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New York Times, Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Author:
Joseph Gangi
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
47-Down : Swap out
TotalDebutLatest
33/16/20224/17/2024
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Joseph Gangi

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Gangi. Wednesday freshness: 9%
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© 2024, The New York Times4/17/24 ( No. 27,189 )
Across
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Groups of plants : FLORAS
7
Mental ___ : MATH
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Escape vessel : POD
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Bottom floor of a 46-Across, perhaps : LEVELA
15
Farmland measure : ACRE
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"We ___ arrant knaves, all": Hamlet : ARE
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Banded gemstones : AGATES
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Cry after a poke : ICANTSEE
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Cave dweller of Greek myth : POLYPHEMUS
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Over : ATOP
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Cool, '90s-style : PHAT
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Old Testament queendom : SHEBA
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Just : MERE
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Had a meal : ATE
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Valuable property : ASSET
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Prospector's locale of the late 1800s : ALASKA
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Some Google search results : URLS
39
Styled after : ALA
40
Put on : DON
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Journey such as the one where 20-Across appears : ODYSSEY
43
Pro wrestler ___ Luger : LEX
44
Copy : APE
45
Chess "castle" : ROOK
46
Spot to park : GARAGE
48
Enter a busy freeway : MERGE
50
Navy vessel letters : USS
52
Dreyer's, on the East Coast : EDYS
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Bash for laughs : ROAST
55
"Pronto!" : ASAP
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Face-to-face, as an exam : ORAL
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20-Across, by another name : THECYCLOPS
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Took the long way home, say : WANDERED
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How Jenga blocks are placed, hopefully : STABLY
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Coda, e.g. : END
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Unadulterated : PURE
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Wrap for a monarch? : COCOON
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D.C.'s B and A: Abbr. : STS
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"Well put!" : AMEN
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Feature of 20-Across … and, when sounded out, a feature of today's puzzle (clues and all!) : ONEEYE
Down
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Try to fly : FLAP
2
Noted brand from Denmark : LEGO
3
Watermelon-shaped : OVAL
4
Corrects, as keystrokes : RETYPES
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Beth preceder : ALEPH
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Skater Cohen : SASHA
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Hurt badly : MAIM
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They may take the stand : ACCUSERS
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Flotsam and jetsam : TRASH
10
Egg producer : HEN
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Potluck staple : PASTASALAD
12
Stackable snack : OREO
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Profound : DEEP
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Keep ___ on (watch closely) : TABS
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H, to Homer : ETA
25
Course that's a breeze : EASYA
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Oft-contracted address : MADAM
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Eschew the pews, say : ELOPE
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Performed some weekend tasks : RANERRANDS
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Mastodon features : TUSKS
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Mournful poem : ELEGY
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Takes a toll on : TAXES
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Land separated at the 38th parallel : KOREA
36
Trouble : ADO
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Relay race part : LEG
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"Psst, hey!" : YOUTHERE
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Swap out : REPLACE
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Quest for some athletes : GOLD
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Egg ___ : SAC
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Play, as a ukulele : STRUM
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Food products wholesaler : SYSCO
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Follow, as a lead : ACTON
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Doesn't have enough : OWES
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Go on and on : RANT
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OK place to be naked, once : EDEN
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Orchestra part : OBOE
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Sneaky maneuver : PLOY
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"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
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Lead regulator, for short : EPA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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