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New York Times, Saturday, November 11, 2023

Author:
Blake Slonecker
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Safety, often
TotalDebutLatest
73/4/20213/30/2024
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Blake Slonecker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 58, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQX} Minimum word length: 4 Average word length: 6.59 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Slonecker. Saturday freshness: 99%
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© 2023, The New York Times11/11/23 ( No. 27,031 )
Across
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Snack brand that originated in 1919 : HOSTESS
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Burns at the steak? : CHARS
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Wife whom Marc Antony deserted for Cleopatra : OCTAVIA
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Physical feature of the god Pan : GOATEE
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Service setting : TEACART
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Roger ___, Physics Nobelist known for tilings : PENROSE
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N.B.A. great nicknamed "Sir Charles" : BARKLEY
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How knights jousted, typically : INARMOR
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Denim dye : ANIL
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Medical research of a sort : DRUGTRIALS
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Forklike : TINED
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Tip at a hair salon? : SPLITEND
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Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts : HAGRID
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Remove, as from a stock exchange : DELIST
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Some commercial come-ons : REBATES
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Sics on : SETSAT
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Leave high and dry : STRAND
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Site of Chicago's Centennial Wheel : NAVYPIER
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Storm warning : SIREN
40
Young Frankenstein player, 1974 : GENEWILDER
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"___ for now" : TATA
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Rudolph's signature feature : REDNOSE
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Server unit : TERABIT
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Put on a pedestal : ADMIRED
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Put on a pedestal : IDOLIZE
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Pedestals : STANDS
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Bulletin board material : NOTICES
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"The Love ___ of W.E.B. Du Bois" (2021 novel) : SONGS
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Like the "s" in debris (but not Du Bois) : ASONANT
Down
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Steamy scene? : HOTBATH
2
Big Brother's superstate in "1984" : OCEANIA
3
It might be done "into space" : STARING
4
Safety, often : TACKLER
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Appraisal: Abbr. : EVAL
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Brought forth : SIRED
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Ones with strong appetites : SATYRS
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Mountebanks : CONARTISTS
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Torments : HARRIES
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Cartoon superhero with an "A" on his chest : ATOMANT
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Flipped, in a way : RESOLD
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Third eye users : SEERS
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New Testament folk : GENTILES
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Pooh's bestie : PIGLET
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Filled in : UPDATED
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Targets for censors : DIRTYWORDS
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Can't stomach : DESPISES
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Quit early, so to speak : BAILED
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Bringer of sleep and dreams : SANDMAN
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Word before star or after good : EVENING
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Narcolepsy medicine : RITALIN
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Coffee first cultivated in Yemen : ARABICA
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Web browser? : NETIZEN
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Occasion for cheek swabs : DNATEST
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Must : NEEDTO
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Eye piece : RETINA
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Pot : GRASS
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Mulligans : REDOS
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Fantasy sports format, informally : ROTO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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