero movie. One way to make a Saturday crossword ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times11/12/22 ( No. 26,667 )
Across
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Word with top or tin : HAT
4
Hopeless : NOUSE
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Actor Siriboe of "Queen Sugar" : KOFI
13
De ___ manera (elsewise: Sp.) : OTRA
15
Get to : ANNOY
16
Where polo was invented : IRAN
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"Oh, I'm on next!" : THATSMYCUE
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Unionizes? : WEDS
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Southwestern city that produces most of the U.S.'s Snickers bars : WACOTEXAS
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LED component? : DIODE
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Small role in a superhero movie? : ANTMAN
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Big ___ (Red Sox nickname) : PAPI
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Grammy-winning actress Carrere : TIA
26
Lines on a map: Abbr. : RDS
27
Toss-up? : LOB
29
Sci. class for accelerated H.S. students : APCHEM
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Dessert served in a boat : BANANASPLIT
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Time when it helps to be flexible : YOGASESSION
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Platform for a modern job interview : ZOOMMEETING
36
Hernandez of Team USA gymnastics : LAURIE
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"What else …?" : AND
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Hollywood's Ryan : MEG
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[!!!] : OMG
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Peter or Paul, but not Mary : TSAR
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Lose one's posse : GOSOLO
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Not willing to stoop to : ABOVE
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"Travel" for someone who's feeling bad? : GUILTTRIP
51
Pamper to a fault, with "on" : DOTE
52
"Uh … in a way …" : KINDASORTA
53
Course, in college-speak : UNIT
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Supergirl, e.g. : ALIEN
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Some budget graphics : PIES
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Just awful, with "the" : PITS
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Present, for one : TENSE
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Many a population fig. : EST
Down
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Conflict with fighting : HOTWAR
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Within reach : ATHAND
3
Political pamphlets : TRACTS
4
Refuse to squeal : NAMENONAMES
5
Variety of agate : ONYX
6
Pop open, perhaps : UNCAP
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"Minnesota March" composer : SOUSA
8
Common symbol in a rebus : EYE
9
Fuzzy fruit that's technically a berry : KIWI
10
Certain cookie spinoff : OREOTHIN
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Juice cleanse, e.g. : FADDIET
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Line of jeans? : INSEAM
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Small matter : ATOM
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One growing up in a cave? : STALAGMITE
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"Ice Cream of the Future" : DIPPINDOTS
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It's left on a major highway : PASSINGLANE
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Headquarters : BASE
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Apt shoe for a plumber? : CLOG
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Loutish one : BOOR
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Previously : NEE
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Dog in "The Thin Man" : ASTA
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"Correct!" : YOUGOTIT
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It resurfaces after 20 minutes : ZAMBONI
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Fill, as a moving van : LOADUP
38
Title subject of a best-selling 1997 memoir : MORRIE
39
High-level classes : ELITES
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Exceed : GOPAST
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Like most athletes : AGILE
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Encounter : RUNIN
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"You're doing it all wrong!" : STOP
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Does a background check on : VETS
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November 13, e.g. : IDES
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"Krazy ___" (comic strip that influenced "Calvin and Hobbes") : KAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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