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New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Author:
Gia Bosko
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Across : Colorful (albeit rare!) rhyme for an item at a hardware store
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Gia Bosko

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 42 Missing: {BJQUZ} Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Bosko. Tuesday freshness: 83%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/28/23 ( No. 27,048 )
Across
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Make millions, say : GETRICH
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Departed on a flight : TOOKOFF
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Opening in a pet carrier : AIRHOLE
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Tiny country in the Pyrenees : ANDORRA
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Colorful rhyme for gloomy weather : GRAYDAY
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Colorful rhyme for a "ginger" : REDHEAD
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Harmful reaction to an infection : SEPSIS
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: : : : : : : COLONS
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Surveillance org. : NSA
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___ José, Costa Rica : SAN
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Colorful rhyme for a filming background : GREENSCREEN
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Copied : APED
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Church council : SYNOD
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Lyra's brightest star : VEGA
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Go bananas : FREAK
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What a street musician may use to collect tips : HAT
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Domain : REALM
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"___ the season ..." : TIS
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Sign seen at an S.P.C.A. center, perhaps : ADOPTME
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Outdo : TOP
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With 46-Across, colorful rhyme for a 1966 Donovan hit : MELLOW
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See 44-Across : YELLOW
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Hoppin', as a party : LIT
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Soccer star Hamm : MIA
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Hot and spicy, as salsa : PICANTE
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Sticky notes : POSTITS
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Colorful (albeit rare!) rhyme for an item at a hardware store : ORANGEDOORHINGE
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Finland joined it in 2023 : NATO
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Big name in tractors : DEERE
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Ruckus : STIR
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Grandson of Adam : ENOS
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Pages that point to other pages : INDEX
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Benjamin who wrote "The Tao of Pooh" : HOFF
Down
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Reacts to an awful smell, maybe : GAGS
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Dublin's land, to Dubliners : EIRE
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"Piehole" : TRAP
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Matthew ___ of "The Americans" : RHYS
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I, on the periodic table : IODINE
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College catalog assortment : CLASSES
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"Watch it!" : HEY
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Road goo : TAR
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What an Uno player has in hand upon crying "Uno!" : ONECARD
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Quirky person : ODDONE
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Helmut ___, 1980s-'90s German chancellor : KOHL
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Cookie often dipped in milk : OREO
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___ Drescher, leader of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike : FRAN
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Passing crazes : FADS
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"Be that as it may ..." : ANYHOW
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"Beam me up, ___!" ("Star Trek" misquotation) : SCOTTY
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Birds in a gaggle : GEESE
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Multivitamin stat, for short : RDA
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Cakewalk : SNAP
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Night before : EVE
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"Swell!" : NEATO
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Back, to a boatswain : AFT
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Overly proper : PRIM
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What fireflies and happy faces do : GLOW
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Bit of band equipment : AMP
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Mindy of "The Mindy Project" : KALING
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Hot dog topping : RELISH
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Partner of a crossed "t" : DOTTEDI
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Big name in cassette tapes, once : MEMOREX
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South American grasslands : LLANOS
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Not quite on time : LATISH
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Corn cake : PONE
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Tehran's land : IRAN
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Roman senator who insisted "Carthage must be destroyed" : CATO
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Heaven on earth : EDEN
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Look carefully (over) : PORE
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Hooked on : INTO
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What you might say as you crack open a beer : TGIF
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Medieval worker : SERF
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Massive ref. : OED

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