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New York Times, Thursday, October 26, 2023

Author:
John Donegan
Editor:
Will Shortz
What a multitasker might kill
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John Donegan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Donegan. Thursday freshness: 12%
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© 2023, The New York Times10/26/23 ( No. 27,015 )
Across
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"A-a-a-and … ___!" : SCENE
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Character who nails a doubloon to the Pequod's mast : AHAB
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One knocking on many doors : MAID
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Cough drop flavoring : HONEY
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Surfer's wish : WAVE
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Last remaining : ONLY
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First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
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Polymath called "The First Teacher" by medieval scholars : ARISTOTLE
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What a multitasker might kill : BIRDBIRDSTONE
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Long, long time : AGE
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Say further : ADD
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Off the hook, so to speak : INSANE
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Author Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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Sunny side of breakfast : YOLK
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Digital number? : TEN
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What it's impossible to be in : PLACEPLACEAT
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Bobby-soxer's dance : HOP
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Boating noun and verb : OAR
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Curator's field : ART
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Reluctant to relive an experience : BITTENSHYSHY
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Subgenre lead-in : ALT
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Plays the ponies, say : BETS
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Sanctuaries : OASES
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Farm animal, in tot-speak : MOOCOW
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Abbr. after a dot, usually : EDU
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Slice (off) : LOP
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Top-grossing movie of 1987 : MANMANMANBABY
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"Get out of bed, sleepyhead!" : UPANDATEM
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Narrow : TAPER
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Something one may regret hitting : SEND
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City of Paris? : TROY
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Commercial 49-Across : ELSIE
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Crafty site : ETSY
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___ Gruber, archvillain in "Die Hard" : HANS
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Finer points, slangily : DEETS
Down
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Biblical kingdom on the Arabian peninsula : SHEBA
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Take on a joint liability : COSIGN
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Salad, sometimes, but soup, rarely : ENTREE
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Desperate straits : NEED
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Look up and down : EYEBALL
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Tony, e.g. : AWARD
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Word with copy or currency : HARD
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Alamo competitor : AVIS
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"Settle down" : BESTILL
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Bottoms out? : MOONS
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Forager with tiny hooks on its tongue : ANTEATER
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Afflicted : ILL
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Do or ___ (hair salon name) : DYE
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Maker of small front-end loaders : TONKA
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Inkling : IDEA
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Like half of the Odd Couple : NEAT
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Tolkien tree creature : ENT
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Book it: Abbr. : APPT
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Hearty affirmations : YEAHS
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Noted honky-tonk venue, familiarly : OPRY
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Damage, so to speak : COST
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Low islands : CAYS
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Where Miss Aloha Hula is crowned : HILO
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Ones giving you a leg up? : OTTOMANS
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Sound of a sock : BAM
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F.D.R. purchased the first one : EBOND
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Curriculum overhaul triggered by the Sputnik crisis : NEWMATH
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Slice, e.g. : SODA
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Spirit-filled? : HAUNTED
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Go by : ELAPSE
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"All right then" : SOBEIT
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The treat in "trick or treat" : CANDY
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Show 6-Downs : EMMYS
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They're lit at funerals : PYRES
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Razor brand : ATRA
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___ tetra : NEON
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What a haymaker makes : BALE
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Manipulate : USE
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Stroke : PET

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