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New York Times, Friday, August 2, 2024

Author:
Kate Chin Park
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
35-Across : Server's question after a drink order
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
310/2/20222/1/20251
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
00000111
ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.44644.180%
Kate Chin Park

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Park. Grid flow: 56.1 Friday freshness: 30%
Jim Horne notes:

Kate Chin Park is a crossword editor for The New Yorker. This is her first NYT daily crossword but she co-wrote a Puns and Anagrams Variety puzzle in 2022.

1
U
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S
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S
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A
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T
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O
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M
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S
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I
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P
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A
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S
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S
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N
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O
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M
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N
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C
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F
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L
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A
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R
O
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C
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P
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W
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G
U
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E
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R
A
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S
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I
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K
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S
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H
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A
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L
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B
E
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G
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N
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R
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P
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V
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D
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R
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S
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R
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© 2024, The New York Times8/2/24 ( No. 27,296 )
Across
1
Carrier letters : USS
4
Stuff of substance? : ATOMS
9
Phrase in a round of bidding : IPASS
14
16
Initiate, as a campaign : MOUNT
17
Novel idea? : STORYLINE
18
Stanley Tucci's character in "The Devil Wears Prada" : NIGEL
19
Half of a train? : CHOO
20
"I'll take the blame" : ITSONME
22
Like some curries and currants : RED
23
Flattest state in the U.S.: Abbr. : FLA
26
They might be booked for getaways : SITTERS
28
Gradual diminutions : EROSIONS
31
Forty winks : CATNAP
32
Acted like a maverick : WENTROGUE
34
Run-down : RATTY
35
Server's question after a drink order : ISPEPSIOK
37
"Six days ___ thou labor ...": Exodus : SHALT
40
Starting line : LETSBEGIN
44
Dress down : YELLAT
46
Ring true : RESONATE
47
John Steinbeck's hometown : SALINAS
49
Absorb : EAT
50
Part of a violin quartet? : PEG
51
"What's the ___?" : VERDICT
53
Constellation named for an instrument : LYRA
54
For real : LEGIT
55
Preference for long-legged types, maybe : AISLESEAT
59
This and that : THESE
60
Perfect romantic evening : DREAMDATE
61
Nathan ___, physicist who collaborated with Einstein on a theory of wormholes : ROSEN
62
Trickles : SEEPS
63
Something made for a dinner, for short : RES
Down
1
Take off, as a cap : UNSCREW
2
"In your face!" : SOTHERE
3
Used for support : STOODON
4
Vague amount : ANY
5
10-digit no. : TEL
6
Adornment for a kimono : OBI
7
Like some fridges and doughnuts : MINI
8
Decides to leave : STETS
9
Testament to human nature? : IMNOTAROBOT
10
"Fair enough" : POINTTAKEN
11
Add to : AUGMENT
12
Look upon with disdain : SNEERAT
13
Card letters : STL
15
Color for un campeón : ORO
21
Bracketed qualification : SIC
23
Start of a football drive : FIRSTANDTEN
24
Drum machine creation : LOOP
25
Islam's Jibril, for one : ANGEL
27
Plant with bugs, maybe : SPY
29
Classic poem whose subject is "a black ocean, leaping and wide" : STILLIRISE
30
Really : SUPER
33
First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
36
Rae of "American Fiction" : ISSA
37
Lead-in to "ops" : SYS
38
Dismissal, informally : HEAVEHO
39
Contends : ALLEGES
41
Long break between classes : GAPYEAR
42
Develop through experimentation : ITERATE
43
Cancels out : NEGATES
45
Language group of Southeast Asia : TAI
48
Lots and lots : SCADS
52
Flag : TIRE
53
Alt tab? : LSD
54
Page layout option: Abbr. : LTR
56
Make out : SEE
57
Once around : LAP
58
Letters on a first responder vehicle : EMS

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