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New York Times, Friday, May 20, 2022

Author:
Hal Moore
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Vulnerable area
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Hal Moore

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Moore. Friday freshness: 33%
Hal Moore notes:
I built this "backward" — beginning in the SE and wending my way up to the NW. Perhaps because English speakers are used to reading, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Rumors are swirling about the NBA bringing back the Seattle SUPERSONICs as an expansion team. Along with ESPN clued to its "Fantasy" ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times5/20/22 ( No. 26,491 )
Across
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Prefix with directional : OMNI
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Border : ABUT
9
Sort who refuses to answer : CLAM
13
A sumo wrestler's is called a mawashi : LOINCLOTH
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Catherine of "Schitt's Creek" : OHARA
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Spot remover? : DOGNAPPER
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Candle holders, sometimes : CAKES
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Close : SHUT
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Prophetic : PRESCIENT
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___-jongg : MAH
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U.S. locale that, when said quickly, sounds like a cheer : OAHU
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Highway exit sign : GAS
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As seen in chemistry class? : ARSENIC
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Velvet-voiced Mel : TORME
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Word with happy or rush : HOUR
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Causing a boom, maybe : SUPERSONIC
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Pokémon that ultimately evolves into Alakazam : ABRA
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Digital alternative : PRINT
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___ of Citium, philosopher who founded Stoicism : ZENO
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Vulnerable area : SOFTTARGET
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Keen : AVID
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Monster's opposite : TEENY
43
Doctrines : DOGMATA
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___-term test for divergence (calculus concept) : NTH
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Improvise on stage : RIFF
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San Francisco's ___ Hill : NOB
50
Grammy winner for 1983's "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" : IRENECARA
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Small flaw : NICK
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Ambulatory aids : CANES
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Manet called him "the painter of painters" : VELAZQUEZ
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Cousin of an aardwolf : HYENA
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Unlikely match : ODDCOUPLE
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___ noche (tonight: Sp.) : ESTA
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Source : ROOT
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Its website has a "Fantasy" page : ESPN
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Up there, you might say : OLD
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Stock exchange? : MOOS
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Close : NIGH
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Unable to perform operations : INNUMERATE
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Weisshorn, e.g. : ALP
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Astronomer Thomas for whom a comet is named : BOPP
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Not yet delivered, after "in" : UTERO
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Status on a conservationist's "Red List" : THREATENED
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Non-coffee Starbucks order : CHAI
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Germans call it Genfersee : LAKEGENEVA
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Political ___ : ARENA
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They're rigged : MASTS
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Board game set on an island : CATAN
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"It ___ to me ..." : OCCURS
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Unit equal to 907.2 kilograms : SHORTTON
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Like only one member of the Supreme Court in its history (Sonia Sotomayor) : HISPANIC
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Solvers' reactions : AHAS
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Lead-in to call : ROBO
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Browse, say : SURFTHENET
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Seek advancement through flattery : CURRYFAVOR
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Only one-word country that contains all five vowels : MOZAMBIQUE
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Literature's Napoleon, e.g. : PIG
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Contending : INIT
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Best Picture winner in 2022 : CODA
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W.N.B.A. great Weatherspoon : TERESA
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Highly exaggerated and subjective, as journalism : GONZO
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Specialization : NICHE
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High-chair features : TRAYS
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Italian nickname that omits Al- : FREDO
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"99 Luftballons" singer : NENA
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Big name in fashion footwear : ALDO
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Holds gingerly, maybe : CUPS
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Underwater forest : KELP
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Charade : ACT
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Kind of garden : ZEN

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