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New York Times, Friday, October 14, 2022

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Delta connection?
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 106 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 23%
David Steinberg notes:
I filled about 75% of this puzzle's grid back in 2020 but wasn't entirely satisfied with any options for the lower right, so I ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
When POOP EMOJI plopped down three years ago, I was grossed out. Breakfast test! My morning oatmeal bowl already looks like brown ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times10/14/22 ( No. 26,638 )
Across
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Discipline with tantric Buddhist origins : HATHAYOGA
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Ruses : PLOYS
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Congresswoman who wrote "This Is What America Looks Like" : ILHANOMAR
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"I'm not a ___" (online confirmation) : ROBOT
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Cramming together, e.g.? : STUDYDATE
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Unfold : ENSUE
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Mixer at a mixer : SODA
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Celebrity gossip source : ENEWS
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"Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? / You probably contain a ___": Ogden Nash : GERM
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Indonesian province with a Hindu majority : BALI
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Ultimate purpose : ENDUSE
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Chives feature : BULB
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When you might hear people sing, for short : BDAY
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Relative of latex : SAP
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Literally, "trumpets" : TUBAS
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Pile of texts? : POOPEMOJI
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They push a motion forward : AYES
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Ready for a back rub, say : PRONE
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What cooks your goose? : OVEN
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Something that's cracked and gross : DIRTYJOKE
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Manage to stop : AVERT
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"Your point being?" : AND
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20 sources : ATMS
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14-time N.B.A. All-Star Nowitzki : DIRK
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Become more appealing to : GROWON
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Its tongue sticks out : SHOE
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On the job : ATIT
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Spotted, as a horse : PINTO
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Healthy slice : SLAB
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Delta connection? : RIVER
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Travel by private jet, say : GOINSTYLE
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Informal summons : CMERE
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"Hammer" with a bat : HANKAARON
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Line on a letter : SERIF
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Nasdaq's home, informally : THESTREET
Down
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Noise that sounds like its last two letters : HISS
2
Part in the middle? : ALTO
3
Bad result of an attempt at humor : THUD
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Lived it up : HADABLAST
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Whichever : ANY
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Belt out in the mountains : YODEL
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Like some rials : OMANI
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Airport ticket info : GATE
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"Can I go now?" : AREWEDONE
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Lead-in to K : PRE
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Center of Pluto? : LONGU
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Think, think, think about : OBSESSOVER
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Rude response to rudeness : YOUREAJERK
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Marijuana discard : STEM
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Half-blood wizard of fiction : SNAPE
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They get harder the more you work out : ABS
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Wigmaker's supply : DYE
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Stalling : BUYINGTIME
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One who'll take you for a ride : UBERDRIVER
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Their spines aren't flexible : BOOKS
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Small carton size : PINT
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"There!" : TADA
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Big matter of concern for senior management? : PROMNIGHT
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Washington, Jackson or Ford : MOVIESTAR
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Half of an evening outfit, informally : PJTOP
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Turn in the air, say : YAW
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Bother : ADO
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"S.N.L." alum who co-starred in 2003's "Dumb and Dumberer" : OTERI
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Most prolific author of children's horror fiction, per Guinness : STINE
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Makes like a goose : HONKS
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Parentheses, e.g. : ARCS
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Organizer of a couples getaway? : NOAH
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Instrument created by Hermes from a tortoise shell : LYRE
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Plant with fleshy leaves : ALOE
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Warped : BENT
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Card holder, maybe : REF
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Didn't sell : SAT

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

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