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New York Times, Thursday, November 23, 2023

Author:
Vasu Seralathan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : How combatants may go
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Vasu Seralathan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Seralathan. Thursday freshness: 54%
Jim Horne notes:

46-Across drops JAW from JIGSAW.

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© 2023, The New York Times11/23/23 ( No. 27,043 )
Across
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Org. founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers : PTA
4
"Hulk" action : SMASH
9
Grill past perfection, say : CHAR
13
Make one's way, as through snow : PLOD
14
Place for an Adirondack chair : PATIO
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Stockings : HOSE
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OPTO- : EYEOPENING
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Spot food, perhaps : ALPO
19
No. on a check : AMT
20
What's the scoop? : LADLE
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Managed by : UNDER
22
Bush hopper, informally : ROO
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25
Movie shots that take a closer look : CUTINS
27
They're mandatory : MUSTS
28
England's largest all-boys boarding school : ETON
29
Portend : AUGUR
32
VALENTIN- : HEARTSTOPPING
38
Audibly enthused : OOHED
39
Emphatic type : BOLD
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Lieu : STEAD
44
"Me as well!" : IAMTOO
46
_IGS_ _ : JAWDROPPING
50
Bon ___ (good friend) : AMI
51
What the Dutch call "klompen" : CLOGS
52
Knock-off weapon? : LANCE
53
Whole bunch : TON
54
Replete (with) : RIFE
55
BEL LY : GUTBUSTING
57
At any point : EVER
58
Animal in a romp : OTTER
59
A strong attraction, with "the" : HOTS
60
"Star" follower, in Hollywood : WARS
61
Invalidates : VOIDS
62
Sean Taro ___ Lennon : ONO
Down
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Site of what many regard as the first Thanksgiving : PLYMOUTH
2
How combatants may go : TOETOTOE
3
Agitation : ADO
4
Hunting tips? : SPEARS
5
Button-shaped bit of candy : MANDM
6
Not quite perpendicular : ATILT
7
Brawn : SINEW
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One taking the lion's share : HOG
9
Repeats a mantra : CHANTS
10
"Time out!" : HOLDIT
11
Trees that form colonies from a single root system : ASPENS
12
Corporate shuffle, for short : REORG
13
Actor Guy of "L.A. Confidential" : PEARCE
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Not play it by ear : PLAN
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Seize illegally : USURP
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"Are you awake?" response : IMUP
26
"___ perfect world ..." : INA
29
Flick of a flicker? : ASH
30
Sporty vehicle, in brief : UTE
31
Pan, e.g. : GOD
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Intimidating sounds : ROARS
34
Heading above a list : TODO
35
Company featured in the documentary "Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine" : IBM
36
What composers use to settle the score? : NOTATION
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Grab and not let go : GLOMONTO
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Activities : DOINGS
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Important component of oral health : SALIVA
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Double deal : TWOFER
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Trimming tools : EDGERS
44
Acquires, as a penalty : INCURS
45
How long it can feel like to wait : AGES
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Major clothing retailer with both stores and catalogs : JCREW
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Second-most massive of the solar system's known dwarf planets : PLUTO
48
Smith with the 1978 hit "Because the Night" : PATTI
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Where one might let sleeping dogs lie : INBED
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Nonpublic domain extension : GOV
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Howe'er : THO

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

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